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Report: Facebook and Twitter don’t change the American political status quo

Social media has yet to show its supposed promise as a great leveler of American democracy, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project, which found that sharp divisions in political participation among socioeconomic groups persist despite the presence of Facebook and Twitter.

By Jon Gold | 25 April, 2013 06:08

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Pew: Teen smartphone use soars in the US

The number of teenagers in the U.S. using smartphones has risen sharply, with half of them accessing the Internet mainly through the device, according to a recent study.

By John Ribeiro | 13 March, 2013 06:24

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Pew: Teen smartphone use soars in the US

The number of teenagers in the U.S. using smartphones has risen sharply, with half of them accessing the Internet mainly through the device, according to a recent study.

By John Ribeiro | 13 March, 2013 06:24

Tags: mobile applications, consumer electronics, Pew Research Center, smartphones, mobile, internet
Pew: Twitter not an accurate measure of public opinion

Opinions expressed on Twitter differ from public opinion measured by surveys on key political events and policy issues, reflecting that users of the Internet service are demographically very different from the public, according to a study by Pew Research Center.

By John Ribeiro | 05 March, 2013 05:24

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Pew: US e-book reading up, print book readership declines

More Americans read e-books in the last year, with 23 percent of those ages 16 and over going digital, compared to 16 percent in the previous survey for the Pew Internet & American Life Project, which released its latest results on e-book readership Thursday.

By Nancy Weil | 27 December, 2012 18:39

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