China’s Earthquake on TV and on the Internet
(Read on for an account of how blogs, Twitter, and Google provided news coverage in China this week.)
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
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Internet and Technology
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New communication technologies’ impact on young adults
Our Writing, Technology and Teens report considered the impact of newer communication methods on young users. Do these effects carry over into a slightly older crowd?
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What is reading?
Our recent study found there is a reciprocal relationship between different forms of media as electronic conventions seep, spring and even surge onto the printed page. The que…
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Securing Private Data from Network ‘Zombies’
As more of us integrate social networking into our daily lives online, the layered privacy choices we make through our in-network interactions are becoming increasingly complex.
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Participatory Medicine
Participatory medicine and why people are “looking for the mouse.”
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Talking about teens, writing and technology on NPR
Today, Amanda Lenhart and Richard Sterling, the chair of the National Commission on Writing’s Board, were guests on the Tech Tuesday edition of the Kojo Nnamdi Show…
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Science & Cyberspace: What User Behavior Means for Science Educators
This speech discusses the challenges and opportunities for the science community associated with more and more people turning to the internet for news and information about science.
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Writing, Technology & Teens: The Findings of the Pew Internet Project and the National Commission on Writing
This presentation offers an overview of the findings and insights from the Writing, Technology and Teens report.
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Teens, Online Stranger Contact & Harassment: What the data tell us
At the request of the Internet Safety Task Force, Amanda Lenhart presented the Pew Internet Project’s most recent data on online stranger contact, cyberbullying, the steps that teens take to ensure (or not) their online privacy and the ways in whi…
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What is the roll [sic] of traditional righting [sic] and grammar in the digital age?
Informal writing conventions – they’re not just for teenagers