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May 26, 2010USA Today
The Web often comes across as a global watering hole where young adults freely trade personal information while more cautious older visitors stand to the side for fear of losing a grip on their online privacy.
But a new survey turns tha...
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May 26, 2010CBC Radio
Nora Young of CBC Radio's Spark talked to Mary Madden about her recent report that looks at reputation management and social media,...
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May 25, 2010CNNMoney.com
"The rules of engagement with social media sites keep changing and this has created an environment where users are often forced to learn through trial and error," said Mary Madden, senior researcher at the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
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May 8, 2010New York Times
[Young adults] are more diligent than older adults, however, in trying to protect themselves. In a new study to be released this month, the Pew Internet Project has found that people in their 20s exert more control over their digital reputations t...
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Mar 17, 2010Washington Post
Mary Madden, senior research specialist at the Pew Research Center's Internet and & American Life Project, said 72 percent of millennials use social networking sites, compared with 40 percent of adults 30 or older.*
She said young peopl...
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Mar 15, 2010Washington Post | Post Tech
Mary Madden, a senior researcher at the Pew Center’s Internet & American Life Project, said with social networking becoming mainstream, there are bound to be missteps by Web sites that will challenge users’ views of privacy online.
In...
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Nov 25, 2009NPR | Morning Edition
For teenagers, a driver's license has traditionally been a passport to freedom — but a license may not offer the thrill it once did. Teens are finding there isn't much need to learn to drive. These days there is text messaging and Skype as ways to...
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Nov 17, 2009PC Magazine
You might want to confiscate that cell phone before letting your teenager head out on the open road. About 26 percent of American teenagers admit to texting while driving, while 48 percent of teens say they have witnessed a friend text from behind...
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Nov 16, 2009USA Today
There is a large body of evidence on the dangers of inattention and distraction when driving, including using cellphones, says Amanda Lenhart, senior research specialist with Pew. Some studies indicate that talking on a cellphone is more distracti...
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Nov 16, 2009MSNBC.com
A third of teens ages 16 and 17 say they have texted while driving and 48 percent of teens ages 12 to 17 say they have been in a car when the driver was texting, according to a new survey from the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
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