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Associated Press
Oct 23, 2012
NEW YORK — A new survey says there's a generation gap among e-book fans.
Readers under 30 prefer cellphones and computers. Those over 30 like dedicated devices such as the Kindle.
The Pew Research Center's latest study focuses on young readers....
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Presentation
Jul 11, 2012Kristen Purcell
How teens use the internet, mobile phones, social media and social networking sites,as well as teen communication preferences and online information consumption.
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Donna Tam, CNET
Jul 11, 2012
Most teenagers use social-media sites and parents are wise to it, "friending" their kids and monitoring which sites they visit at an increased rate, according to ...
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Jun 5, 2012Amanda Lenhart
Amanda Lenhart spoke about how teens use technology and about youth social and emotional experiences in social media spaces.
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Jenna Wortham, New York Times
Jun 5, 2012
When Americans first started exploring the online world en masse in the early 1990s, many of them headed for AOL’s chat rooms to connect with other curious strangers.
But since then, the appeal of random online encounters has faded with the rise o...
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Alice Marwick & danah boyd, The Daily Beast
May 20, 2012
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Far from being a source of isolation, the teen’s phone is a tether to loved ones; it is a personal object, a crucial connection. A study by the International Center for Media and the Public Agenda asked one thousand students in ten countries...
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Commentary
May 15, 2012Amanda Lenhart
Parents are enthusiastic downloaders of all kinds of apps, particularly apps for children.
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Ashley Halsey III, Washington Post
May 13, 2012
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In an online survey of 1,300 teen drivers with cellphones, scheduled for release Monday, the youths said that even though their parents may warn them against it, they think adult drivers send text messages “all the time.”
A sizable proportion...
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Digital Media and Learning Research Hub
May 7, 2012
The Digital Media and Learning Research Hub spoke with Pew Internet Senior Research Specialist Amanda Lenhart about some of the vast research she has done on teens and the internet/technology:
"While working with youth in afterschool settings in t...
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Nick Bilton, New York Times
May 6, 2012
People once took photographs so they could capture a moment for themselves and keep it forever. Then digital cameras and cellphones turned photos into something more ephemeral and more easily shared. But as the case of Anthony Weiner demonstrated, ph...
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