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Jul 1, 2011New York Times
Poor communication is a common complaint when it comes to parents and teenagers. What happens when you throw a cellphone into the mix?
At least 75 percent of American teenagers today have a cellphone, often purchased by their parents so...
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Jun 6, 2011Houston Chronicle
A World Health Organization study released last week suggested a possible link between cellphone use and cancer, but early news reports didn't differentiate between talking and texting.
In fact, said Dr. Jonathan Samet, the chairman of ...
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May 8, 2011Washington Post
When Scott Fitzsimones turned 13, he got an iPhone, set up accounts for Facebook and Pandora and went on an apps downloading spree. At the same time, the new teenager lost many protections over his privacy online.
The games he plays kno...
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Mar 27, 2011Boston Globe
A Pew Research Center study from 2010 reported that more than four out of five teens with cellphones sleep with the...
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Dec 4, 2010New York Times
[...] Last April in an omnibus review of studies addressing youth, privacy and reputation, a report by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at ...
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Nov 15, 2010Los Angeles Times
Reporting from San Francisco — In a bold challenge to its rivals, Facebook Inc. is launching a new messaging service for its more than half a billion users, setting off a battle that could shape the future of communication on the Internet.
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Nov 12, 2010Associated Press
Facebook unveiled a new messaging platform Monday that takes aim at one of the Internet's first applications, e-mail.
Although blogs had been speculating that Facebook would announce an e-mail service to rival Google Inc.'s Gmail and ot...
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Oct 19, 2010NPR's On Point with Tom Ashbrook
Pew Internet Director Lee Rainie discussed cell phone trends and texting culture on NPR's On Point with Tom Ashbrook. Other guests include Katherine Rosman, reporter for the Wall Street Journal, and Naomi Baron, professor of linguistics at America...
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Oct 18, 2010CNN
It seems America is getting hooked on the smartphone. We depend on these modern Swiss Army knives for everything from planning our schedules to checking the news, finding entertainment and managing our social networks. Oh, and they also make calls...
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Oct 14, 2010Wall Street Journal
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Texting's rise over conversation is changing the way we interact, social scientists and researchers say. We default to text to relay difficult information. We stare at our phone when we want to avoid eye contact. Rather than make ...
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