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Nov 20, 2012Mary Madden, Sandra Cortesi, Urs Gasser, Amanda Lenhart, Maeve Duggan
Parents have a range of concerns about how their children’s online activities might affect their privacy and many have taken steps to monitor their children and encourage online safety
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The Pew Internet Project tracks online safety issues related to teens as well as adults, from cyberbullying to stranger contact to fraud.
May 21, 2013
A list of some of the most revealing and interesting comments about how teens think about social networking sites and how they navigate issues of identity and privacy.
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May 21, 2013Mary Madden, Amanda Lenhart, Sandra Cortesi, Urs Gasser, Maeve Duggan, Aaron Smith
Youth are sharing more personal information on their profiles than in the past. They choose private settings for Facebook, but share with large networks of friends.
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Natasha Baker, Reuters
Apr 1, 2013
(Reuters) - With smartphone and tablet users getting younger, new apps can help parents of 2-to-13-year-olds monitor and control their children's use of the Internet. A Pew Research Center study shows that more than one-third of American teenagers...
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Leanne Italie, Associated Press
Mar 29, 2013
According to research from the Pew Internet & American Life Project, one in four teens is a "cell-mostly" Internet user. Texting among teens increased from about 50 texts a day in 2009 to about 60, with the number running into hundreds for some. ...
Cecilia Kang, Washington Post
Mar 13, 2013
Researchers at Pew are working on a report about a survey that will be released this spring that shows teens are more concerned about their reputations online. They want to “curate” their image and are more careful about protecting their privacy. ...
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PBS NEWSHOUR
Dec 11, 2012
RAY SUAREZ: Finally tonight: new worries over the mobile apps kids are using, and what the apps disclose about their users. It seems like everyone has them, the ubiquitous applications, apps, for short, on smartphones and tablets, including everyt...
TechNewsDaily
Nov 26, 2012
It’s parents’ job to worry about their kids, and technology continues to fuel their fears. A new survey from the Pew Internet and American Life Project shows that parents are taking action, not just relying on parental-control tools such as browser f...
Suzanne Choney, Digital Life on Today
Nov 21, 2012
Parents of online teens are concerned about what exactly their kids do online, but they're also wary of how their children are being tracked by advertisers, according to a new report. The findings come at a time when the Federal Trade Commission i...
Somini Sengupta, New York Times
Nov 20, 2012
The Pew Internet Center recently asked that especially anxious cohort of Americans — parents of teenagers who use the Internet — if they were concerned that their child’s online activities “might affect their future academic or employment opportuniti...
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of internet users ages 12-17 participate in video chats with others using applications such as Skype, Googletalk or iChat.
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The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project is one of seven projects that make up the Pew Research Center. The Center is supported by The Pew Charitable Trust.