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Media Mention
Stefanie Olsen, New York Times Bits Blog
Nov 5, 2009
Hundreds of daily updates come from friends on Facebook and Twitter, but do people actually feel closer to each other?
It turns out the size of the average American’s social circle is smaller today than 20 years ago, as measured by the number of s...
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Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press
Nov 4, 2009
NEW YORK — A new study confirms what your 130 Facebook friends and scores of Twitter followers may have already told you: The Internet and mobile phones are not linked to social isolation.
Online activities such as e-mail, blogging and frequenting...
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Suzanne Choney, MSNBC
Nov 4, 2009
Americans’ love affairs with mobile phones and the Internet are not contributing factors to an increase in social isolation in the United States, according to a new study from the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
Despite the fact that more an...
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Report
Nov 4, 2009Keith Hampton, Lauren Sessions Goulet, Eun Ja Her, Lee Rainie
How the internet and mobile phones impact Americans’ social networks.
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Media Mention
Sara Stroud, THE Journal
Oct 1, 2009
School districts are turning the tables against cyberbullies, using technology to flush out and crack down on online harassment.
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MORE THAN 43 PERCENT of teenagers have been the victims of cyberbullying, according to research from the Nati...
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Media Mention
Donna St. George, Washington Post
Sep 27, 2009
It's a football Sunday, and between NFL matchups on television, Tyson Cole-Hines and his 9-year-old stepson create their own drama on the field with a video game on their Xbox 360.
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"What we're really starting to see is a cohort of fathers wh...
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Presentation
Jun 2, 2009Mary Madden
Media-Smart Youth expert panel discussion on the integration of the internet into daily life and what this means for educational programs that seek to engage youth through new media.
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Presentation
May 13, 2009Amanda Lenhart
This talk surveys the current research on cyberbullying and online harassment, pulling in Pew Internet data as well as the work of the Crimes Against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire, Internet Solutions for Kids and other a...
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Presentation
Mar 27, 2009Amanda Lenhart
Aimed at the business side of the video game world, this talk outlines recent demographics on teen and adult video game play, discusses parents as gatekeepers to teen game play and parents' behavior, attitudes and concerns around games. Finally, the ...
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