The Internet as a Resource for News and Information about Science
The internet is used as a research tool by nearly 90% of adult internet users and as a primary source for science news and information for 40 million Americans.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
The internet is used as a research tool by nearly 90% of adult internet users and as a primary source for science news and information for 40 million Americans.
I wish to thank Xingpu Yuan, a research intern, for her help with fact-checking and data analysis. About the Pew Internet & American Life Project: The Pew Internet Project is a nonprofit initiative of the Pew Research Center and is funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts to examine the social impact of the internet. The […]
Three-quarters of health seekers do not consistently check the source and date of the health information they find online. In 2001, the Pew Internet & American Life Project collaborated with the Medical Library Association[13.numoffset=”13″ Medical Library Association: A User’s Guide to Finding and Evaluating Health Information on the Web. Available at: http://www.mlanet.org/resources/userguide.html] to devise a […]
In November of even numbered years, the Current Population Survey (CPS) asks citizens aged 18 whether they registered to vote and whether they voted. The data provide definitive information on the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the electorate. (The CPS is conducted by the Census Bureau and is best known as the source of monthly […]
Key West, Florida Some of the nation’s leading journalists and distinguished scholars gathered in Key West, Fla., in December 2006 for the Pew Forum’s biannual Faith Angle Conference on religion, politics and public life. Peter Berger, professor emeritus of religion, sociology and theology at Boston University, examined the globalization of religious pluralism and how the […]