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Jan 20, 2011Politico
Politicians through the years have vied to use the latest medium to connect with voters, from FDR’s mastery of radio to JFK’s “win” of the first televised presidential debate. The Obama campaign in 2008 throttled social media to help win the presi...
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Jan 10, 2011Associated Press
Today, as mobile technology puts computers in our pockets, Latinos and blacks are more likely than the general population to access the Web by cellular phones, and they use their phones more often to do more things.
But now some see a n...
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Dec 9, 2010San Jose Mercury News
People have grown used to the idea of Twitter as America's stream of consciousness, but a new study suggests that the fast-growing microblogging service is also becoming a kind of digital melting pot for U.S. adults.
A survey released t...
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Dec 9, 2010msnbc.com
Eight percent of Americans who are online use Twitter, and the short-messaging blog is "particularly popular" with those ages 18 to 29, minorities and those who live in cities," according to a new report from The Pew Research Center's Internet & A...
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Dec 9, 2010The Guardian
The Pew research centre's latest report is on the use of Twitter and reveals some interesting trends, not least how mainstream the social messaging site (let's forget that ...
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Dec 9, 2010Los Angeles Times
About 8% of American adults who use the Internet are Twitter users, with 2% using it on a typical day.
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Notable among Pew's findings: Young adults ages 18 to 29 are significantly more likely to use Twitter than older adu...
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Nov 8, 2010CNN
Language is also a barrier for Spanish-speaking people, said Aaron Smith, a senior research specialist with the Pew Internet & American Life Project, a nonpartisan research group.
But overall, Smith said, racial digital divides appear t...
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More in: Race and Ethnicity , Broadband
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Nov 4, 2010Marketplace | American Public Media
By all accounts, The Next Big Thing In Tech is supposed to be geolocation. Lots of businesses now offer special deals when you check in and yesterday Facebook announced a whole slew of deals for users on their Facebook Places location services. Bu...
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Oct 18, 2010NPR
The Pew Internet & American Life Project has released a new report on the gadgets Americans own and how they use them. Almost all young Americans own cellphones and seniors are increasingly going digital. Senior research specialist Read More
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Oct 18, 2010New York Times
Last Thursday, Pew Research released a report from its Internet & American Life Project showing that the cellphone is now Gadget No. 1 for Americans.
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