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May 20, 2012The Daily Beast
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Far from being a source of isolation, the teen’s phone is a tether to loved ones; it is a personal object, a crucial connection. A study by the International Center for Media and the Public Agenda asked one thousand students in te...
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May 7, 2012Digital Media and Learning Research Hub
The Digital Media and Learning Research Hub spoke with Pew Internet Senior Research Specialist Amanda Lenhart about some of the vast research she has done on teens and the internet/technology:
"While working with youth in afterschool se...
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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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Mar 20, 2012Philadelphia Inquirer
"All along, this has reflected the desire of teens to create their own group language and use it to stay in contact," says Amanda Lenhart, senior research specialist at Pew and the study's leading researcher. She cites a "network effect": "Once yo...
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Mar 19, 2012Washington Post
The vast majority of teenagers have a cell phone and older girls are leading use by sending more than 100 text messages a day, according to a new report.
About eight in 10 teens had a cell phone in 2011, a number that hasn’t changed muc...
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