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Social networks for younger kids – Are online communities and avatar-based social worlds encouraging obesity?
In my ongoing quest to visit as many internet cafes in China as possible, I was on the lookout last week during our visit to Urumqi (aka: Wulumuqi), a city of about 3 million along the Silk Road in the northwest corner of China.
I logged into my Facebook account the other day to check on something, and I flicked over to my friend requests page after noticing that there was a new one. It was (allegedly) from Carl Kasell, NPR radio personality.
What would a world in which citizens set the news agenda rather than editors look like? A new PEJ study comparing user-news sites, like Digg, Del.icio.us,and Reddit, with mainstream news outlets provides some initial answers. The snapshot suggests both a drastically different set of topics and information sources.
On Monday, an interview I did with Lexi Ramage of Youth Voices on social networks and perceptions of safety aired
Grumpy Broadband Users Call into WYPR’s Marc Steiner Show
There’s a lot of ongoing discussion in the internet research world about how often relationships initiated online end up evolving into offline, in-person meetings.
As we reported earlier this year, more Americans than ever say the volume of spam in their inboxes is increasing.
Now proven beyond a reasonable doubt: Women are more likely than men to look for health information online.
Keeping an eye on the Dr. Google vs. Dr. Microsoft horserace.
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