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    Adults and Video Games

    Over half of American adults play video games, and four in five young adults play games. Computers are the most popular gaming device, though young adults prefer gaming consoles. Virtual worlds only draw a small crowd.

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    Event: Politics and the Internet

    The U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, Japan, will host a discussion of politics and the internet on Wednesday, November 19.

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    Teens, Video Games and Civics: What the Research is Telling Us

    In this presentation, Amanda discusses the Teens, Video Games and Civics report in-depth. She covers the basic demographics of teen gamers and the game-playing habits of American youth, as well as the social nature of game play and the relationshi…

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    Networked Families

    The internet and cell phones have become central components of modern family life. Among all household types, the traditional nuclear family has the highest rate of technology usage and ownership.

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    Modding: Games and Web 2.0

    When scholars discuss elements of gaming that hold promise for engaging youth and connecting games to learning, one thing they often point to is modding.

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    When vinyl starts to look good again

    Our tracking data from the end of last year shows that the size of the music downloading audience is larger than ever. In the American adult population alone, some 37% of internet users say they download music files online and 7% do so on a typica…

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    One third of video gaming teens use cheats

    Deep in our recent report Teens, Video Gaming and Civics was a nugget about cheats. Not cheat-ing, but the use of “cheats” or codes to open additional content in the game

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