Press


This page features some of the press coverage of Web Use Project research. The title links below point to image screen shots of press coverage we saved (to avoid linkrot). To see the pieces on their original sites, click on the "original link" when available. For following links in the original pieces, use the original links. We make our own screenshots to avoid dead links when pages disappear.


Why Parents Lie to Let Kids Join Facebook
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The New York Times
November 3, 2011
Survey: Parents lie to help preteens get on Facebook
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The Los Angeles Times
November 2, 2011
How to Get Your Underage Kid on Facebook: Just Lie!
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TIME
November 2, 2011
Parents Help Their Underage Kids Get on Facebook, Survey Finds
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FOX News
November 2, 2011
Parents help underage children lie to get on Facebook, survey finds
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The Washington Post
November 1, 2011
Kids still lie to get on Facebook, parents still OK with that
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TODAY
November 1, 2011
Parents help kids lie to get on Facebook, study finds
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CNN
November 1, 2011
How You Google: Insights From Our Atlantic Reader Survey
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The Atlantic
August 19, 2011
Why Are African Americans More Likely To Join Twitter?
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The Huffington Post
August 4, 2011
Twitter and the Future of Microblogging
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Communicationspace
July 12, 2011
Social Media: Who Tweets?
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The Wall Street Journal
May 21, 2011
Love of Pop Culture Drives Black Students to Twitter.
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Voice Online
May 18, 2011
Why So Many Black People Are On Twitter
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Gawker
May 17, 2011
QuickWire: Celebrity Gossip Is Biggest Draw for Students Using Twitter.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
May 17, 2011
More African Americans Use Twitter: Study
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msnbc Online
May 17, 2011
Millenials aren't as "tech savvy" as we think.. Oh really!
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Noirë Digerati
April 25, 2011
Social Media Savvy: The Universities and Academics Leading The Way
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The Guardian
March 14, 2011
Saving Face(book)
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North by Northwestern
March 03, 2011
Wikipedia's Editing Process Is Still a Mystery to Students
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
February 10, 2011
Dramatisk vaekst i interesse for Facebook-sikkerhed
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Computerworld
September 27, 2010
The Latest Stay-in-School Tool for College Students: Facebook
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
September 3, 2010
Online research methods may not be credible
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Kansan
August 19, 2010
All about me, dot com
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Times Higher Education
August 19, 2010
Privatsphäre als Luxusgut
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Neue Zurcher Zeitung
August 19, 2010
K12 Schools Must Fill Need For Digital Media Skills
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District Administration
August 18, 2010
G-dipendenti e copioni Bocciati i giovani sul web
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Repubblica
August 9, 2010
Les étudiants s'intéressent davantage à la confidentialité que ce que l'on croit
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20 Minutes
August 3, 2010
Research Confidential, an Interview with Eszter Hargittai
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
July 30, 2010
Maybe Students Actually Care About Facebook Privacy
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Inside Higher Ed
July 30, 2010
Students finally wake up to Facebook privacy issues
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Ars Technica
July 30, 2010
Did we pronounce privacy dead this week?
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CNET
July 30, 2010
The kids will maybe be alright
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The Economist
July 30, 2010
Study: Youth Not Only Care About Facebook Privacy, They Do Something About It
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The New York Times
July 30, 2010
Who Cares About Facebook Privacy? Students Do
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
July 29, 2010
Students Not That Web-Savvy, Rely Mainly On Google: Report
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The Huffington Post
July 28, 2010
Study: Students take what Google gives
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Chicago Sun-Times
July 28, 2010
Not as Web Savvy as They Think They Are
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Inside Higher Ed
July 28, 2010
Students trust high Google search rankings too much
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Ars Technica
July 28, 2010
Rethinking the digital divide
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The Royal Gazette
July 28, 2010
Google trumps site credibility: study
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CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
July 27, 2010
Study: Students too trusting of Web search
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UPI
July 26, 2010
Managing Your Online Persona
WTTW Chicago Tonight
July 20, 2010
Facebook's 'white flight'
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The Week
July 19, 2010
Facebook Not a Drag on Grades, Maybe
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The Bay Citizen
July 16, 2010
Study Finds No Link Between Social-Networking Sites and Academic Performance
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
July 15, 2010
NTIA Seeks Researcher Input on Broadband Survey
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Broadband Breakfast
June 7, 2010
Finding a better way to bridge the digital divide
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The Christian Science Monitor
June 2nd, 2010
Study Disputes Link Between Facebook Use and Grades
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Inside Higher Ed
May 8, 2010
Rethinking the digital divide [3.6MB pdf]
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Princeton Alumni Weekly
April 7, 2010
Fracture numérique : le haut débit est un outil, pas la solution
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L’Atelier
April 7, 2010
The word around the digital water cooler
Louisville Courier-Journal
April 2nd, 2010
Providing Access to the Web is Not Enough
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Northwestern University
March 30, 2010
Der heterogene Stamm der digitalen Eingeborenen
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Neue Zurcher Zeitung
March 9, 2010
The Adults Aren't Alright The Adults Aren’t Alright
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The New Republic
February 16, 2010
Twitter not all that popular among teenagers Twitter not all that popular among teenagers
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The Washington Post
February 3, 2010
NYT: Is Blogging a Slog Is Blogging a Slog?
