Youth online safety resource now available
The Internet Safety Task Force, has spent the last year looking at online safety, including pre-existing research, research gaps and available solutions. As a part of the process, Andrew S…
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Read our research on:
Internet and Technology
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When Technology Fails
Half (48%) of tech users need help from others in getting new devices and services to work, and many experience tech outages when there is a glitch with their home internet connection, computer, or cell phone. Coping with these failures is a hassle f…
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Nearly half of technology users need help with new devices
Many encounter problems with their internet connections, home computers or cell phones. As gadgets become more important to people, their patience wears thin when things break.
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Happy Dogs in a Pile of Sticks
Hunter Gatewood likens early adopters to “happy dogs in a pile of sticks” and says that in order to spread change you need to recruit the “hesitant cat, waiting to see what works.”
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Event: Politics and the Internet
The U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, Japan, will host a discussion of politics and the internet on Wednesday, November 19.
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Internet Now Major Source of Campaign News
TV continues to dominate the media landscape, but the internet now rivals newspapers as a main source for campaign news.
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Teens, Video Games and Civics: What the Research is Telling Us
In this presentation, Amanda discusses the Teens, Video Games and Civics report in-depth. She covers the basic demographics of teen gamers and the game-playing habits of American youth, as well as the social nature of game play and the relationshi…
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Participatory Medicine, Connected Health
I presented our latest data on social media and health to the Center for Connected Health’s 2008 Symposium in Boston.
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Roundtable on recent findings and methods used in international social networking research
Earlier in October, Amanda Lenhart participated in a round table discussion on online social networks at the Association of Internet Researchers Annual Conference in Copenhagen.
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Participatory Medicine: How User-Generated Media are Changing American Attitudes and Actions, Online and Off
The internet has changed people’s expectations of their relationship with health professionals. One possible next step is the concept of participatory medicine.