Press


This page features some of the press coverage of Web Use Project research, as well as op-eds written by Eszter Hargittai. 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.

Sections:
General Press Coverage
Op-Eds
Ph.Do Columns fo Inside Higher Ed

Selected Press Coverage of Our Work

Eszter Hargittai über Internet und Ungleichheit
(original link)
Migros-Magazin
July 25, 2016
Markers of Quality: The Role of Librarians in Everyday Life Information Literacy
(original link)
Library Journal
December 10, 2015
Brian Selznick, Digital Research, and the Digitally Naive
(original link)
American Libraries Magazine
November 9, 2015
Facebook finally lets you search all public posts
(original link)
The Evening Standard
October 23, 2015
The Silicon Tower
(original link)
Slate
May 18, 2015
Facebook verdoezelt zijn almachtige algoritmes
(original link)
Computerworld
May 13, 2015
Facebook Study Says Users Control What They See, But Critics Disagree
(original link)
The Huffington Post
May 12, 2015
「怪我囉?」臉書研究撇清演算法造成言論濾泡挨轟
(original link)
TechNews
May 11, 2015
Így rohasztja szét a Facebook szép lassan a demokráciát
(original link)
444
May 10, 2015
I ragazi vivono on line. E noi dove siamo?
(original link)
L'Espresso
May 8, 2015
No Diversity on Your Facebook Feed? It's You, Not the Algorithm
(original link)
PC Mag
May 7, 2015
Closing the Digital Divide
(original link)
The Huffington Post
February 18, 2015
Why Google (And Facebook) Should Admit Kids Under 13
(original link)
Forbes
August 19, 2014
Myth of the digital native
(original link)
The Herald
August 10, 2014
Nearly one-third of Americans aren't ready for the next generation of technology
(original link)
Science Magazine
July 1, 2014
Confronting the Myth of the 'Digital Native'
(original link)
The Chronicle of Higher Education
April 21, 2014
The Internet's destructive gender gap: Why the Web can't abandon its misogyny
(original link)
Salon
April 10, 2014
The Disappearing Woman and Life on the Internet
(original link)
The Huffington Post
April 10, 2014
Wikipedia gender gap
(original link)
CBC Radio
March 16, 2014
What Men Share on Social Media But Not With You
(original link)
Time
February 24, 2014
eCommerce Web Sites Need To Learn From Zingerman's Approach To Customers
(original link)
PR Newswire
December 13, 2013
How worried are parents about kids' online safety?
(original link)
WFMJ
December 3, 2013
Eszter Hargittai on Today's Digital Divide
(original link)
Spotlight on Digital Media and Learning
November 25, 2013
Minority parents more concerned about children's safety online
(original link)
Business Standard
November 22, 2013
La surveillance électronique des enfants n'est pas une solution!
(original link)
Le Monde
November 22, 2013
How income and ideology influence parents' tech fears
(original link)
The Sydney Morning Herald
November 22, 2013
The dumbest generation? No, Twitter is making kids smarter
(original link)
The Globe and Mail
September 13, 2013
Online versus 'offline' relationships
(original link)
The Star Online
February 26, 2013
Search option from Facebook is a privacy test
(original link)
The New York Times
January 18, 2013
Helping kids cross the digital divide
(original link)
CNN
October 5, 2012
Les Americains ne souffrent pas d'infobesite (etude)
(original link)
Le Figaro
September 4, 2012
Information Overload Isn't A Thing, Study Finds
(original link)
The Huffington Post
September 4, 2012
Busy bees make office culture hum
(original link)
The Globe and Mail
September 2, 2012
Information overload is over-exaggerated
(original link)
The Atlantic Wire
August 30, 2012
Letting Children Under 13 On Facebook Could Make Them Safer
(original link)
Forbes
June 4, 2012
Quick Takes: Under Control
(original link)
UCSD Guardian
June 3, 2012
Contraception Confusion
(original link)
Inside Higher Ed
May 25, 2012
Yeah, where is Black Twitter Now?
(original link)
ThyBlackman
May 10, 2012
Howard Rheingold: Knowing How to Collaborate Is Essential
(original link)
PBS - MediaShift
March 12, 2012
20 tips and resources for using learning technology in higher education
(original link)
The Guardian
March 6, 2012
Parents break rule to help young kids join Facebook
(original link)
The Chicago Tribune
December 14, 2011
Why Parents Lie to Let Kids Join Facebook
(original link)
The New York Times
November 3, 2011
Survey: Parents lie to help preteens get on Facebook
(original link)
The Los Angeles Times
November 2, 2011
How to Get Your Underage Kid on Facebook: Just Lie!
