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Recent events have highlighted an interesting set of consequences connected to the persistent presence many of us enjoy online.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Recent events have highlighted an interesting set of consequences connected to the persistent presence many of us enjoy online.
The majority of teens actively manage their online profiles to keep the information they believe is most sensitive away from the unwanted gaze of strangers, parents and other adults.
More than half (55%) of all online American youths ages 12-17 use online social networking sites.
More than half of internet users have taken virtual tours — nearly doubling the number who had done so in late 2004.
More than half of internet users have taken virtual tours — nearly doubling the number who had done so in late 2004.
Some 12% of internet users say they have downloaded a podcast so they can listen to it or view it at a later time.
“Web 2.0†has become a catch-all buzzword; the Pew Internet Project and Hitwise provide data to put it in perspective.
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.
The Project’s formal testimony submitted to the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Telecommunications Subcommittee for the Hearing on social networking websites and the Deleting Online Predators Act of 2006.
As more Americans come online, more rely on the internet for important health information. Fully 58% of those who found the internet to be crucial or important during a loved one’s recent health crisis say the single most important source of informat…
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