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  Michael White's politics briefing: Brown braves the online battle | Comment is free | The Guardian 

  http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/may/20/media.digitalmedia

  Gordon Brown's political fightback yesterday crossed new frontiers, at least for him. Dipping another tentative toe into the world of interactive politics, he launched Ask the PM, an online version of ... prime minister's question time hosted by YouTube. "Politicians get a chance to ask questions ... I think it's time the public had a chance," Brown explained on his YouTube clip. By teatime he had nearly 350,000 views and video questions were trickling in on solar electricity prices, drugs education, student fees and the Lisbon treaty. So far, so quite good. Questions were coming from young people, the kind of missing voters about whom politicians of all parties obsess. But Brown will not answer until June 21, by which time they may have moved on. But such exercises are always fraught with peril, dismissive mockery never far away. YouTube's clip of chancellor Brown picking his nose is twice as popular as his PM's debut last June. "Why aren't comments allowed on your site?" a sceptical 18-y   [More...] [Less...]

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  http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Teens_Privacy_SNS_Report_Final.pdf [pdf]

  http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Teens_Privacy_SNS_Report_Final.pdf

  Teens, Privacy & Online Social Networks How teens manage their online identities and personal information in the age of MySpace April 18, 2007 Amanda Lenhart, Senior Research Specialist Mary ... Madden, Senior Research Specialist PEW INTERNET & AMERICAN LIFE PROJECT 1615 L ST., NW – SUITE 700 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20036 202-419-4500 http://www.pewinternet.org/ Summary of Findings Many teenagers avidly use social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook, and employ a variety of tools and techniques to manage their online identities. Online social networks are spaces on the internet where users can create a profile and connect that profile to others to create a personal network. Social network users post content to their profiles and use tools embedded within social networking websites to contact other users. Young adults and teenagers are among the most avid users of such websites. Much of the media coverage surrounding young people and online social netwo   [More...] [Less...]

  First added: 18 October 2007, by: Malachy Mullin  [Report as spam]

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  Tags:  privacy, social networking, myspace, network, online , security, social, teens, social media, web 2.0, facebook   [More...] [Less...]