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Nov 15, 2011Aaron Smith
Social networking sites are appealing as a way to maintain contact with close ties and reconnect with old friends.
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“Web 2.0” is an umbrella term that is used to refer to a new era of Web-enabled applications that are built around user-generated or user-manipulated content, such as wikis, blogs, podcasts, and social networking sites.
Mar 5, 2013Mary Madden
Mary discussed the Pew Internet Project’s latest research on Americans’ use of social media, including how different demographic groups use various platforms.
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Jan 4, 2013Kristin Thomson, Kristen Purcell, Lee Rainie
Cultural organizations like theater companies, orchestras, and art museums are using the internet, social media, and mobile apps to draw in and engage audiences, provide deeper context, and disseminate their work beyond the stage and the gallery
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Jul 24, 2012Susannah Fox
At the 19th International AIDS Conference, Susannah Fox shared a social history of the internet - our national story and her grandmother's story.
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Jul 23, 2012Susannah Fox
Susannah Fox will present Pew Internet's latest data on social media use in the U.S.
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Ian Jacobs, World Wide Web Consortium
May 24, 2012
"66% of American adults now have broadband connections at home."
"Two-thirds of American adults now and three quarters of teenagers are content creators. So they're contributing their stories to the media ecosystem, and it's hugely democratized, the...
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Digital Media and Learning Research Hub
May 7, 2012
The Digital Media and Learning Research Hub spoke with Pew Internet Senior Research Specialist Amanda Lenhart about some of the vast research she has done on teens and the internet/technology: "While working with youth in afterschool settings in t...
More in: Teens, Mobile, Social Networking, Safety, Web 2.0
Apr 20, 2012Lee Rainie
Director Lee Rainie will give the “Citizen 2.0” talk at a Webinar called Forum PA
Apr 18, 2012Joanna Brenner, Kathryn Zickuhr
A guide to data resources on our site.
Mar 23, 2012Janna Anderson, Lee Rainie
A Pew Internet/Elon University survey reveals that experts expect apps and the Web to converge in the cloud; but many worry that simplicity for users will come at a price.
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Feb 23, 2012Lee Rainie
Director Lee Rainie presented data on technology's place in our lives according to numbers at the Wisdom 2.0 Conference in Redwood City, CA.
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