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Presentation
Jun 5, 2012Amanda Lenhart
Amanda Lenhart spoke about how teens use technology and about youth social and emotional experiences in social media spaces.
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Ashley Halsey III, Washington Post
May 13, 2012
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In an online survey of 1,300 teen drivers with cellphones, scheduled for release Monday, the youths said that even though their parents may warn them against it, they think adult drivers send text messages “all the time.”
A sizable proportion...
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Digital Media and Learning Research Hub
May 7, 2012
The Digital Media and Learning Research Hub spoke with Pew Internet Senior Research Specialist Amanda Lenhart about some of the vast research she has done on teens and the internet/technology:
"While working with youth in afterschool settings in t...
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Nick Bilton, New York Times
May 6, 2012
People once took photographs so they could capture a moment for themselves and keep it forever. Then digital cameras and cellphones turned photos into something more ephemeral and more easily shared. But as the case of Anthony Weiner demonstrated, ph...
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The Kojo Nnamdi Show
Apr 19, 2012
Amanda Lenhart was a guest on The Kojo Nnamdi Show on WAMU, Washington D.C.'s NPR station. Joined by Joseph Viola, school psychologist and professor of psychology at GWU, and Sharon Cindrich, parenting author and columnist, the conversation centered ...
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Report
Feb 9, 2012Lee Rainie, Amanda Lenhart, Aaron Smith
85% of the adults who use social media report that people are usually kind on the sites. At the same time, 49% have witnessed mean and offensive behavior and they usually respond by ignoring it.
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Suzanne Choney, msnbc.com
Feb 9, 2012
Grown-ups have it easier in a lot more ways than their younger counterparts: They can stay up as late as they want, they don't have anyone nagging them to clean up their room — and adult bullying is less of an issue than teen bullying. Maybe that's w...
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Martha Irvine, Associated Press
Jan 30, 2012
Teens tout the ease of use and the ability to send the equivalent of a text message to a circle of friends, often a smaller one than they have on crowded Facebook accounts. They can have multiple accounts and don't have to use their real names. They ...
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Presentation
Jan 25, 2012Lee Rainie
How do consumers feel about privacy in this new era of smartphones and how does that enter into their decisions about their transportation options?
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