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  • Report: Many Teens Text While Driving

    Nov 17th, 2009 - PC Magazine

    The Pew Internet & American Life Project interviewed 800 teens ages 12 to 17 and held nine focus groups with middle and high school students, and found that the desire to stay in touch with friends often outweighed the safety risks.

  • US teens report 'frightening' levels of texting while driving

    Nov 16th, 2009 - Washington Post

    A graphic British public service video that portrays a fatal accident caused by a texting teenage driver has been the talk of Facebook and other places where young Americans congregate...

  • Half of teens say they've used cellphone while driving

    Nov 16th, 2009 - USA Today

    About half of teens ages 16 and 17 who have cellphones say they have talked on the phone while driving, and about a third of those teens have texted while behind the wheel.

  • Does Technology Reduce Social Isolation?

    Nov 5th, 2009 - New York Times

    Update | 11:19 p.m. Made slight clarifications throughout. Hundreds of daily updates come from friends on Facebook and Twitter, but do people actually feel closer to each...

  • Net hasn't isolated Yanks - they've just misplaced their friends

    Nov 6th, 2009 - The Register

    Americans have not become more isolated thanks to the advent of mobile phones and the internet - it's just that they've mislaid a third of their closest friends in the last few years.

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