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Social Media and Young Adults

The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project finds that while the overall Internet population expanded continuously over the past decade, Millennials continue to be the most likely age group to go online (93% now use the Internet). However, their use of blogs, Twitter and social networking sites has changed in recent years.

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New Poll Examines Philadelphians’ Attitudes Toward Mayor Nutter, the City Budget and Casinos

A new poll from Pew’s Philadelphia Research Initiative finds that Mayor Nutter continues to get generally high marks from city residents after a tough economic year, but residents are divided over the wisdom of the sales tax increase, and they remain split over whether the priority moving forward should be preserving services or holding down taxes.

Shelley A. Hearne

Shelley A. Hearne is the managing director of the Pew Health Group at The Pew Charitable Trusts and a visiting professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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Shelley A. Hearne
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Pew Health Group

Help Wanted: A Policy Maker’s Guide to New Dental Providers

A policy brief and report explain the options and give states the tools they need as they consider new and creative ways to deliver quality dental services to people who need them.More