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Media Mention
Peter Svensson and Joelle Tessler, Associated Press
Sep 13, 2009
The national stimulus package passed by Congress in February may have been too enthusiastic about spending money on one particular project: figuring out where broadband Internet access is available and how fast it is.
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When the Pew Interne...
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More in: Broadband, Communities
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Presentation
Sep 10, 2009Amanda Lenhart
Representatives from the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, the Pew Internet & American Life Project and the U.S. Internet Industry Association (USIIA) will discuss the new communities coming online in record numbers in the United State...
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More in: Communities, Safety, Race and Ethnicity , Seniors, Teens, Women and Men
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Media Mention
Jon Swartz, USA Today
Aug 27, 2009
Social-media services, such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and countless other websites, have had a profound effect on how millions of Americans — especially those under 35 — interact with others (or don't), shop and view brands. It's a real-time digi...
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More in: Communities, Social Networking, Web 2.0
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Report
Jun 17, 2009John Horrigan
Broadband adoption increases, but monthly prices do, too.
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Media Mention
Douglas MacMillan, Business Week
May 22, 2009
Use of online classified ads is surging, thanks mainly to Craigslist. Almost half of all adults who use the Internet in the U.S. now rely on classified sites, according to a study released May 22 by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. That numb...
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More in: Shopping, Communities
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Report
May 22, 2009Sydney Jones
The number of online adults who use classified ads websites, such as Craigslist, more than doubled from 2005 to 2009.
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Media Mention
AFP
May 22, 2009
WASHINGTON (AFP) — Struggling US newspaper publishers are painfully aware of it but a survey released on Friday found that the use of online classified advertisement sites such as Craigslist is soaring.
The number of Web-connected US adults who us...
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Presentation
Mar 27, 2009Amanda Lenhart
Aimed at the business side of the video game world, this talk outlines recent demographics on teen and adult video game play, discusses parents as gatekeepers to teen game play and parents' behavior, attitudes and concerns around games. Finally, the ...
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More in: Gaming, Teens, Communities, Families
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Report
Jan 14, 2009Amanda Lenhart
The share of adult internet users who have a profile on an online social network site has more than quadrupled in the past four years -- from 8% in 2005 to 35% at the end of 2008.
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More in: Social Networking, Communities, Web 2.0