Commentary

Downloading Apps for Children

May 15, 2012Amanda Lenhart

Parents are enthusiastic downloaders of all kinds of apps, particularly apps for children.

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Presentation

Speaking the language of the next generation

Feb 18, 2012Lee Rainie

How the Millennials Generation consumes, produces, and shares information

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Plugged-In Teens: Lee Rainie interview on "Parents' Perspective" podcast

Parents' Perspective

Dec 7, 2011

Director Lee Rainie was interviewed on the "Parents' Perspective" podcast (#494) about how today's "plugged-in teens" manage their reputations online--and how their families are parenting in this new digital environment.

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Study: Teens find peers kind on social networks

Associated Press

Nov 9, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) — Despite all the worries about online bullying, more than two-thirds of teenagers on social-networking sites say their peers are mostly kind, a new study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project finds.

Still, 15 percent say t...

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Teens' parents and their technology profile

Nov 9, 2011

The parents of teenagers are steeped in technology and are increasingly involved with their kids’ lives in online environments.

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OMG! My Grandparents R My BFF!

Molly Baker, Wall Street Journal

May 9, 2011

[...] Certainly, it's nothing new that kids are plugging in and staying connected. But what is new is that it may be a grandparent on the other end of that virtual tin can—and that technology is bridging the vast age and distance gap that has long di...

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As Bullies Go Digital, Parents Play Catch-Up

Jan Hoffman, New York Times

Dec 4, 2010

[...] Last April in an omnibus review of studies addressing youth, privacy and reputation, a report by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard noted that parents who checked their children’s online communications were seen as “controll...

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Commentary

Is the age at which kids get cell phones getting younger?

Dec 1, 2010Amanda Lenhart

What is the average age at which American kids get cell phones? and is it getting younger?

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Report

Americans and their gadgets

Oct 14, 2010Aaron Smith

As the digital world has expanded far beyond the desktop, consumers can now choose from an array of devices capable of satisfying their need for “anytime, anywhere” access to news, information, friends and entertainment.

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Presentation

Teens & Mobile Phones: Texting rises sharply as mobile phones become the communication hub for American teens

Oct 6, 2010Amanda Lenhart

Mobile phones have become the hub of teens' communication with peers and others, and is increasingly a source of information as well as connection to others. This talk presents data about which teens have mobile phones, how they use them - texting, t...

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