Mary Madden

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The audience for online video-sharing sites shoots up

As the audience for online video continues to grow, a leading edge of internet users are migrating their viewing from their computer screens to their TV screens

The state of music online: ten years after Napster

In the decade since Napster’s launch, selling recorded music has become as much of an art as making the music itself

Networked workers: Most use email, but say technology is a mixed blessing

Just over half of American adults (53%) say that they are currently employed with full or part-time work

Podcast downloading 2008

Currently, 19 per cent of internet users in the US say they have downloaded a podcast so they could listen to it or view it later

Teens and social media

Content creation by teenagers continues to grow, with 64% of online teenagers ages 12 to 17 engaging in at least one type of content creation, up from 57% of online teens in 2004

Digital footprints: online identity management and search in the age of transparency

The vast array of data points that make up "personal information" in the age of online media are nearly impossible to quantify or neatly define

Online video

Fifty-seven percent of online adults have used the internet to watch or download video, and 19 per cent do so on a typical day

Teens, privacy and online social networks: How teens manage their online identities and personal information in the age of MySpace

The majority of teens actively manage their online profiles to keep the information they believe is most sensitive away from the unwanted gaze of strangers, parents and other adults according to this survey conducted by Amanda Lenhart and Mary Madden

Social networking websites and teens: an overview

In the past five years, social networking sites have rocketed from a niche activity into a phenomenon that engages tens of millions of internet users

Virtual space is the place

Virtual tours allow people to view an environment without having to physically travel to their location of interest

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13 January 2012

The Summer 2012 issue of Quarterly Access examines the recent East Asia Summit, bilateral alliances in the Asia Pacific, the future of Timor-Leste, women's participation in peace processes and more.

Read QA online: http://www.aiia.asn.au/qa/qa-vol4-issue1

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Arts Minister Simon Crean has announced an independent review of the Australia Council for the Arts ahead of the development of the nation's first National Cultural Policy in almost 20 years.

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