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Media Mention
Kevin Whitelaw, NPR
Sep 2, 2009
Some of the change is cultural. Users have been flocking to social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, where they voluntarily share all kinds of details about their lives.
In some ways, the meteoric success of these sites could be a reacti...
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More in: Identity, Search, Social Networking
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Media Mention
BBC News
Sep 2, 2009
US civic engagement remains in the hands of the middle-class despite hopes that the internet would democratise political involvement.
Those are the findings of a report from the Pew Internet Project.
Online political engagement such as contacti...
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More in: Government, Digital Divide, Politics, Social Networking
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Media Mention
Nicole Allan, The Atlantic
Sep 1, 2009
In 2004, Joe Trippi, Howard Dean’s techie campaign manager, declared that “the Internet is the most democratizing innovation we’ve ever seen—more so even than the printing press.” Five years later, after ...
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Media Mention
Aliya Sternstein, NextGov.com
Sep 1, 2009
Wealthy and well-educated Americans dominate online civic activities, just as they have long dominated traditional civic involvement, according to a study released on Tuesday by Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project. [...]
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More in: Government, Digital Divide, Politics, Social Networking
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Data Set
Sep 1, 2009
This data set contains questions about how people monitor and maintain their online identities. It was used in the reports "Reputation Management and Social Media" and "Twitter and Status Updating Fall 2009".
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More in: Identity, Social Networking, Web 2.0
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Media Mention
Frederic Lardinois, ReadWriteWeb
Aug 27, 2009
Even though baby boomers make up more than one quarter of all US Internet users, and even though the majority of this group spends over five hour per week online, a new survey by Burst Media found that only 14% of boomers feel that the content on the...
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More in: Social Networking, Generations, Seniors
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Media Mention
Jon Swartz, USA Today
Aug 27, 2009
Social-media services, such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and countless other websites, have had a profound effect on how millions of Americans — especially those under 35 — interact with others (or don't), shop and view brands. It's a real-time digi...
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More in: Communities, Social Networking, Web 2.0
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Commentary
Aug 18, 2009Susannah Fox
Federal agencies can, and should, be the first responders to health questions. Social media can help.
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More in: Health, Social Networking, Web 2.0, Mobile, Government
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Media Mention
Linda S. Crawford, Law.com
Aug 17, 2009
In many ways, today's social networking systems are wonderful tools, bringing people together -- and no longer just the domain of teenagers. Adult Internet users participating in online social networks quadrupled from 8 percent to 35 percent between ...
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More in: Health, Social Networking
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Media Mention
Martha Irvine, Associated Press
Jul 13, 2009
...many companies are still figuring out their online policies and how to deal with the blurring lines between work and personal time — including social networking, even with the boss.
"I think over time, an open embrace of these tools can become ...
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More in: Social Networking, Work, Generations