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A good summary of the latest Pew Internet report - reasons that Americans are turning to the Internet during this recession.

Good article about the Pew Internet report on "Teens and Sexting"

This article dovetails with the PEW study on internet useage. It gives data of age groups and the change in the amount of time they use online email versus the time they spend on mobile email. As you would think, age 12 to 17 has moved from the web at a very high percentage.

This is an interview between and ABC and Aaron Smith, a research analyst for PEW, regarding PEW report's findings on how people use the internet as a distraction from the recession.

This is a recent article I found that relate's to this weeks topic of social networking. The article discusses the uses of social networking for older generations, and provides many statistics, some of which come from the Pew Project we study. As the article shows, older generations use social networking for many of the same uses as teens and young adults. The article may be help you think of questions related to this week's discussions. Here's a little excerpt to help you get an idea of what the article is about: "Whether it's congressmen Twittering during presidential speeches, parents connecting with high school flames on Facebook or empty-nesters planning group outings on grown-up sites such as Eons.com, Baby Boomers are speeding up the Web's ongoing metamorphosis from limitless void to global watering hole. Social networking is fast becoming a staple for a growing number of adults as Web use surges. One-third of adult Internet users have a profile on a social networking site, up from 8% in 2005, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project. And though adults share some teen habits - checking in with friends, planning get-togethers - they differ from the younger set in their desire to use the medium to meet new friends from across the country." Enjoy!

Interesting article about the latest Pew report on "Social Isolation and New Technology"

This has interesting stuff about how income correlates to likelihood to rate and review products, pay for online content, book travel, and access online news.

More evidence that the Internet is becoming a major source of news for many Americans.

A start at the understanding of the varying use of the internet by race.

I found this site a few months ago when we discussing this topic. I found it very interesting that there is still a gap between the different races. In reading what the Pew team found and what this one did, it was very interesting.

Video about media convergence. Some information in the video is from PEW reports, but it contains a lot of other interesting statistics. At the end it mentions someone's hypothesis that what technology is in our smartphones now will fit in a blood cell in 25 years.

This site had information in regards to computer security

This article on Pew Internet has great information regarding broadband in the US

This is word for word what the act states

This is a Wall Street Journal article from January 12, 2011. It is a refreshing view of teenagers doing something wonderful as we always seem to read of the pitfalls of being a teen. The article references our PEW readings on technology useage by age group.