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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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2010

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    Interview: Mary Madden on CBC Radio

    May 26, 2010

    Nora Young of CBC Radio's Spark talked to Mary Madden about her recent report that looks at reputation management and social media, and how people monitor their identity and also search for others online. A shorter version of this interview will air ...

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    Facebook to simplify privacy controls

    May 25, 2010

    "The rules of engagement with social media sites keep changing and this has created an environment where users are often forced to learn through trial and error," said Mary Madden, senior researcher at the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

    ...

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    Tell-All Generation Learns to Keep Things Offline

    May 8, 2010

    [Young adults] are more diligent than older adults, however, in trying to protect themselves. In a new study to be released this month, the Pew Internet Project has found that people in their 20s exert more control over their digital reputations than...

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    18- to 24-year-olds most at risk for ID theft, survey finds

    Mar 17, 2010

    Mary Madden, senior research specialist at the Pew Research Center's Internet and & American Life Project, said 72 percent of millennials use social networking sites, compared with 40 percent of adults 30 or older.*

    She said young people share per...

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    Is Internet privacy dead? No, just more complicated

    Mar 15, 2010

    Mary Madden, a senior researcher at the Pew Center’s Internet & American Life Project, said with social networking becoming mainstream, there are bound to be missteps by Web sites that will challenge users’ views of privacy online.

    In a study to b...

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    Google tweaks Buzz social hub after privacy woes

    Feb 12, 2010

    Privacy concerns intensify when Web sites get social because people want control over what information they share, and with whom. Or at least they say they do, according to surveys by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

    Their actions, howeve...

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    Privacy 2.0

    Jan 28, 2010

    IF THERE is one thing that could halt the ascent of social networks, it is the vexed question of privacy. This is controversial because it goes right to the heart of the social-networking business model. In order to attract users, sites need to offer...

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    Breaking Up in a Digital Fishbowl

    Jan 6, 2010

    One byproduct of the digital revolution is that trust is being assigned new meaning. According to the Internet and American Life Project at the Pew Research Center, one in five teenagers polled shares online passwords as a way to build trust and fost...

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    More in: Dating, Identity, Social Networking

2009

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    Text Messages: Digital Lipstick on the Collar

    Dec 8, 2009

    Text messages are the new lipstick on the collar, the mislaid credit card bill. Instantaneous and seemingly casual, they can be confirmation of a clandestine affair, a record of the not-so-discreet who sometimes forget that everything digital leaves ...

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    More in: Mobile, Identity

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    Facebook 'suck sites' to be tested in court

    Sep 20, 2009

    A beauty school student thought he was offering classmates a place to vent when he created a Facebook page mocking teachers and classes.

    "Don't be afraid to post comments on whats going on, this is yor voice too. All for one and one for all right?...

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    More in: Teens, Identity, Social Networking

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the percentage of online economic users who have used auction sites or classified ad sites to sell personal items to raise money.

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