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Stan Alcorn, NPR
Jul 12, 2012
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Facebook started as a social network for college students. But now that anyone can join, here's a status update: Many of its newest members are senior citizens.
At 101 yea...
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Jul 11, 2012Kristen Purcell
How teens use the internet, mobile phones, social media and social networking sites,as well as teen communication preferences and online information consumption.
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Donna Tam, CNET
Jul 11, 2012
Most teenagers use social-media sites and parents are wise to it, "friending" their kids and monitoring which sites they visit at an increased rate, according to ...
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Jessica Tully, USA Today
Jun 23, 2012
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Nugent says he wants to stay connected with his four daughters and grandchildren.
Mary Madden, senior research specialist at the Pew Research Center, says Nugent's reasoning is common.
A recent Pew survey found that people younger than 5...
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Jun 6, 2012Kathryn Zickuhr, Mary Madden
For the first time, half of American adults ages 65 and older are online.
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Jun 5, 2012Amanda Lenhart
Amanda Lenhart spoke about how teens use technology and about youth social and emotional experiences in social media spaces.
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May 31, 2012Lee Rainie
Lee Rainie was the morning keynote speaker at the Society for Scholarly Publishing's conference on May 31, discussing how people use technology to gather, share, and create information.
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Salvador Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times
May 31, 2012
The number of adults using Twitter every day has doubled since 2011, according to a new survey.
Eight percent of adult Internet users said they log on to Twitter every day, up from the 4% who said the same last year, according to the Pew Research ...
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Jeff Sonderman, Poynter
May 31, 2012
The number of Americans using Twitter has grown to 15 percent of Internet users, according to a new survey by the Pew Internet and American Life Project. That’s up only slightly from 13 percent a year earlier, but Pew notes the percentage of daily us...
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May 31, 2012Aaron Smith, Joanna Brenner
Overall adoption remains steady, but “typical day” usage continues to grow—8% of online adults now use Twitter on a typical day. African-Americans, young adults, and mobile users stand out for their high rates of Twitter usage.
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