June 2011
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The average user of a social networking site has...
Our most recent report found that the average internet user is less likely to report having no discussion confidants (7%), and tends to have more close ties (average of 2.27) than non-internet users (15% of non-internet users have no close ties, and they average 1.75 discussion partners). Social networking site users are even less likely to be socially isolated; only 5% report having no...
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1 in 5 adults have tracked their weight, diet,... →
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The majority (82%) of Facebook users have sent... →
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Nielsen: U.S. smartphone data usage nearly doubles →
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Nielsen’s monthly analysis of 65,000 mobile lines shows that smartphone usage has grown from an average of 230 megabytes last year to 435 MB this past quarter. Heavy smartphone users, naturally, are driving the growth. Data usage for the top 10 percent of smartphone owners jumped by 109 percent, while the top 1 percent rose a massive 144 percent (from 1.8GB last year to 4.6GB).
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52% of Facebook users and 33% of Twitter users... →
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In case you haven't had a chance to read our...
…here are a few news stories that discuss many of the main findings:
Report: Facebook users more trusting, engaged Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press
Myspace users (what’s left of them) are more open-minded, study says Mark Milian, CNN
Pew report: Facebook users have a higher degree of social well-being Jessica Guynn, L.A. Times
Relax, All That Time You Spend on Facebook Is Good...
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What we're reading: Smartphones and search
Google, a Giant in Mobile Search, Seeks New Ways to Make It Pay
by Claire Cain Miller, New York Times April 24, 2011
At first, Google engineers thought people would talk to its voice search service as if they were talking to a person — “you know, it’s my anniversary, and I’d love to take my wife somewhere really romantic to eat, do you have any ideas?” — so it taught the service to filter...
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Why New Media Are Becoming Your New Neighborhood:... →
In this great interview with Project Information Literacy, Pew Internet Director Lee Rainie talks about the impact of social network sites on learning, libraries, and society. (Includes a behind-the-scenes look at our research and a sneak peek at his upcoming book with Barry Wellman!)
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New report from Northwestern's Center on Media and... →
African American and Latino youth consume an average of four hours more media every day than White children do, especially TV, music, and video games. And over the past ten years, differences in young people’s media consumption by race have grown dramatically.
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Families Matter: Designing Media for a Digital Age →
New research from the Joan Ganz Cooney Center find that “digital media have become a major force in the rhythm of modern family life”:
The report profiles how parents’ personal experiences with media are one of the key factors shaping the approaches they take in guiding their children’s media consumption. A national survey of 800 parents of young children (ages 3-10)...
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“I feel a strong sense of responsibility to all of our respondents. They are all...”
– Susannah Fox, in reply to this heartwarming post from Regina Holiday, on the people behind our data.
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“The vast majority of American adults who go online for health information are...”
– Associate Director Susannah Fox weighs in on the topic of “cyberchondriacs.” (Read the original post and her comment for more details.)
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From the Pew FAQ: How can your polls be accurate... →
For more survey/methodology questions and answers, check our our “Pew FAQ” tag—or head on over to the Pew Research Center’s excellent “Ask an expert” feature.
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“…we live now in a world in which all people can be, and often are, content...”
– —Dominic McDevitt-Parks, the new “Wikipedian in Residence” at the National Archives
Further Reading:
Report: Wikipedia, past and present (2011)
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