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May 8, 2011Washington Post
When Scott Fitzsimones turned 13, he got an iPhone, set up accounts for Facebook and Pandora and went on an apps downloading spree. At the same time, the new teenager lost many protections over his privacy online.
The games he plays kno...
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Mar 11, 2011The New York Times
SAN FRANCISCO — The fake ID has gone digital, and spread to elementary school.
Across the nation, millions of young people are lying about their ages so they can create accounts on popular sites like Facebook and Myspace. These sites r...
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Oct 19, 2010Washington Post
"The basic notion that people reach a technological saturation point applies to a lot of people," says Lee Rainie, the director of the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project, which studies the Web's impact on society. "They liter...
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Oct 14, 2010Wall Street Journal
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Texting's rise over conversation is changing the way we interact, social scientists and researchers say. We default to text to relay difficult information. We stare at our phone when we want to avoid eye contact. Rather than make ...
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More in: Mobile, Teens
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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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Feb 3, 2010msnbc.com
Fourth-fifths of young adults between the ages of 18 and 29 are wireless Internet users, and while many of them are getting to the Web using their laptops, they're also using netbooks, cell phones, game consoles and e-readers, according to a new r...
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Feb 3, 2010Washington Post
According to a new report released Wednesday, only 8 percent of online teens have embraced Twitter, a notable low for a generation so passionate about technology. Think of the millions of text messages that teens send. Think of their endless hours...
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Feb 3, 2010Associated Press
Could it be that blogs have become online fodder for the — gasp! — more mature reader?
A new study has found that young people are losing interest in long-form blogging, as their communication habits have become increasingly brief, and ...
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Feb 3, 2010PBS
Amanda Lenhart dropped by The Rundown to outline the highlight of their latest report examining social media use among teens and young adults.
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