Search results for: “social networking”

Filtered by:

Refine Your Results

reportAug 10, 2007

New Research From JCMC

A new issue of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication was recently published online, with articles on topics ranging from Facebook to online fantasy sports.
reportAug 22, 2007

Overstuffing ourselves with bacn

As we reported earlier this year, more Americans than ever say the volume of spam in their inboxes is increasing.
reportOct 24, 2007

Parent and Teen Internet Use

Parents view the internet less favorably than in 2004, yet are still engaged with their children’s media consumption. Teens are more likely than their parents to say tech devices are helpful.
reportJul 16, 2007

Minnesota Public Radio Midmorning Show: Social Networking Sites and Teens

A recent Minnesota Public Radio show on social networking sites and teens should be of special interest to parents, educators, researchers and anyone interested in the way digital communication is shaping the lives of young people.
reportJul 26, 2007

Social Ties and Obesity

Loved ones not only influence your choice of school, car, or housing — they might influence your choices about smoking, exercise, and food, even if they live hundreds of miles away.
reportSep 12, 2007

Sources and Topics

Sources One reason the line up of stories on the user-news sites may be different from the mainstream media is where they are drawn from. About seven in ten (71%) stories on Del.icio.us, Reddit and Digg, originally appeared on blogs and sites that generally offer very little news. Overall, four in ten (40%) stories originated […]
reportJul 12, 2007

Engagement and Participation

One of the biggest trends in online information is the two-way conversation. To what extent did the candidate Web sites take advantage of the potential for users to “converse” with candidates and the campaign? To a greater extent than many information sites. All candidates offer at least one way for users to “converse” with the […]
reportSep 12, 2007

The Latest News Headlines—Your Vote Counts

What would a world in which citizens set the news agenda rather than editors look like? A new PEJ study comparing user-news sites, like Digg, Del.icio.us,and Reddit, with mainstream news outlets provides some initial answers. The snapshot suggests both a drastically different set of topics and information sources.
reportJul 12, 2007

Site Profiles

Joe Biden (D) Senator, Delaware http://www.joebiden.com/home Top 5 Words in Bio American Crime America Women Against Joe Biden’s red, white and blue home page is dominated by news and a series of slide shows as well as opportunities to make financial contributions. There are four different opportunities […]
reportJul 12, 2007

Methodology

Sites Studied Joe Biden (D) http://www.joebiden.com/home Sam Brownback (R) http://www.brownback.com/s Hillary Clinton (D) http://www.hillaryclinton.com/?splash=1 John Cox (R) http://www.cox2008.com/cox/ Christopher Dodd (R) http://www.chrisdodd.com/home John Edwards (D) http://johnedwards.com/ James Gilmore (R) http://www.gilmoreforpresident.com/index.php Rudolph Giuliani (R) http://www.joinrudy2008.com/ Mike Gravel (D) http://www.gravel2008.us/ Mike Huckabee (R) http://www.explorehuckabee.com/ Duncan Hunter (R) http://www.gohunter08.com/ Dennis Kucinich (D) http://kucinich.us/ John McCain (R) http://johnmccain.com/ Barack […]