Social Networking

Latest Pew Study on Civic Engagement

Always a font of intriguing insight, the Pew Internet and American Life Project recently released the results of its yearly survey about civic life and the Internet. According to TechPresident, “buried beneath the survey’s top-line results are some surprising, and still statistically significant, results — things that tell us about the role of the Internet in politics that we did...

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Teens and Technology 2013

The Pew Research Center — which regularly releases excellent studies identifying trends in the online world — has released a new survey entitled “Teens and Technology 2013.” They find that smartphone adoption among American teens has increased substantially. One in four teens are “cell-mostly” internet users, who say they mostly go online using their phone and not...

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Emerging 2013 Social Media Trends

This week e.politics posted a helpful list of online trends to watch in 2013. We found it really helpful for prompting discussions around both short-term and long-term online strategies. Here you go: Online rapid response — more important than ever. In the days of the 24-hour news cycle, even 2 hours can cause you to miss your chance, so make sure your decisionmaking process is as clear and...

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PTP’s 2013 Spring REVERB Program

What is REVERB? PTP’s REVERB Project is designed to help organizations get the most out of their communications activities. REVERB helps groups develop better ways to streamline and align their organizing, communications, and technology efforts. We focus particularly on developing greater intersections between online and offline organizing, and building the knowledge and skills to take...

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