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Jul 22, 2008Aaron Smith
Because blogs have been in the news lately with the Netroots Nation and BlogHer conferences recently wrapping up, it seemed like an opportune time to post our latest figures for blogging and blog readership.
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Blogs, or online journals, are a way for internet users to express themselves creatively or to document their experiences. About one in ten internet users contribute to a blog; one in three internet users read blogs.
Feb 4, 2010Amanda Lenhart
This presentation covers recent findings on wireless, mobile internet use, social networks, content creation, blogging, Twitter and sexting among teens and young adults.
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Suzanne Choney, msnbc.com
Feb 3, 2010
Fourth-fifths of young adults between the ages of 18 and 29 are wireless Internet users, and while many of them are getting to the Web using their laptops, they're also using netbooks, cell phones, game consoles and e-readers, according to a new repo...
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Martha Irvine, Associated Press
Could it be that blogs have become online fodder for the — gasp! — more mature reader? A new study has found that young people are losing interest in long-form blogging, as their communication habits have become increasingly brief, and mobile. Tec...
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Hari Sreenivasan, PBS
Amanda Lenhart dropped by The Rundown to outline the highlight of their latest report examining social media use among teens and young adults.
Watch the video at PBS.org
Feb 3, 2010Amanda Lenhart, Kristen Purcell, Aaron Smith, Kathryn Zickuhr
Social media and mobile internet use among teens and young adults.
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Jan 28, 2009Sydney Jones, Susannah Fox
This is a series of charts related to the "Generations Online in 2009" report released on Jan. 28, 2009.
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Sep 26, 2008Aaron Smith
Online activists and concerned citizens are using the internet to learn about the financial crisis, share their views on the proposed bailout, and organize their friends.
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May 23, 2008Mary Madden
In what could be considered a further blurring of traditional media and new forms of digital media, this weekend's cover story in the New York Times Magazine features the intimate autobiographical account of Emily Gould, blogger and former Gawker edi...
Mar 11, 2008Mary Madden
Teen girls have already laid their claim to many corners of the creative Web. So what are the boys up to?
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the percentage of online adults who use social networking sites, up from 37% in November 2008
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