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Sep 5, 2012Jan Lauren Boyles, Aaron Smith, Mary Madden
More than half of app users have uninstalled or avoided an app due to concerns about personal information
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Sharing information about yourself is the bedrock of social networking sites and other online communities. Pew Internet focuses on how people search for others online and manage their online identities.
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Benny Evangelista, SFGate
Feb 25, 2012
Stephanie Watanabe spent nearly four hours Thursday night unfriending about 700 of her Facebook friends - and she isn't done yet. She's not being antisocial, but research released Friday shows Watanabe is part of a growing trend among Facebook ...
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Lauren Goode, AllThingsD
Feb 24, 2012
The report highlights a divide between those who may care about privacy when it comes to social networks and those who seemingly do not. As Pew notes, it could be interpreted that avid users of social networks, who share lots of personal details, hav...
Associated Press
Whether it’s pruning friends lists, removing unwanted comments or restricting access to their profiles, Americans are getting more privacy-savvy on social networks, a new report found. The report released Friday by the Pew Internet & American Life...
Bob Sullivan, msnbc.com
Users are getting a lot more selective, deleting comments, photo tags, and even friends at a record rate, according to a new study released Friday by the Pew Internet and American Life Project.
Pew is calling this phenomenon "the pruning" of socia...
Feb 24, 2012Mary Madden
Most users choose restricted privacy settings while profile “pruning” and unfriending people is on the rise
Brooke Gladstone, NPR's On the Media
Dec 3, 2011
(Click here to listen.) Teenagers are often considered careless when it comes to what they post online, but a new study from the Pew Research Center’s Internet and America...
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Jul 1, 2011
Our 2011 teens survey contains data about teens' experiences online and perceptions of the online climate.
Cecilia Kang, Washington Post
May 8, 2011
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 know his locat...
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May 1, 2011
Our May 2011 tracking survey contains data on mobile phone ownership and usage, as well as profile management on social networking sites.
Important note for analysis of mobile activities: To analyze certain mobile activities questions (Q14a throug...
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