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Twitter is for Old People?

I heard a story on NPR yesterday where they talked to kids about social networks. The popular opinion (at least among the kids talked to for the piece) was that Facebook was "in" and Twitter was for old people.

Pew: Internet Helps Make Some Families Closer

For years, the Internet lifestyle has been blamed for detrimental effects on personal and family life: bloggers dropping dead from heart attacks; vacation and leisure time diminished because of employees always being connected to work; less physical activity; and disconnectedness among family members at home.

Pew Report Puts Search Engine Use Up

Want to feel absolutely cutting-edge?  Then here's an interesting finding for you: Pew Internet reports that just 49 percent of Internet users perform a search on a typical day.  What's more: this number represents "a new high."

Texting (Probably) Won't Make Your Kid Dumb

Nothing makes parents and educators more concerned about the youth than the youth's embracing attitude of new technology; when I was a kid video games were rotting our minds, and these days it's, well, everything. A new survey from Pew Internet says, as usual, grownups may be overreacting.

Internet Usage and Social Media Agencies

As a social media agency, we’re very interested in reaching people through conversations on the Internet.

Are the Online Video Rise and Writers Strike Really Related?

There’s just something not quite right about the suggestion that online video watching is growing rapidly because of the US writers’ strike. The BBC has data from Nielsen Online and Pew Internet Project which points to an unusual jump in online video viewing in the past two months.

In The Blogosphere, Girls Rule

Though the overall number of blogging teenagers has risen, far more girls than boys between the ages of 12 and 17 have blogs. But don't expect them to email you about it.The numbers come from Pew Internet's "Teens and Social Media" report, which details the results of a phone survey of nearly 1,000 teens conducted in December 2006.

Search Engine Vanity Percentages

In case you haven’t noticed, I’m a little obsessed with online reputation management.

Ego Surfing Occupies Nearly Half The Web

A new study from the Pew Internet & American Life Project said 47 percent of Internet users search for a topic very close to them: themselves. 

Strangers A 'Cost of Doing Business' On MySpace

The latest report from Pew Internet and American Life Project confirms what might be common sense about teens and social networking, but also has a couple of surprises. The not-a-shocker news: photos and social networking profiles increase the likelihood your son or daughter is approached by a creep.