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    Tweeting

    About one-in-ten online adults have used Twitter or a similar service.

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    The Mobile Difference

    Wireless connectivity has drawn many users more deeply into digital life.

  • presentation

    Mapping Broadband and Understanding the Internet

    John Horrigan will participate in a roundtable on “Mapping Broadband” at the National Telecommunications & Information Administration. This is part public outreach for the Commerce Department’s Broadband Technology Opportunities Program.

  • report

    New Tricks for Old — and New — Dogs

    Pollsters and other communications researchers are finding their job ever more challenging but also more interesting, and, with the help of new techniques and data sources, even more amenable.

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    Bruce Sterling on Web 2.0’s aftermath

    Wondering how to describe social media and Web 2.0? Trying to figure out what happens next? Read Bruce Sterling’s latest speech, “The Brief But Glorious Life of Web 2.0, and What Comes After.”

  • report

    Social Networking on the Radio

    Last week my colleague, Amanda Lenhart, appeared on the Kojo Nnamdi show to talk about the opportunities and hazards that come with using social networking sites.

  • report

    Bloggers Grade Obama, Revolt over Facebook

    The most prominent narrative in social media online last week shifted from the stimulus bill to a critique of Obama’s first month in office. While the economic crisis was still a large topic, a policy change at Facebook created an uproar that forced the site to then change course.