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    Who Tweets When and How Often

    Among the outlets that were studied, Twitter activity varied widely. Major national newspapers tend to offer the most: As a group the four papers studied average 74. The three cable news channels average 45. The rest of the outlets studied-broadcast television, audio, online-only and local newspapers-average 18 Twitter feeds per outlet. The other point of […]

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    Part 6: A closer look at e-book borrowing

    Overview of responses in our online panel Our online panel, unsurprisingly, was a relatively tech savvy group. The vast majority of library patron respondents owned a desktop or laptop computer, as well as a cell phone. Over half owned an e-reader, and about half owned a tablet computer—far higher than the 19% of the general […]

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    Chapter 3: How Today’s Economy is Affecting Young Adults

    Recent economic times have been particularly hard on young adults. The economic data illustrate this, especially with regard to the labor market. And the public recognizes it. When asked which age group is having a harder time in today’s economy, a plurality of Americans (41%) say young adults are struggling the most. Roughly three-in-ten (29%) […]

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    How People Learn About Their Local Community

    How do people get news and information about the community where they live? Traditional research has suggested that Americans watch local TV news more than any other local information source. But a new report by the PEJ and the Pew Internet and American Life Project, in association with the Knight Foundation offers a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of the ecosystem of community information.

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    Home Internet Penetration

    The rapid adoption of broadband connections (the blue lines in this chart) is one of the revolutionary changes that occurred in media and communication in the last decade. In the inaugural survey of the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project in 2000, a tiny fraction of Americans had high-speed, always-on broadband connections in […]

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