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    Anonymity, Privacy, and Security Online

    86% of online adults have taken steps to avoid surveillance by other people or organizations when using the internet. Despite precautions, 21% have had an email or social media account hijacked and 11% have had vital information stolen.

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    Part 2: Dating Apps and Online Dating Sites

    11% of American adults—and 38% of those who are “single and looking”—have used online dating sites or mobile dating apps One in every ten American adults has used an online dating site or a mobile dating app. We refer to these individuals throughout this report as “online daters,” and we define them in the following […]

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    Part 4: Social networking sites, Cell Phones, Dating, and Relationships

    The technological landscape has changed dramatically since we first studied dating and relationships in the fall of 2005. At the time we conducted our first survey on this topic, the release of the iPhone was still two years in the future, Facebook was in the process of expanding from college campuses to high schools, and […]

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    Part I: Introduction

    This report is the third installment of an expansive study of middle and high school teachers by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project.  The study combined a national survey and focus groups to examine teachers’ perceptions of the impacts of a rapidly evolving technological environment on both their students and their role as […]

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    Our latest research on teens and technology

    We’ve published several new reports on teens (ages 12-17) and technology over the past few months, with lots of great findings based on our nationally representative surveys as well as insights from in-person focus groups.

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    Another casualty of war in Syria—citizen journalists

    Professional journalists have long faced the risks of working in harm’s way, but now conflicts like the one in Syria are claiming the lives of a new part of the media — citizen journalists.

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    As it turns 6, a look at who uses the iPhone (no, not ’everybody’)

    As Apple’s iPhone celebrates its sixth(!) birthday today, the pioneering smartphone has carved out a solid market position, and a demographically distinctive user base, within the ever-expanding world of smartphones (which, according to the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, more than half of Americans now own). The iPhone is, along with Google’s Android, […]

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    Part 1: A portrait of younger Americans’ reading habits and technology use

    Before analyzing younger Americans’ library use habits, we will first explore the broad contours of their technology use and reading habits, as the changing reading habits chronicled in our recent reports are intrinsically tied to the new formats and devices on which people read. This section will just cover the findings from the survey conducted […]

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