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Report
Oct 14, 2007Aaron Smith
Girls, teens who post photos or profiles show an increased likelihood to be contacted by people with no connection to them or their friends. Girls are more likely to report contact that made them uncomfortable.
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Report
Jun 27, 2007Amanda Lenhart
About a third of online teens say they have been targets of online harassement. Older girls and intense internet users are the most likely to report these experiences.
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Report
Apr 18, 2007Amanda Lenhart, Mary Madden
The majority of teens actively manage their online profiles to keep the information they believe is most sensitive away from the unwanted gaze of strangers, parents and other adults.
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Presentation
Feb 13, 2007Amanda Lenhart
Teens and parents are taking steps both technical and non-technical to protect themselves/teens online, including on social networking websites.
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Presentation
Jan 25, 2007Susannah Fox
The base of the internet is broadening to include more people with less education than ever before, while older Americans are still overwhelmingly offline. Internet users who have experienced spyware act differently online from those who have not....
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Presentation
Jul 11, 2006Amanda Lenhart, Mary Madden, Lee Rainie
A summary document of Pew Internet Project data on youth and technology prepared in advance of testimony by Pew Internet staffer Amanda Lenhart at the House Telecom subcommittee hearings.
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Presentation
Jul 11, 2006Lee Rainie, Amanda Lenhart, Mary Madden
The Project's formal testimony submitted to the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Telecommunications Subcommittee for the Hearing on social networking websites and the Deleting Online Predators Act of 2006.
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Presentation
Feb 1, 2006Amanda Lenhart
Amanda Lenhart joins Talk of the Nation with guests danah boyd and Parry Aftab in a series of interviews on the phenomenon of the popular social networking website Myspace.com.
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Presentation
Nov 3, 2005Lee Rainie
Seven basic things to understand about Americans and their privacy in the internet age.
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More in: Safety, Identity, Cloud Computing, Government
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Presentation
Oct 28, 2005Susannah Fox
Nine out of ten internet users have taken evasive actions to avoid software intrusions, but their guerrilla tactics may not be enough. Two possible future scenarios are presented, along with questions for privacy professionals to consider.
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