Adolescence, Mobile Technology & Culture
Mobile health technology is being used to reach adolescent populations from different cultural backgrounds. Susannah Fox will add Pew Internet’s data about health, mobile, and teens to the discussion.
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Teens, Adults and Sexting: Data on sending/receiving sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude photos by Americans
Teens and adults use their cell phones to transmit and receive suggestive images – a practice often called “sexting.” This talk outlines the demographics of who is sending and receiving these images and under what circumstances. Further, focus gro…
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Lagging Youth Enthusiasm Could Hurt Democrats in 2010
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Lagging Youth Enthusiasm Could Hurt Democrats in 2010
Millennials continue to be among the strongest backers of Democratic candidates this fall, though their support for the Democratic Party has slipped since 2008. But young voters have given far less thought to the coming elections than have older voters, and this gap is larger than in previous midterms.
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Teens & Mobile Phones: Texting rises sharply as mobile phones become the communication hub for American teens
Mobile phones have become the hub of teens’ communication with peers and others, and is increasingly a source of information as well as connection to others. This talk presents data about which teens have mobile phones, how they use them – texting…
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Trends in Teen Communication: Opportunities and Challenges for Public Health Campaigns
Kristen Purcell and Amanda Lenhart will be speaking at the Office of National Drug Control Policy’s Above the Influence Campaign Summit, sharing Pew Internet data on teen internet use and communication trends that local ONDCP partners can use to i…
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Older Adults Tweeting
One-in-ten online adults ages 50-64 use Twitter or another status-updating service.
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Cell phones and American adults
Adults make just as many calls, but text less often than teens. Americans say their mobile phones make them feel safer and more connected, but are irritated by cell intrusions and rudeness by other users.
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Latinos Online 2010
Technology use among foreign-born Latinos continues to lag significantly behind that of their U.S.-born counterparts.
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Older Adults and Social Media
Social networking use among internet users ages 50 and older nearly doubled—from 22% in April 2009 to 42% in May 2010.