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Media Mention
Aug 29, 2008Future Tense
"Back in 2005 the New Oxford American Dictionary named "podcasting" its word of the year. At that point It certainly looked like the downloadable audio and video programs would radically change the way we consume media, and would empower amateurs ...
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More in: Podcasting
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Apr 28, 2008Tech News World
"Text-speak, the shorthand slang that some people employ when using electronic communications tools like text messages and e-mail, is winding its way into teens' schoolwork and formal writing, according to a recent Pew study. It's a new version of...
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More in: Teens, Education
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Jan 3, 2008Arizona Daily Star
"In type that scrolls up the screen like the preface for Star Wars, a YouTube video reads, "For years, parents could not text message. They could not figure out how to record a voice mail. They could not even connect to the Internet without using ...
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More in: Social Networking, Blogs, Web 2.0
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Dec 30, 2007New York Times
Susannah Fox, associate director of the Pew project and an author of both the 2000 and 2007 surveys, told me that she was surprised by the reduced concern about online publication of personal information. Internet users are not just passively allo...
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More in: Identity, Work, Web 2.0
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Dec 17, 2007Information Week
"While the media and lawmakers question future prospects for privacy if Google (NSDQ: GOOG)'s planned acquisition of DoubleClick is allowed to proceed, the majority of U.S. adults appear to be unconcerned about the proliferation of personal inform...
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More in: Search
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Media Mention
Dec 17, 2007InternetNews.com
"More than twice as many Internet users today are plugging their own names into a search engine to find out what kind of personal information is available on the Web than just five years ago, according to new research from the Pew Internet Project...
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More in: Search
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Dec 17, 2007San Francisco Chronicle
"About half of the online adult population has looked up themselves or someone else online, according to a survey released Sunday.
A good 36 percent said they have searched the Web for someone with whom they've lost touch, and 9 percent hav...
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More in: Search, Identity
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Media Mention
Dec 17, 2007NewsFactor
"A report released Sunday by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that growing numbers of Americans are searching for information about themselves and others on the Internet.
According to "Digital Footprints," nearly 50 percent of...
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More in: Identity, Search
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Media Mention
Dec 17, 2007Computer World
"As users post more information about themselves on social networking sites and elsewhere, they are also conducting more online searches about themselves, according to a new study. Almost half of all U.S. Internet users (47%) have searched for inf...
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More in: Identity, Search, Social Networking
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Dec 17, 2007Search Engine Land
"A Pew Internet Survey out this week found that 47% of internet users have done ego searches, up from 22% five years ago. That nearly half of internet users are searching for themselves seems excessive, but only 3% say they check regularly. Most ...
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More in: Search, Identity