Search results for: “teens and technology”

reportAug 27, 2010

Older Adults and Social Media

Social networking use among internet users ages 50 and older nearly doubledâ€”from 22% in April 2009 to 42% in May 2010.
reportSep 14, 2010

The Rise of Apps Culture

35% of U.S. adults have cell phones with apps, but only 24% of adults actually use them. Apps users are younger, more educated, and more affluent than other cell phone users.
short readApr 28, 2010

Text Message Received

Over half of all teens send text messages to their friends daily.
reportApr 20, 2010

Teens and Mobile Phones

Text messaging rises sharply among teens and is now their most frequent form of communication with friends; 72% of those ages 12-17 now are texters and the average young text user exchanges 1,500 texts per month.
reportApr 20, 2010

Teens, Cell Phones and Texting

Fully 72% of all teens — or 88% of teen cell phone users — send text messages, up from 51% of in 2006. Among all teens, text messaging has now overtaken every other common form of interaction with their friends.
reportApr 20, 2010

Teens and Mobile Phones

Text messaging explodes as teens embrace it as the centerpiece of their communication strategies with friends.
reportMay 28, 2010

Lessons and Highlights from the Gov 2.0 Expo

The Gov 2.0 Expo was a smorgasbord of policy, technology, and citizen engagement. Aaron Smith and Susannah Fox share their notes.
reportMar 9, 2010

Social Media & Young Adults: Challenges & Opportunities for STD Prevention

This panel discusses the opportunities and challenges presented by technology for STD prevention. Amanda presents Pew Internet’s latest data on the use of technology by teens and young adults for communicating, socializing and information gathering.
reportJul 1, 2010

McChrystal’s Comments Turn the Social Media to Afghanistan

The controversy surrounding General McChrystal – and especially Obama’s role in the matter – commanded attention on blogs and Twitter last week. Twitter users also shared news of a landmark copyright ruling portrayed as a victory for online freedom. And on YouTube, a clip of a dancing baby led to a vibrant conversation over authenticity.
reportMar 11, 2010

Millennials, Media and Information

At a conference at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010, Pew Research Center analysts and outside experts discussed research findings about the Millennial generation, the American teens and twenty-somethings now making the passage into adulthood. In this second of three sessions experts on media and technology examine how Millennials are seeking, sharing and creating information.

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