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Media Mention
May 6, 2012New York Times
People once took photographs so they could capture a moment for themselves and keep it forever. Then digital cameras and cellphones turned photos into something more ephemeral and more easily shared. But as the case of Anthony Weiner demonstrated,...
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Media Mention
Dec 13, 2011New York Times
As Facebook prepares for a much-anticipated public offering, the company is eager to show off its momentum by building on its huge membership: more than 800 million active users around the world, Facebook says, and roughly 200 million in the Unite...
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Media Mention
Oct 27, 2011Boston Globe
For Charleen Archambault, one is not enough.
The dining director at Brooksby Village Retirement Community in Peabody carries two: an HTC smartphone for work and a LG flip phone for family. She prefers to keep her two worlds separate - a...
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Presentation
Oct 20, 2011Lee Rainie
Lee Rainie spoke about “As learning goes mobile” at the Educause 2011 annual conference. He described the Project’s latest findings about how people (especially young adults) use mobile devices, including smartphones and tablet computers.
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Media Mention
Oct 10, 2011Poynter.org
Six years ago today, on October 10, 2005, New York Times columnist David Carr wrote a story called, “Forget Blogs, Print Needs Its Own iPod.” It is a fascinating reminder of how much media and technology have changed since.
His piece ma...
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Media Mention
Sep 20, 2011New York Times
Nearly three out of four Americans send text messages on the phone and among those who do, 31 percent prefer texting to talking, according to a study released Monday by...
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Media Mention
Aug 17, 2011Associated Press
For anyone who's used a fake cellphone conversation to avoid real-life interactions, a new study finds you are not alone.
The Pew Internet & American Life Project says that 13 percent of adult mobile phone owners in the U.S. have used t...
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Media Mention
Aug 16, 2011ABC News
A national survey conducted by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project found that 13 percent of cell phone users reported deflecting awkward conversations by faking phone calls.
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The same Pew study fo...
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Media Mention
Aug 16, 2011CNN
(CNN) -- If you've ever pretended to be talking on your cell phone to avoid talking to, or acknowledging, someone nearby -- you're not alone. One in 13 Americans have used this ploy, a new survey says.
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Media Mention
Aug 16, 2011NPR's Morning Edition
(Listen) Even if your cell phone has been switched off, it still has at least one use: avoiding other people. A new survey from the P...
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