New York Times
February 3, 2010
Chicago Tribune Cyberbegging Cyberbegging
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Chicago Tribune
December 25, 2009
IHE RC interview ‘Research Confidential’
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Inside Higher Ed interview with Eszter Hargittai about her edited book Research Confidential
October 30, 2009
Social Divisions Carried into Social Media: Study
Marketing Magazine
October 15, 2009
Class distinctions evident in social media
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CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
October 15, 2009
Text Messaging Shows Promise as a Survey Tool
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
October 05, 2009
Das Internet als Klassengesellschaft
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Spiegel
July 13, 2009
Does Social Networking Breed Social Division
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New York Times
July 09, 2009
Facebook and Grades: The debate continues
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USA Today
May 08, 2009
Facebook has no negative effect on academic grades
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Indian Express
May 08, 2009
Correction: Facebook does not make you stupid
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New York Times
May 08, 2009
Facebook doesn’t make you dumb: study
Chicago Sun-Times
May 07, 2009
Is there a relationship between Facebook, grades
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Northwestern Newscenter
May 07, 2009
Just how bad is Facebook for you
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BBC (British Broadcasting Channel)
May 05, 2009
Does Facebook Lower Academic Performance Still Too Soon to Say
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
April 13, 2009
Why Media Brands Can't Be Trusted
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The Huffington Post
March 20, 2009
Marketers can target internet strategies better
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The Economic Times
November 19, 2008
Cosmo Quiz: Are You TMI All the Time
Cosmopolitan Magazine
September, 2008
Generational Myth
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
September 19, 2008
Unleashing The Power Of Social Networking
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Forbes
July 10, 2008
Men more likely to share creative work online than women
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The Economic Times
June 24, 2009
The Rise of Alter Egos In Everybody’s Space
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The Washington Post
May 02, 2008
A Sociologist Says Students Aren’t So Web-Wise After All
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
April 29, 2008
On Facebook, Scholars Link Up With Data
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New York Times
December 17, 2007
About Facebook! Forward March!
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The Washington Post
December 16, 2007
Facebook or MySpace? What your site of choice says about you
WTTW Chicago Tonight
November 2007
Race, Class, and the Choice of Social-Networking Sites
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
November 20, 2007
Class divisions between MySpace and Facebook users
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Business Week
November 04, 2007
Making Campaign ‘Friends’
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The Daily Northwestern
May 04, 2007
On the Internet, promoters dog MySpace posts
The Chicago Tribune
October 08, 2006
E-Mail is for Old People
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
October 06, 2006
Internet raises Gender Gap
San Jose Mercury News
August 03, 2006
Women proficient on Web but don’t say so
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The Seattle Times
July 24, 2006
Don’t be so sure he’s the expert
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The Los Angeles Times
July 14, 2006
Gender differences non-existent when it comes to surfing skills
The Chicago Tribune
July 07, 2006
Net Perception and Women
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MPR
July 7, 2006
Women can storm the digital bastion
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Indiatimes
July 02, 2006
Women Underestimate Their Web Savvy
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LiveScience
June 30, 2006
Report Says Women Lack Confidence on the Web
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
June 30, 2006
Networking, Not Politics
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Inside Higher Ed
June 16, 2006
Who–and Where–Are the new Media Gatekeepers
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IEEE
July 2005
Bloggers say the darnest things
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Slate
May 27, 2005
PH.Dotcom
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The Village Voice
April 5, 2005
Blue voters now urged to buy blue
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Chicago Tribune
December 14, 2004
Program Aids Urban Poor In Accessing The Internet
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The Washington Post
August 09, 2004
CNNfn Interview: Eszter Hargittai
CNN
April 29, 2004
Life Beyond Google
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BBC News
April 6, 2004
Komoly bevtelekhez juthat az Ellam az elektronikus kzszolgltatsokkal
Napi Gazdasag
February 3, 2004
Hundt: Nader Should Back Gore
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Wired
October 12, 2000