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Oct 11, 2010San Jose Mercury News
Yet the inference that technology and the Internet is making us feel more lonesome may simply be incorrect, researchers say today. Yes, loneliness does affect a broad spectrum of people, but technology cannot be the only scapegoat.
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Sep 14, 2010Beyond the Book
Pew Internet director Lee Rainie spoke with Christopher Kenneally, host of CCC’s Beyond the Book podcast, on the occasion of the publication of a groundbreaking survey, “The Rise of Apps Culture.”
“The rise of mobile connectivity and it...
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More in: Mobile, Politics
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Jul 9, 2010San Francisco Chronicle
Online information-sharing tools will still play an integral role in the lives of so-called Millennials by 2020, even as they grow older and assume more responsibilities, according to the predictions of a majority of technology experts recently su...
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Jul 9, 2010msnbc.com
The first generation of "digital natives," those born after 1980 who are "always connected" and share information openly and unabashedly online, are unlikely to change that behavior as they age, according to a new study.
"Older and wise...
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Jun 18, 2010CNN
(CNN) -- Adults are just as likely as teenagers to text while driving, according to a report released Friday by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project.
The report, titled "Adults and Cell Phone Distractions," found n...
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Jun 18, 2010msnbc.com
Americans overwhelmingly think texting while driving is dangerous, but about half of cell phone users do it anyway. Worse yet, 44 percent of U.S. adults say they've been a passenger in a car when a driver used their cell phone in a way that creat...
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More in: Safety, Mobile
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May 13, 2010El profesional de la información
Lee Rainie spoke at the Catalonian Library Association's biennial meeting on May 19, and to librarians in Madrid on May 21 at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He explored how libraries can survive in the new media ecosystem. (The slides and ...
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More in: New Media Ecology, Libraries
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Apr 20, 2010CNN
(CNN) -- We've all probably done it -- whether it was texting about dinner plans on a company cell phone or updating friends about a vacation via company e-mail.
But can a company look at your personal exchanges on its electronic device...
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More in: Work, Mobile
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Mar 16, 2010The Center for Sustainable Journalism
Yesterday Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism released its annual “State of the News Media 2010” report. Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project, pr...
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More in: News, New Media Ecology
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Mar 15, 2010San Francisco Chronicle
In a relatively short time, the dot-com revolution has "woven itself into every nook and cranny of the commercial world," said Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project, a Washington think tank that st...
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