Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World

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Internet and Technology

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    New Data on How Americans Use the Internet

    Those who are regular users of our data will find that we’ve recently posted an updated and reorganized version of our “Usage Over Time” spreadsheet in the Latest Trends section of our website.

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    Warning Unwary Searchers

    48% of internet users said they have stopped visiting certain Web sites that they fear might deposit unwanted programs – and that was before Google started warning people about wandering into unsafe territory.

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    How Americans get news

    Our colleagues at the Pew Research Center for The People & The Press today released a major new report about the way people get news. The Center found that Americans’ use of traditional sources of news has continued to decline and the internet as …

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    The impact of the internet

    This presentation covers many of the major findings from the Project about the social impact of the internet.

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    Bloggers

    A national phone survey of bloggers finds that most are focused on describing their personal experiences to a relatively small audience of readers.

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    What Does Your Blog Mean to You?

    The online version of the Blogger Callback Survey allows some space for written answers, in addition to multiple-choice responses.

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    Confidant Crisis Averted

    Is there a “confidant crisis” or just a new set of data to be taken into account?