This report summarizes the results of an ambitious three-year ethnographic study, funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, into how young pe

An examination of young people's everyday new media practices—including video-game playing, text-messaging, digital media production, and social media use. Co

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Surveys the online social habits of American teens and analyzes the role technology and social media plays in their lives, examining common misconceptions about

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