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    Part 2: How people use the news and feel about the news

    The top reasons people follow the news News meets a mixture of social, civic, personally-enriching, and work-related needs in people’s lives. The 93% of Americans who say they follow the news at least occasionally report a variety of reasons for doing so.  Surprisingly, the most popular reasons for following the news do not relate to […]

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    Chapter One: The basics of how teens acquire and use mobile phones

    Overview Cell phones are now well integrated into the lives of American teens and their families.[25.numoffset=”25″ Unless otherwise noted, the data in this report refers to cell phone-owning teens.] As of September 2009, 75% of American teens ages 12-17 have a cell phone, a number that has steadily increased from 45% of teens in November […]

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    Social Isolation and New Technology

    People who use modern information and communication technologies have larger and more diverse social networks, according to new national survey findings that for the first time explore how people use the internet and mobile phones to interact with…

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    Acknowledgements

    Acknowledgements Thanks to Rich Ling of IT University of Copenhagen and Telenor and Scott Campbell of the University of Michigan, our partners on this project for their hard work and insights. Thanks, too, to Helen Ho, Elliot Panek, Nat Poor and Kathryn Zickuhr and the folks at Resolution Research for their work on the focus […]

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    Part 2: Gadget ownership and wireless connectivity

    Introduction Recent Pew Internet reports have noted that internet connectivity is increasingly moving off the desktop and into the mobile and wireless environment, particularly for specific demographic groups.[5.numoffset=”5″ Horrigan, John. (2009) “Wireless Internet Users,” Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, Washington, DC. https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2009/12-Wireless-Internet-Use.aspx] Understanding an individual’s technological environment is now a vital clue […]

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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.