Media Mention

Americans use phones more for games, Internet

Suzanne Choney, msnbc.com

Jul 7, 2010

Americans' use of non-voice programs on cell phones has "grown dramatically" over the last year, with even more of us using our phones as cameras and video recorders, as well as for e-mail, Internet and playing games, according to a report from the P...

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Commentary

FCC Comment: Empowering Parents and Protecting Children

Feb 26, 2010Mary Madden

This week we filed a public comment in response to the Federal Communications Notice of Inquiry on the issue of "Empowering Parents and Protecting Kids in an Evolving Media Landscape."

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Presentation

Teen Content Creators

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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Videogames now outperform Hollywood movies

Tom Chatfield, The Observer

Sep 27, 2009

The videogame industry is an area in which consumers are voting with their wallets and their eyeballs: audiences, according to recent surveys such as the Pew Internet & American Life Project, are increasingly switching off their televisions and aband...

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Dads Still Got Game, but the Kids Have Got Talent

Donna St. George, Washington Post

Sep 27, 2009

It's a football Sunday, and between NFL matchups on television, Tyson Cole-Hines and his 9-year-old stepson create their own drama on the field with a video game on their Xbox 360.

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"What we're really starting to see is a cohort of fathers wh...

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Presentation

Teens, Mobile and Games

May 28, 2009Amanda Lenhart

At a Federal Trade Commission brownbag, Amanda Lenhart reviewed four years of Pew Internet data on youth and mobile phones as well as Pew findings on youth and video games.

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Presentation

Cheats for Marketers: Fresh Demographics on Teen and Adult Game Play & How Games Can Teach Kids to Be Good Citizens

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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Commentary

Teens and Gaming Data Set Posted

Dec 29, 2008Aaron Smith

The data set for our 2008 survey on teens, gaming and civic engagement is now posted for download on our site.

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Commentary

Adult Gamers in Action

Dec 12, 2008Susannah Fox

CBS News found adult gamers to illustrate their coverage of our study (and "White Wedding" will never be the same for me).

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Report

Adults and Video Games

Dec 7, 2008Amanda Lenhart, Sydney Jones, Alexandra Macgill

Over half of American adults play video games, and four in five young adults play games. Computers are the most popular gaming device, though young adults prefer gaming consoles. Virtual worlds only draw a small crowd.

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