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Media Mention
Ted Gregory, Chicago Tribune
Aug 28, 2010
Richard Bosack joined Facebook on Thursday, after his buddy Ray Urbans recommended the ubiquitous social networking site a few days earlier. Bosack is 89. Urbans is 96.
The two Elmhurst men might be viewed as curiosities in an arena that is consi...
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Report
Aug 27, 2010Mary Madden
Social networking use among internet users ages 50 and older nearly doubled—from 22% in April 2009 to 42% in May 2010.
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Sarah Lundy, Orlando Sentinel
Aug 27, 2010
Ruth Roseboom checks her Facebook page at least once a day. The 78-year-old Celebration grandmother has 40 Facebook friends and likes to see what they are up to on any given time.
Roseboom is part of a growing number of adults logging onto social...
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Media Mention
Mike Swift, San Jose Mercury News
Aug 27, 2010
Just a few short years ago, Facebook was the exclusive province of postmillennial college undergraduates. Well, move over. The Woodstock generation -- and their parents -- are moving in.
The phenomenal growth of Facebook, Twitter and other social ...
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Media Mention
Doug Gross, CNN
Aug 27, 2010
(CNN) -- Nancy Ehrlich was nearing 50 and frustrated, teaching at her small Pennsylvania town's elementary school with colleagues who didn't share her love of technology.
Then, last summer, she found Twitter.
Now, Ehrlich -- who turns 51 in a f...
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Media Mention
Joshua Brockman, NPR
Aug 27, 2010
Grandma is posting a photo on Facebook.
Grandpa is looking for former colleagues on LinkedIn.
And more and more people ages 50 and older are joining social networks, according to a new ...
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Presentation
Aug 22, 2010Lee Rainie
Lee Rainie discussed the Future of Public Relations with a class of executive management students at the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.
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Media Mention
Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press
Aug 19, 2010
NEW YORK — Facebook users carrying their smart phones will soon be able to "check in" to real-world locations such as bars, parks and live concerts as the social network makes its first foray into the location services craze.
"Where are you?" is j...
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Commentary
Jul 13, 2010Susannah Fox
Speaking to the senior staff of the National Library of Medicine last week was like going before the best kind of murder board. Our jumping-off point was the Pew Internet Project's latest research on internet penetration, mobile use, and the social l...
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Report
Jul 9, 2010Janna Anderson, Lee Rainie
Tech experts generally believe that today’s tech-savvy young people will retain their willingness to share personal information online even as they get older and take on more responsibilities.
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