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Media Mention
Nathan Olivarez-Giles, L.A. Times
Jul 15, 2011
Twitter was launched publicly five years ago, on July 13, 2006, and has gone from an unknown text-messaging and Web service then called Twttr to one of the biggest forces in social media.
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The fifth birthday for the social networking servi...
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More in: Social Networking, Web 2.0
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Presentation
Jul 14, 2011Lee Rainie
Lee Rainie will discuss the Project’s latest findings about how people use mobile devices, and how the changing media ecosystem is affecting the way people receive, share, and create information.
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More in: New Media Ecology, Mobile, Web 2.0
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Report
Jun 16, 2011Keith Hampton, Lauren Sessions Goulet, Lee Rainie, Kristen Purcell
How people’s trust, personal relationships, and civic and political involvement are connected to their use of social network sites and other technologies.
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More in: Communities, Social Networking, Web 2.0
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Commentary
May 20, 2011Kathryn Zickuhr
A guide to data resources on our site, including recent changes to our data sets.
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More in: Web 2.0
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Media Mention
ABC News Radio
May 12, 2011
(WASHINGTON) -- According to the Pew Internet and American Life Project, of the 74 percent of us who use the Internet, 80 percent have looked online for health information about any of 15 health topics such as a specific disease or treatment. That t...
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More in: Health, Mobile, Web 2.0
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Media Mention
Alex Howard, O'Reilly Radar
May 12, 2011
On balance, people report being helped by the health information they find online, not harmed. While social networking sites are not a significant source of health information for online users, they do provide a source of encouragement and offer comm...
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More in: Health, Mobile, Web 2.0
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Media Mention
Cecilia Kang, Washington Post
May 8, 2011
When Scott Fitzsimones turned 13, he got an iPhone, set up accounts for Facebook and Pandora and went on an apps downloading spree. At the same time, the new teenager lost many protections over his privacy online.
The games he plays know his locat...
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More in: Teens, Mobile, Web 2.0, Identity
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Presentation
Apr 7, 2011Amanda Lenhart
This talk explores commonly held assumptions about how teens and young adults use technology. Do teens really send that many text messages a day? Is Twitter the next big thing among young adults? Are landlines obsolete?
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More in: Teens, Web 2.0
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Presentation
Apr 7, 2011Lee Rainie
Lee Raine talks with Journalism That Matters' Bill Densmore about how libraries can adjust and thrive in the new media ecosystem.
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More in: Libraries, New Media Ecology, Web 2.0
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Presentation
Apr 7, 2011Kristen Purcell
Kristen Purcell's keynote address at the Museums and the Web annual conference, held April 6-10 in Philadelphia, PA.
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More in: Education, Mobile, New Media Ecology, Web 2.0