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Feb 14, 2013Maeve Duggan, Joanna Brenner
Young adults are more likely than older adults to use social media. Women, African-Americans, and Latinos show high interest in sites like Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest.
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Martha Irvine, Associated Press
Feb 3, 2010
Could it be that blogs have become online fodder for the — gasp! — more mature reader? A new study has found that young people are losing interest in long-form blogging, as their communication habits have become increasingly brief, and mobile. Tec...
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Hari Sreenivasan, PBS
Amanda Lenhart dropped by The Rundown to outline the highlight of their latest report examining social media use among teens and young adults.
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Feb 3, 2010Amanda Lenhart, Kristen Purcell, Aaron Smith, Kathryn Zickuhr
Social media and mobile internet use among teens and young adults.
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The Economist
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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Laura M. Holson, New York Times
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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Mike Swift, San Jose Mercury News
Dec 17, 2009
In its earliest days, Facebook was primarily a white and Asian phenomenon. No more. In the first study of the race and ethnicity of its U.S. users, Facebook said Wednesday that blacks and Latinos have joined the social networking giant at a rapid cli...
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Dec 10, 2009Aaron Smith
Research Specialist Aaron Smith discusses online participation and social media at the 2009 Symposium on Racing and Gaming in Tucson.
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David Inge, NPR | Focus 580
Nov 30, 2009
An interview with Keith N. Hampton, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication, discussing the recent Pew Internet report ...
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Nov 18, 2009Kathryn Zickuhr
Slides about teen content creators, shown at The Power of Youth Voice: What Kids Learn When They Create With Digital Media.
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Joseph Shapiro, NPR
Nov 16, 2009
Most e-patients go online to read about a health condition. But that seems almost passive compared to the way a small group of Internet-savvy people are connecting to get their health information.
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