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Presentation
Mar 23, 2010Kristen Purcell
Kristen Purcell will speak at the the Fred Rogers Center's Fred Forward Conference about recent research on teens' online activities.
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More in: Teens, Race and Ethnicity , Digital Divide
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Media Mention
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, Wall Street Journal | Digits
Mar 16, 2010
Is it cyberbullying if kids post mean comments and then say they were “just joking”? Is it wrong for a boy to pressure his girlfriend to send racy text messages? For teenagers, these questions don’t necessarily have clear answers.
MTV is trying to...
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More in: Teens, Mobile
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Presentation
Mar 9, 2010Amanda Lenhart
This panel discusses the opportunities and challenges presented by technology for STD prevention. Amanda presents Pew Internet's latest data on the use of technology by teens and young adults for communicating, socializing and information gathering.
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More in: Teens, Generations, Social Networking, Mobile, Health
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Commentary
Feb 26, 2010Mary Madden
This week we filed a public comment in response to the Federal Communications Notice of Inquiry on the issue of "Empowering Parents and Protecting Kids in an Evolving Media Landscape."
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More in: Teens, Families, Social Networking, Gaming, Safety
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Media Mention
Suzanne Choney, MSNBC.com
Feb 24, 2010
They bring their cell phones to bed with them. They admit to texting while driving. They're almost certain to have a profile on social networking sites like MySpace, Facebook or Twitter.
You likely already know them, but in case you don't, meet a ...
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More in: Teens, Generations
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Presentation
Feb 24, 2010
The latest in a series of reports about the Millennial Generation, from Pew Social and Demographic Trends.
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More in: Generations, Teens
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Presentation
Feb 4, 2010Amanda Lenhart
This presentation covers recent findings on wireless, mobile internet use, social networks, content creation, blogging, Twitter and sexting among teens and young adults.
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More in: Teens, Mobile, Blogs, Social Networking, Web 2.0
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Media Mention
Donna St. George, Washington Post
Feb 3, 2010
According to a new report released Wednesday, only 8 percent of online teens have embraced Twitter, a notable low for a generation so passionate about technology. Think of the millions of text messages that teens send. Think of their endless hours on...
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More in: Social Networking, Teens
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Media Mention
Martha Irvine, Associated Press
Feb 3, 2010
Could it be that blogs have become online fodder for the — gasp! — more mature reader?
A new study has found that young people are losing interest in long-form blogging, as their communication habits have become increasingly brief, and mobile. Tec...
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More in: Blogs, Teens, Social Networking
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Report
Feb 3, 2010Amanda Lenhart, Kristen Purcell, Aaron Smith, Kathryn Zickuhr
Social media and mobile internet use among teens and young adults.
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More in: Teens, Social Networking, Mobile, Generations, Blogs, Web 2.0