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    Cell phones and American adults

    72% of adults text; 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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    Cell phones and American adults

    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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    Latinos Online 2010

    Technology use among foreign-born Latinos continues to lag significantly behind that of their U.S.-born counterparts.

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    Older Adults and Social Media

    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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    Older Adults and Social Media

    Social networking use among internet users ages 50 and older has nearly doubled—from 22% to 42%—over the past year. Status updating has also grown in popularity among older users; one in ten say they use Twitter or another service to share updates…

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    The Future of Public Relations

    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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    Home Broadband 2010

    After several years of double digit growth, broadband adoption has slowed dramatically in 2010, but growth among African-Americans jumped well above the national average.