Amanda Lenhart
Amanda Lenhart
Amanda Lenhart is a senior research specialist at the Pew Internet & American Life Project who resides in Washington, D.C. She has published numerous articles and research reports, many of which focus on teenagers and their interactions with the internet and other new media technologies...
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It's obviously an evolving proposition. Two years ago, it was cell phones. Now you have something that can take a picture of a test and e-mail it to someone else,
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It's the digital equivalent of the corkboard on the door. It's the idea that you're constantly connected even if you're not at your computer.
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It's the network that's popular. It's about staying in touch with your friends and where your friends are.
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It will be very interesting to see what happens in January.
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The filtering companies have stepped into the breech. Technology is an appealing fix.
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It's replaced the mass e-mail or even the phone chat. They use them to reinforce the connections they have.
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The Internet is providing people with the 'anytime, anywhere' yard sale. People are able to sell to a wider variety of potential customers than those who visit a local yard sale.
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What's going on with these technologies that are relatively complex is that teens have a bit more spare time than adults do, and they have more opportunities to play with technology. That's what they're doing: They're playing with it. It's a toy. When you play with something, you take it apart, you look inside it, you turn it around. ... I think adults are less likely to do that. They just want it to work.
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There is something different about communications that are mediated by a piece of technology; it is easier to talk about difficult subjects, and that is both good and bad. You don't see the person's upper lip tremble. You don't hear their voice quiver. You don't get those external, non-textual cues.
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I would emphasize in the end that parents and kids think the Internet is a good thing. They realize it has its flaws, but in the final tally they believe it is a positive thing in their kids' lives.
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People in their 30s are the ones who are doing this. They just have more stuff to sell, that's got a lot to do with it.