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Presentation
Oct 11, 2012Lee Rainie
Are you checking email or tweeting or texting as you read this session description? Today, many of us are hyper-connected through the web, mobile technologies and social media.
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More in: Social Networking, Mobile, Future of the Internet
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Media Mention
Jen Weigel, Chicago Tribune
Oct 9, 2012
My mother recently announced a desire to join Facebook. While at first the thought of my 65-year-old mom "poking" people or "liking" things scared me, I soon realized this could be a good thing. And according to a Pew Internet Project Tracking Surv...
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More in: Social Networking, Seniors
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Media Mention
Miranda Miller, Search Engine Watch
Sep 17, 2012
What is the difference between content creators and curators? Further, who are the people behind the rise of photos and videos as social currency? Pew Internet set out to answer these questions in a recent project.
Currently 46 percent of Internet...
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More in: Social Networking, Video
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Media Mention
Andrea Smith, Mashable
Sep 14, 2012
If you’re someone who likes to post original photos and videos online, there’s a name for you. You’re a creator, according to research from the Pew Internet and American Life Project. “Creators,” who post photos and videos online that they made, make...
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More in: Social Networking, Video
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Report
Sep 13, 2012Lee Rainie, Joanna Brenner, Kristen Purcell
46% of internet users post original photos & videos online; 41% curate photos & videos they find elsewhere on the web and post on image-sharing sites. Women are more likely than men to use Pinterest; Instagram & Tumblr attract equal shares of both.
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More in: Social Networking, Video
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Media Mention
Charles M. Blow, New York Times
Sep 7, 2012
Even on television, the Democrats outperformed the Republicans. According to Nielsen, the Democratic convention drew more viewers than the Republicans on each night. And, according to the Hollywood Reporter, the Republican confab last Wednesday even ...
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More in: Politics, Social Networking
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Presentation
Sep 6, 2012Aaron Smith
Aaron Smith will share the Pew Internet Project’s most recent data on the constantly shifting digital ecosystem in the U.S. and highlight some major trends that have emerged since the project’s inception in 1999.
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More in: Broadband, Mobile, Social Networking
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Report
Sep 4, 2012Lee Rainie, Aaron Smith
Campaign and policy-related material on SNS plays a modest role in influencing most users’ views & political activities. Democrats & liberals are the most likely to say the sites have impact and are important.
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More in: Politics, Social Networking
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Media Mention
Nick Judd, TechPresident
Sep 4, 2012
There's a joke quote circulating on Facebook that goes like this: "'Your relentless political Facebook posts finally turned me around to your way of thinking,' said nobody, ever."
The funny thing is, that might not actually be true.
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More in: Social Networking, Mobile
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Media Mention
Meg James, Los Angeles Times
Aug 11, 2012
NBC's coverage of the London Olympics has blown away the most optimistic projections for audience performance in an increasingly fractured media landscape.
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A survey of 1,005 people, conducted last weekend by the Pew Research Center, found...
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More in: Social Networking