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Senior Research Specialist
Research Areas: children, teens, parents and the Internet, the digital divide, education, content creation, blogging, instant messaging.
Amanda has been with the Pew Internet & American Life Project since its inception, and prior to that worked in communications and journalism, notably as editorial coordinator of Civilization magazine. She graduated magna cum laude from Amherst College with a double major in English and Anthropology, and holds a Masters in Communications, Culture and Technology from Georgetown University.
For her research about and knowledge of youth and their use of the Internet, as well as issues of the digital divide, Ms. Lenhart has been quoted in major news outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post and USAToday and has been interviewed for numerous local, national and public radio and television programs such as The Kojo Nnamdi Show, Talk of the Nation, On the Media, The Exchange, The Kathleen Dunn Show, Futuretense, CBSMarketWatch, and Countdown on MSNBC-TV among others.
Reports By Amanda Lenhart, 17 Total:
Writing, Technology and Teens
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Teens and Social Media
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Cyberbullying
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Teens, Privacy and Online Social Networks
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Social Networking Websites and Teens
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Presentations By Amanda Lenhart, 18 Total:
Teens, Online Stranger Contact & Harassment
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Writing, Technology & Teens
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American Teens and Online Safety
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A Timeline of Teens and Technology
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Teens, Social Networks and Safety Online
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Articles By Amanda Lenhart, 2 Total:
Music Downloading and Listening: Findings from the Pew Internet and American Life Project
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Revisualizing the Digital Divide as a Spectrum
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PIP Comments By Amanda Lenhart, 13 Total:
Talking about teens, writing and technology on NPR
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Teens and Privacy Story on NPR
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Teens, Video Games and Time Use
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Online Worlds and Screen Time
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OMG Carl Kasell Wants to Be My Friend!?
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