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To say that Facebook is a cultural phenomenon is an understatement. In December of last year the company reported having 

 active users daily. However, it's estimated that about 

 teens a year are opting for other forms of social media, and Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said 

, former head of the MIT Media Lab's Sociable Media Group and author of The Social Machine: Designs for Living Online and  

, professor of communication and public policy at Rutgers about whether or not the power of Facebook is fading.

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In December of last year Facebook reported having 1.04 billion active users daily. However, it's estimated that about one million teens a year are opting for other forms of social media.

On today's show we talked about why so many people are on Facebook despite science that shows it makes us unhappy, what social media on the web means for our physical social lives, and how young people are using or not using Facebook. MPR News host Luke Burbank spoke with Judith Donath, author of "The Social Machine: Designs for Living Online" and Keith Hampton communications professor at Rutgers University. 3/14/16

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