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Presentation
May 23, 2009Amanda Lenhart
This presentation dives into the demographics of teen and adult social network users and looks at how youth use of social networks compares to use by adults, both in frequency, but also in purpose and behavior.
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More in: Teens, Social Networking, Generations
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Media Mention
Robert Strohmeyer, Computerworld
May 20, 2009
That Boomers dramatically alter the social networks they adopt should come as no surprise, according to Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project, a think tank that studies Americans' online habits. "Boomers are the mainstream ...
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More in: Social Networking, Generations
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Media Mention
Cheryl Oakes, Alice Barr, Bob Sprankle, Bit by Bit
May 11, 2009
Mary Madden appeared on the May 7th edition of "Seedlings" to discuss her work at the Project. Seedlings is a weekly education and technology podcast created by teachers for teachers.
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More in: Education, Social Networking, Web 2.0
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Media Mention
Sue Zeidler and Steve Gorman, Reuters
Apr 29, 2009
Swine flu chatter spread swiftly through blogs and social network sites like Twitter and Facebook on Tuesday while U.S. cable news networks' saturation coverage of the outbreak gave way to a major political story...
Much of the online buzz was pro...
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More in: Health, Social Networking
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Commentary
Apr 23, 2009Susannah Fox
Participatory medicine is taking hold with both citizens and health professionals. But there are still pockets of people who lack access to the basic technology, lack the skills required to participate, or who may lack the sense that they are welcome...
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More in: Health, Social Networking, Web 2.0, Mobile
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Presentation
Apr 23, 2009Susannah Fox
Technology is changing how patients navigate their health care experience. New survey data shows how e-patients are using social media to connect to each other and to information.
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More in: Health, Social Networking, Web 2.0, Mobile
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Presentation
Apr 22, 2009Lee Rainie
Lee Rainie discussed the Project’s research about how the internet and cell phones are affecting citizens and how government agencies have new opportunities to plug into citizens’ social networks as they try to solve problems in their lives.
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More in: Government, Social Networking, New Media Ecology
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Media Mention
John D. Sutter, CNN.com
Apr 13, 2009
While online social networks like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace are known hang-outs for younger adults and teenagers, older generations in recent months have been taking to the medium at a faster rate than any other age group, according to industry r...
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More in: Social Networking, Seniors
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Presentation
Apr 10, 2009Amanda Lenhart
This talk presents an overview of Pew Internet project data on teens and social media, including teen tech tool ownership, communication patterns over social networks and mobile phones as well analysis of how young adults 18-29 seeking health informa...
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More in: Teens, Web 2.0, Health, Social Networking
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Media Mention
On The Media, National Public Radio
Apr 3, 2009
Is Google making us stupid? Is it making us smarter? Have we lost our ability to concentrate? Are we more social or more isolated as a result of our constantly interconnected lives? Brooke takes a look at some of the research that attempts to answer ...
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More in: Social Networking