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May 1, 2013Carolyn Miller, Kathryn Zickuhr, Lee Rainie, Kristen Purcell
Parents of minor children have a special relationship with libraries. Most believe libraries are very important for their children and provide extra resources that are not available at home.
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Parents frequently lead other adults in adoption of new technologies and applications. Families use and repurpose technology in ways that enhance family life even as innovations present new challenges.
Jul 31, 2007Mary Madden
Recent headlines about the discovery and removal of 29,000 registered sex offenders on MySpace have added fuel to the fiery debate about the safety of online social networks.
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Nov 19, 2006
This data set contains questions about parent/teen internet usage, attitudes towards technology and teen experiences online. It was used in the reports "Teens and Social Media", "Parent and Teen Internet Use", "Teens and Online Stranger Contact", "Cy...
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Oct 27, 2006Lee Rainie
This presentation covers the media and communications environment of today's teenagers and young adults and how that new environment has affected their expectations and behaviors about media, communication, and creation.
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Jul 11, 2006Amanda Lenhart, Mary Madden, Lee Rainie
A summary document of Pew Internet Project data on youth and technology prepared in advance of testimony by Pew Internet staffer Amanda Lenhart at the House Telecom subcommittee hearings.
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Apr 26, 2006Mary Madden
Internet penetration has now reached 73% for all American adults. Internet users note big improvements in their ability to shop and the way they pursue hobbies and personal interests online.
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Chris Cobbs, Orlando Sentinel
Jul 28, 2005
"While working a part-time job at an engineering firm, Edgewater High School senior Michelle Tyrlik scrimped and saved for seven months so she could fulfill a longtime dream: to buy her own laptop."My parents didn't help me buy it, and it's the first...
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Nov 28, 2004
This data set includes questions about how teenagers and their parents use the internet (October - Novemeber 2004).
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Aug 11, 2004
While nearly all Internet users conducted some of their day-to-day activities online in 2004, most still defaulted to the traditional offline ways of communicating, transacting affairs, getting information and entertaining themselves.
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Aug 11, 2004Deborah Fallows
The vast majority of online Americans say the Internet plays a role in their daily routines and that the rhythm of their everyday lives would be affected if they could no longer go online. Yet, despite its great popularity and allure, the Internet st...
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Jun 18, 2004Amanda Lenhart
The presentation outlines three main groups, roughly aligned with the constituencies of a college or university website--teens/prospective students, current students and parents--and discusses the online nature, behaviors and beliefs of these groups.
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of Americans say borrowing books is a “very important” service libraries provide.
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The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project is one of seven projects that make up the Pew Research Center. The Center is supported by The Pew Charitable Trust.