(original link)
TIME
November 2, 2011
Parents Help Their Underage Kids Get on Facebook, Survey Finds
(original link)
FOX News
November 2, 2011
Parents help underage children lie to get on Facebook, survey finds
(original link)
The Washington Post
November 1, 2011
Kids still lie to get on Facebook, parents still OK with that
(original link)
TODAY
November 1, 2011
Parents help kids lie to get on Facebook, study finds
(original link)
CNN
November 1, 2011
Where Social Science Meets the Internet
(original link)
Information Today
October, 2011
How You Google: Insights From Our Atlantic Reader Survey
(original link)
The Atlantic
August 19, 2011
Why Are African Americans More Likely To Join Twitter?
(original link)
The Huffington Post
August 4, 2011
Twitter and the Future of Microblogging
(original link)
Communicationspace
July 12, 2011
Social Media: Who Tweets?
(original link)
The Wall Street Journal
May 21, 2011
Love of Pop Culture Drives Black Students to Twitter.
(original link)
Voice Online
May 18, 2011
Why So Many Black People Are On Twitter
(original link)
Gawker
May 17, 2011
QuickWire: Celebrity Gossip Is Biggest Draw for Students Using Twitter.
(original link)
The Chronicle of Higher Education
May 17, 2011
More African Americans Use Twitter: Study
(original link)
msnbc Online
May 17, 2011
Millenials aren't as "tech savvy" as we think.. Oh really!
(original link)
Noirë Digerati
April 25, 2011
Big Blog on Campus
(original link)
The New York Times
April 17, 2011
Social Media Savvy: The Universities and Academics Leading The Way
(original link)
The Guardian
March 14, 2011
Saving Face(book)
(original link)
North by Northwestern
March 03, 2011
Wikipedia's Editing Process Is Still a Mystery to Students
(original link)
The Chronicle of Higher Education
February 10, 2011
Dramatisk vaekst i interesse for Facebook-sikkerhed
(original link)
Computerworld
September 27, 2010
The Latest Stay-in-School Tool for College Students: Facebook
(original link)
The Chronicle of Higher Education
September 3, 2010
Online research methods may not be credible
(original link)
Kansan
August 19, 2010
All about me, dot com
(original link)
Times Higher Education
August 19, 2010
Privatsphäre als Luxusgut
(original link)
Neue Zurcher Zeitung
August 19, 2010
K12 Schools Must Fill Need For Digital Media Skills
(original link)
District Administration
August 18, 2010
G-dipendenti e copioni Bocciati i giovani sul web
(original link)
Repubblica
August 9, 2010
Les étudiants s'intéressent davantage à la confidentialité que ce que l'on croit
(original link)
20 Minutes
August 3, 2010
Research Confidential, an Interview with Eszter Hargittai
(original link)
The Chronicle of Higher Education
July 30, 2010
Maybe Students Actually Care About Facebook Privacy
(original link)
Inside Higher Ed
July 30, 2010
Students finally wake up to Facebook privacy issues
(original link)
Ars Technica
July 30, 2010
Did we pronounce privacy dead this week?
(original link)
CNET
July 30, 2010
The kids will maybe be alright
(original link)
The Economist
July 30, 2010
Study: Youth Not Only Care About Facebook Privacy, They Do Something About It
(original link)
The New York Times
July 30, 2010
Who Cares About Facebook Privacy? Students Do
(original link)
The Chronicle of Higher Education
July 29, 2010
Students Not That Web-Savvy, Rely Mainly On Google: Report
(original link)
The Huffington Post
July 28, 2010
Study: Students take what Google gives
(original link)
Chicago Sun-Times
July 28, 2010
Not as Web Savvy as They Think They Are
(original link)
Inside Higher Ed
July 28, 2010
Students trust high Google search rankings too much
(original link)
Ars Technica
July 28, 2010
Rethinking the digital divide
(original link)
The Royal Gazette
July 28, 2010
Google trumps site credibility: study
(original link)
CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
July 27, 2010
Study: Students too trusting of Web search
(original link)
UPI
July 26, 2010
Managing Your Online Persona
WTTW Chicago Tonight
July 20, 2010
Facebook's 'white flight'
(original link)
The Week
July 19, 2010
Facebook Not a Drag on Grades, Maybe
(original link)
The Bay Citizen
July 16, 2010
Study Finds No Link Between Social-Networking Sites and Academic Performance
(original link)
The Chronicle of Higher Education
July 15, 2010
NTIA Seeks Researcher Input on Broadband Survey
(original link)
Broadband Breakfast
June 7, 2010
Finding a better way to bridge the digital divide
