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Report
Sep 2, 2010Amanda Lenhart
Adults make just as many calls, but text less often than teens. Americans say their mobile phones make them feel safer and more connected, but are irritated by cell intrusions and rudeness by other users.
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More in: Mobile, Teens
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Media Mention
Steve Evans, BBC's Americana
Jul 18, 2010
Presenter Stephen Evans crunches the numbers with Susannah Fox of The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project and technology guru Megan McCarthy. They discuss what it is that Americans explore, accomplish and build when they spend hour...
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More in: Digital Divide, Seniors, Teens, Broadband, Mobile
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Presentation
Jun 27, 2010Mary Madden
This presentation highlights new research on teens, young adults and social media use while also identifying a new leading edge group that deserves the same attention: those who own four or more internet-connected devices.
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More in: Libraries, Social Networking, Teens, Cloud Computing, Mobile, Technology User Types, Web 2.0
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Presentation
Jun 25, 2010Kristen Purcell
Kristen Purcell will be speaking at the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) ALA pre-conference in Washington DC, as part of a panel entitled “Promoting Teen Reading with Web 2.0 Tools.”
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More in: Teens, Education, Web 2.0
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Report
Jun 18, 2010Mary Madden, Lee Rainie
Adults are just as likely as teens to have texted while driving and are substantially more likely to have talked on the phone while driving.
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More in: Safety, Mobile, Teens, Generations
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Presentation
Jun 10, 2010Amanda Lenhart
This talk confirms, complicates or debunks common wisdom around teens and young adults and their use and attitudes towards technologies. Amanda looks at how teens and young adults use mobile phones and social networks, and charts their changing relat...
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More in: Teens, Mobile, Social Networking
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Media Mention
Stefanie Olsen, New York Times
Jun 9, 2010
About 75 percent of 12- to 17-year-olds in the United States own a mobile phone, up from 45 percent in 2004, according to an April study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, part of the Pew Research Center. And children are getting their ph...
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More in: Teens
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Presentation
May 18, 2010Amanda Lenhart
In a brown bag lunch talk given to FTC, FCC and Department of Education staff, Amanda talks about teens and mobile phones - who has them, how they use them and how schools and parents approach and manage the devices in the home and in the classroom.
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More in: Teens, Mobile, Safety, Social Networking
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Patti Neighmond, NPR's Morning Edition
May 10, 2010
Amanda Lenhart, a senior researcher at the Pew Internet and American Life Project, surveyed 800 pairs of teens and parents, and organized focus groups with children in four different cities. During the focus groups, she says she was amazed to discove...
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More in: Teens, Mobile
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Presentation
May 6, 2010Amanda Lenhart
An updated look at the research and definitions around bullying and cyberbullying. Presented to the Youth Online Safety Working Group assembled by NCMEC, Amanda's talk unpacks both what current research can tell us about cyberbullying as well as wher...
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More in: Teens, Safety