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reportJun 6, 2012

Older adults and internet use

For the first time, half of American adults ages 65 and older are online.
presentationJun 5, 2012

Presentation: Teens, Kindness and Cruelty on Social Network Sites

Amanda Lenhart spoke about how teens use technology and about youth social and emotional experiences in social media spaces.
short readsJun 4, 2012

A Growing Number of Adults Online Use Twitter Daily

The percentage of adults online who use Twitter on a typical day has doubled since May 2011.
presentationMay 31, 2012

The Rise of Networked Information

Lee Rainie was the morning keynote speaker at the Society for Scholarly Publishing’s conference on May 31, discussing how people use technology to gather, share, and create information.
reportMay 31, 2012

Twitter Use 2012

Overall adoption remains steady, but “typical day” usage continues to grow. 8% of online adults now use Twitter on a typical day. African-Americans, young adults, and mobile users stand out for their high rates of Twitter usage.
reportMay 21, 2012

Facebook IPO Not Selling on Social Media

The Facebook IPO was a hot topic on blogs, Twitter and Facebook last week with doubts about the stock’s value exceeding bullishness on the investment. And the topics of conversation—which ranged from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s wedding to co-founder Eduardo Saverin’s citizenship—varied by social media platform.
reportMay 18, 2012

The Future of Gamification

Game mechanics like rewards and feedback loops are gaining ground in digital life and many experts think they will spread widely to key domains like education and health by 2020. Others worry about a darker side.
presentationMay 18, 2012

Books or Nooks? How Americans’ reading habits are shifting in a digital world

Kristen Purcell spoke about Americans’ use of the internet and other digital technologies, and shared highlights from our report on the rise of e-reading.
short readsMay 17, 2012

The Kevin Bacon Effect

At two degrees of separation (friends of friends), Facebook users surveyed on average can reach 150,000 other Facebook users.
reportMay 15, 2012

Downloading Apps for Children

Parents are enthusiastic downloaders of all kinds of apps, particularly apps for children.