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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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More in: Teens, Social Networking, Identity, Safety
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Media Mention
Anick Jesdanun, Associated Press, USA TODAY
Apr 18, 2007
" Teens generally don't think twice about including their first names and photos on their personal online profiles, but most refrain from using full names or making their profiles fully public, a new survey finds.
The Pew Internet and American Life...
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Presentation
Apr 14, 2007Lee Rainie
This presentation covers the technology world of teenagers and college students and discusses six realities of the lives of "digital natives" that are especially important for their institutions and their teachers to know.
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More in: New Media Ecology, Education, Teens, Future of the Internet
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Presentation
Feb 23, 2007Mary Madden
Recent research looking at teens’ online behaviors and communications choices demonstrates that social networking activity is just one element of a larger shift towards greater engagement with participatory media.
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More in: Web 2.0, Teens, Libraries
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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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Media Mention
Justin Berton, San Francisco Chronicle
Jan 8, 2007
"In the ever-growing field of MySpace-Facebook-teenager data analysis, the Pew Internet & American Life Project released a survey Sunday that found 55 percent of all teenagers online use social networking sites.
If that sounds obvious, Amanda Lenhart,...
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Media Mention
Chris Cobbs, Orlando Sentinel
Jan 8, 2007
"Teens may be looking for new friends or searching for their identity. They may want to assert their independence, or maybe just flirt.
Their reasons vary, but more than half of the nation's online youth ages 12 to 17 are connecting with one another v...
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Media Mention
Elise Ackerman, The Mercury News
Jan 8, 2007
"Who says teens don't care about online privacy?
Since MySpace.com took off three years ago, parents have fretted about online risks to their children's safety, requesting meetings with local police and school officials to talk about Internet predator...
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Media Mention
Julio Ojeda-Zapata, St. Paul Pioneer Press
Jan 8, 2007
"Today's teens often are viewed as a MySpace-crazed crowd with a tendency to plaster compromising information online for all to see.
C'mon, let's give these kids a little credit.
Many U.S. teens don't use social networking Web sites like MySpace.com an...
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Media Mention
Eric Auchard, Reuters.com
Jan 7, 2007
"More than half of U.S. teenagers use social networking sites like MySpace, but girls go online to reaffirm existing friendships, while boys are more often there to flirt, a survey published on Sunday has found.
The national survey of youth aged 12 to...
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