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Teens leading Internet revolution
11/2/2005 | 
Coverage
Julio Ojeda-Zapata, St. Paul Pioneer Press
'“Steven Elliott, 13, is more than a passive Internet user. The Lakeville eighth-grader is an online-content creator, as are an increasing number of his peers.
Elliott uses image-manipulation software to tweak digital photos and post those "remixes" on the Web, along with his original drawings. A fan of Nintendo's "Zelda" video games, he writes fan fiction for sharing on "Zelda" sites. An aspiring filmmaker, he uses a camcorder and video-editing software to create short flicks that he plans to put online.
He's a podcaster, too, harnessing audio-recording software to assemble radio-style shows for download. He was the "Avid Gamer" for a while and, this week, debuts a "Cinema Gamer" podcast focused on films as well as video games.
Just over half of U.S. teenagers now create Internet content — they build diary-like "blogs" or other Web sites and post their own video, photos, artwork and writings — according to survey results released today by the Washington, D.C.-based Pew Internet & American Life Project.
"Teens aren't simply sitting on the sidelines as passive consumers of content that is pushed to them," said Pew researcher Mary Madden, who co-wrote the new study with Pew colleague Amanda Lenhart. "They are putting their own personal stamp on it. They are embracing expressive opportunities, much more so than adults."
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