“Sext” Receivers
15% of cell-owning teens ages 12-17 say they have received sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude images of someone they know via text messaging.
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Social Media and Young Adults
Blogging among teens and young adults drops to half what it was in 2006. Wireless connectivity is high among those under 30 and social network use continues to rise, but certain features of the social sites are less popular with teens.
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Part 1: Internet adoption and trends
Who’s online More so than for their elders, the internet is a central and indispensable element in the lives of American teens and young adults. As of September 2009, 93% of American teens between the ages of 12 and 17 went online, a number that has remained stable since November 2006. In comparison, adults are […]
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Gay Rights Tops the Bloggers’ News Agenda
For the second time in a month, the issue of gay rights drew intense interest from the blogosphere. The Chilean earthquake finished a close second while news about Google was the lead topic on Twitter. And on YouTube, four of the five top videos were about an animal trainer drowned by a killer whale at SeaWorld in Orlando.
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IX. Gangs, Fights and Prison
Parents all around the world don’t need social scientists to tell them what they already know: Adolescence and early adulthood are stages of life when their children are prone to make bad decisions. In the case of Latino youths in America, there’s a notable demographic twist in the pattern of risky behaviors at this phase […]
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Maryland Governor Announces Budget Cuts
On Monday, July 20, over dinner with legislators at his mansion, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley revealed how he proposed to cut nearly $300 million from the state budget. The next day, O’Malley provided details to the press, and on Thursday invited the public to make comments and suggestions about the cuts on a new website. […]
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Part 4: A review of responses to a tension pair about the evolution of the architecture and structure of the Internet: Will the Internet still be dominated by the end-to-end principle?
The structure of the Internet Respondents were asked to explain their choice and “note organizations you expect to be most likely to influence the future of the Internet and share your view of the effects of this between now and 2020.” A number of respondents pointed out that some of the key issues related to […]
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Winter Olympics Tops Public’s News Interests
Summary of Findings Americans say they followed news about the Winter Olympics in Vancouver more closely than any other major news story last week. The Olympics also proved to be one of two stories people talked about most frequently with friends. The other was Tiger Woods’ televised apology for marital infidelities. About a quarter of […]