(original link)
The Christian Science Monitor
June 2nd, 2010
Study Disputes Link Between Facebook Use and Grades
(original link)
Inside Higher Ed
May 8, 2010
Rethinking the digital divide [3.6MB pdf]
(original link)
Princeton Alumni Weekly
April 7, 2010
Fracture numérique : le haut débit est un outil, pas la solution
(original link)
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
(original link)
Northwestern University
March 30, 2010
Der heterogene Stamm der digitalen Eingeborenen
(original link)
Neue Zurcher Zeitung
March 9, 2010
The Adults Aren't Alright The Adults Aren’t Alright
(original link)
The New Republic
February 16, 2010
Twitter not all that popular among teenagers Twitter not all that popular among teenagers
(original link)
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
(original link)
Chicago Tribune
December 25, 2009
IHE RC interview ‘Research Confidential’
(original link)
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
(original link)
CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
October 15, 2009
Text Messaging Shows Promise as a Survey Tool
(original link)
The Chronicle of Higher Education
October 05, 2009
Das Internet als Klassengesellschaft
(original link)
Spiegel
July 13, 2009
Does Social Networking Breed Social Division
(original link)
New York Times
July 09, 2009
Facebook and Grades: The debate continues
(original link)
USA Today
May 08, 2009
Facebook has no negative effect on academic grades
(original link)
Indian Express
May 08, 2009
Correction: Facebook does not make you stupid
(original link)
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?
(original link)
Northwestern Newscenter
May 07, 2009
Just how bad is Facebook for you?
(original link)
BBC (British Broadcasting Channel)
May 05, 2009
Does Facebook Lower Academic Performance? It's Still Too Soon to Say
(original link)
The Chronicle of Higher Education
April 13, 2009
Why Media Brands Can't Be Trusted
(original link)
The Huffington Post
March 20, 2009
Marketers can target internet strategies better
(original link)
The Economic Times
November 19, 2008
Cosmo Quiz: Are You TMI All the Time
Cosmopolitan Magazine
September, 2008
Generational Myth
(original link)
The Chronicle of Higher Education
September 19, 2008
Unleashing The Power Of Social Networking
(original link)
Forbes
July 10, 2008
Men more likely to share creative work online than women
(original link)
The Economic Times
June 24, 2009
The Rise of Alter Egos In Everybody’s Space
(original link)
The Washington Post
May 02, 2008
A Sociologist Says Students Aren’t So Web-Wise After All
(original link)
The Chronicle of Higher Education
April 29, 2008
On Facebook, Scholars Link Up With Data
(original link)
New York Times
December 17, 2007
About Facebook! Forward March!
(original link)
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
(original link)
The Chronicle of Higher Education
November 20, 2007
Class divisions between MySpace and Facebook users
(original link)
Business Week
November 04, 2007
Making Campaign ‘Friends’
(original link)
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
(original link)
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
(original link)
The Seattle Times
July 24, 2006
Don’t be so sure he’s the expert
(original link)
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
(original link)
MPR
July 7, 2006
Women can storm the digital bastion
(original link)
Indiatimes
July 02, 2006
Women Underestimate Their Web Savvy
(original link)
LiveScience
June 30, 2006
Report Says Women Lack Confidence on the Web
(original link)
The Chronicle of Higher Education
June 30, 2006
Networking, Not Politics
(original link)
Inside Higher Ed
June 16, 2006
Who–and Where–Are the new Media Gatekeepers
(original link)
IEEE
July 2005
Bloggers say the darnest things
(original link)
Slate
May 27, 2005
PH.Dotcom
(original link)
The Village Voice
April 5, 2005
Blue voters now urged to buy blue
(original link)
Chicago Tribune
December 14, 2004
Program Aids Urban Poor In Accessing The Internet
(original link)
The Washington Post
August 09, 2004
Digital inequality: Comment 3 on An Evolving Gender Digital Divide?
(download original)
Oxford Internet Institute Internet Issue Brief
August, 2004
CNNfn Interview: Eszter Hargittai
CNN
April 29, 2004
Komoly bevtelekhez juthat az Ellam az elektronikus kzszolgltatsokkal
Napi Gazdasag
February 3, 2004
Hundt: Nader Should Back Gore
(original link)
Wired
October 12, 2000

