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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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Media Mention
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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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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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
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Presentation
Jan 12, 2012Lee Rainie
Director Lee Rainie presented to physicians, administrators, and staff at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California on January 12 on understanding social networking and online health information seeking.
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More in: Health, Social Networking
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Media Mention
Jennifer Preston, The New York Times
Jan 1, 2012
Almost two-thirds of adults who used the Internet in 2011 also belonged to social networks, like Facebook and Twitter, according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project.
Most people said they adopted these tools to stay connected with relati...
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More in: Social Networking