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Presentation
Feb 26, 2012Lee Rainie
The new normal in the age of social media
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More in: Social Networking, Generations, Teens
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Report
Feb 9, 2012Lee Rainie, Amanda Lenhart, Aaron Smith
85% of the adults who use social media report that people are usually kind on the sites. At the same time, 49% have witnessed mean and offensive behavior and they usually respond by ignoring it.
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Media Mention
Suzanne Choney, msnbc.com
Feb 9, 2012
Grown-ups have it easier in a lot more ways than their younger counterparts: They can stay up as late as they want, they don't have anyone nagging them to clean up their room — and adult bullying is less of an issue than teen bullying. Maybe that's w...
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Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press
Feb 3, 2012
The goody-two-shoes among us say it’s better to give than to receive. That’s not true for the average Facebook user, though.
A new study out Friday found that the average user of the world’s biggest online social network gets more than they give. ...
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Hayley Tsukayama, Washington Post
Feb 3, 2012
The average Facebook user has 245 friends. But the average friend on Facebook has 359 friends.
So says the latest study by the Pew Center’s Internet and American Life Project. But how could it be true that your friends, on average, are more po...
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More in: Web 2.0, Social Networking
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Report
Feb 3, 2012Keith Hampton, Lauren Sessions Goulet, Cameron Marlow, Lee Rainie
The effect of Facebook ‘power users’ on everybody else
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Media Mention
Martha Irvine, Associated Press
Jan 30, 2012
Teens tout the ease of use and the ability to send the equivalent of a text message to a circle of friends, often a smaller one than they have on crowded Facebook accounts. They can have multiple accounts and don't have to use their real names. They ...
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More in: Teens, Social Networking, Safety
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Presentation
Jan 24, 2012Susannah Fox
Susannah Fox presented Pew Internet's latest research on mobile, social networks, teens, and health.
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More in: Health, Social Networking, Mobile
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Media Mention
Matt Richtel, New York Times
Jan 17, 2012
The digital era has given rise to a more intimate custom. It has become fashionable for young people to express their affection for each other by sharing their passwords to e-mail, Facebook and other accounts. Boyfriends and girlfriends sometimes eve...
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More in: Teens, Social Networking
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Presentation
Jan 17, 2012Lee Rainie
Director Lee Rainie presented 10 fresh realities of the digital age to journalists, government officials, and leaders of non-governmental organizations from 33 countries.
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More in: Social Networking, Mobile