Op-Eds

Technology doesn’t make people play Pokémon Go in inappropriate places. Rudeness does.
(original link)
The Washington Post
July 22, 2016
Broadband Subsidies Important But More Data Needed to Inform FCC Policy Decisions
(original link)
The Huffington Post
March 28, 2016
The Wrong Test
(original link)
Inside Higher Ed
March 20, 2015
Outside Opinion: Gatorade's Twitter miscue shouldn't scare executives
(original link)
The Chicago Tribune
June 15, 2014
What Do They Know? Dismissing a Viral Presumption About Millennials.
(original link)
The Huffington Post
March 27, 2014
Statue of Hungarian War Leader Forces Jews to Live in the Dark Shadow of History.
(original link)
Global Post
January 27, 2014
How Politics, Race, and Socioeconomic Status Affect Parents' Fears About Tech
(original link)
Slate
November 21, 2013
The Biggest Mistake in the Healthcare Site? Assuming Everyone Knows How to Use the Web
(original link)
The Huffington Post
November 12, 2013
Public speaking do's and don't's
(original link)
Lifehacker
March 20, 2006
Life Beyond Google
(original link)
BBC News
April 6, 2004

Ph.Do Columns for Inside Higher Education

Making the Most of the Syllabus
(original link)
Inside Higher Ed
August 17, 2015
Gadgets on the Road
(original link)
Inside Higher Ed
April 24, 2015
Staying Healthy on a Crowded Campus
(original link)
Inside Higher Ed
March 4, 2015
You Need a Website
(original link)
Inside Higher Ed
November 11, 2013
Finding E-Mail Equilibrium
(original link)
Inside Higher Ed
October 16, 2013
How I Spent Summer 'Vacation'
(original link)
Inside Higher Ed
October 2, 2013
Finding the Right Context
(original link)
Inside Higher Ed
February 25, 2013
The Ever-Evolving C.V.
(original link)
Inside Higher Ed
January 23, 2013
Learning from Others' CVs
(original link)
Inside Higher Ed
December 14, 2012
From Review to Publication
(original link)
Inside Higher Ed
September 26, 2011
Journal Submissions
(original link)
Inside Higher Ed
September 2, 2011
Propelling Joint Projects
(original link)
Inside Higher Ed
September 15, 2010
The Case for Collaboration
(original link)
Inside Higher Ed
August 27, 2010
The Academic Traveler
(original link)
Inside Higher Ed
December 21, 2009
Conference Do's and Dont's
(original link)
Inside Higher Ed
October 19, 2009
The Conference Scene
(original link)
Inside Higher Ed
September 14, 2009
More Than Merit
(original link)
Inside Higher Ed
July 31, 2009
A Primer on Electronic Communication
(original link)
Inside Higher Ed
November 28, 2006