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Americans’ news habits have changed little over the past two years. Network and local TV news viewership has been largely stable since 2002. Daily newspaper readership remains at 42% (it was 41% two years ago). And the percentage of Americans who listen to news on the radio on a typical day is virtually unchanged since […]
This Pew Internet & American Life Project report is primarily based on the findings of several daily tracking surveys of Americans’ use of the Internet. For the most recent survey, and the one used to determine the number of seniors online, telephone interviews were conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates between February 3 and March […]
The gap is narrowing, but Americans age 65 and older still lag behind younger generations when it comes to Internet access. In 1996, just 2% of Americans age 65 or older went online.[1. Pew Research Center for the People and the Press: April 1996 Biennial Media Consumption Survey. Available at: http://pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/politics/reports/display.php3?ReportID=127] By the year 2000, […]
More View Kerry as Liberal As Kerry has emerged as the Democratic nominee, an increasing percentage of the public, especially Republicans, have come to view him as ideologically liberal. On an ideological scale from 1 to 6 (where 1 is the most conservative and 6 is the most liberal), 40% of those able to rate […]
10:30am-Noon Washington, D.C. Speakers: Congressman David Price (D-NC) Congressman Mark Souder (R-IN) David Brooks, columnist, The New York Times; Contributing Editor, Newsweek E.J. Dionne, Jr., Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution; columnist, Washington Post Writers Group Moderator: Luis Lugo, Director, The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life LUIS LUGO: Good morning, and thank you all […]
Appendix A – Internet service providers The following list of ISPs was generated from survey responses. Respondents were posed an open-ended question: Who is your primary Internet service provider at home? Adelphia Ameritech AOL AOL Time Warner AT&T Worldnet Bell South/Pacific Bell Cablevision Charter Comcast CompuServe Cox Earthlink/Mindspring Juno Web Media One MSN Prodigy Road Runner […]
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