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Mary Madden

Former Senior Researcher

Mary Madden is a former senior researcher focusing on the internet and technology at Pew Research Center.

Publications

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    The Ever-Changing Footprint of a Report

    As is often the case when we release new reports, there are various cycles of commentary that help to deepen the discussion of the findings.

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    Digital Footprints

    Internet users are becoming more aware of their digital footprint; 47% have searched for information about themselves online, up from just 22% five years ago.

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    Facebook’s Latest About-Face

    The top story on many tech news sites today is Facebook’s most recent “about-face” decision to change some of the features of their new Beacon advertising program.

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    A Different Kind of Random Sampling

    As fascinating as it can be to discover surprising patterns and stories living beneath a heaping pile of numbers, sometimes you can’t fully capture that narrative in numbers or words.

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    Teens, Social Networking and Web 2.0

    Pew Internet Project research on teenagers’ use of social networking applications explores the reasons why these sites are so popular and how they are changing communication patterns and expectations of connectivity among young library patrons.

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    Geezers Crashing the Facebook Party

    According to local college students, there’s clearly something creepy and weird about the influx of adults “infiltrating” what were once the collegiate walls of Facebook.

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    The Long Tail of Hobbies Online

    Whether you’re into whiffle hurling, baton twirling or hair curling, chances are there’s someone out there who wants to help you learn.

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    YouTubers meeting lens to lens

    There’s a lot of ongoing discussion in the internet research world about how often relationships initiated online end up evolving into offline, in-person meetings.

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    Overstuffing ourselves with bacn

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

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    Will Comedians Take Stand-Up to Stand?

    In what’s promising to be one of the more entertaining intellectual property court hearings to date, comedians Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart have been requested as witnesses in the Viacom vs. YouTube case.