The Strength of Internet Ties
The internet helps maintain people’s social networks, and connects them to members of their social network when they need help. 60 million Americans have turned to the internet for help with major life decisions.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
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The internet improves Americans’ capacity to maintain their social networks and get help
A new Pew Internet report done jointly with University of Toronto sociologists shows that the internet helps cultivate social networks and put them into action at times when people need help on important matters in their lives.
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Younger internet users are more likely than older ones to IM, play online games, and create blogs
Teens and Generation Y (age 18-28) are significantly more likely than older users to send and receive instant messages, play online games, create blogs, download music, and search for school information.
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Generations Online
Washington — The Pew Internet & American Life Project released new analysis today of how different age groups use the internet. The data can be found here.
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Women are catching up to men in most measures of online life
Washington – A wide-ranging look at the way American women and men use the internet shows that men continue to pursue many internet activities more intensively than women, and that men are still first out of the blocks in trying the latest technologies. At the same time, there are trends showing that women are catching […]