Ask the Expert: How do you choose the topics you research?
Pew Internet Director Lee Rainie answers the question, “How does the Pew Internet & American Life Project choose the topics that it researches?”
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
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Charging for Content Elicits Strong Objections among Bloggers
Free versus pay? When it comes to music, bloggers last week strongly championed free. On Twitter, strong views over privacy issues surfaced when Google released its new social networking feature, Google Buzz. And a conversation between Jon Stewart and Bill O’Reilly attracted over a million views on YouTube.
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About
About the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project is one of seven projects that make up the Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan, nonprofit “fact tank” that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. The Project produces reports exploring […]
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The Internet packs a punch in the evolution of institutions
Most experts surveyed in a new Pew Internet/Elon University study say new tools for networking are transforming bureaucracies.
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Future of the Internet IV
Is Google making us stupid? Most experts surveyed in a new Pew Internet/Elon University study say the Internet enhances and augments human intelligence.
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On Blogs, Hot Dogs Become the Health Care Debate
Bloggers weren’t very interested in the politics of the big Washington bi-partisan health care summit last week. But they engaged in a spirited debate over a health care warning issued by some pediatricians. On Twitter, several different Web-focused subjects gained the most attention. And Tiger Woods’ media mea culpa drew more than half a million views on YouTube.
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Talk of Change Again Incites Bloggers
Groups of bloggers amassed to decry two separate controversies last week: reported rule changes to the board game Scrabble and the declaration that April would be Confederate History Month in Virginia. On YouTube, politics were unusually popular, with three separate congressional videos leading the list. And Twitterers remained fascinated with the iPad.
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Part 1: Managing the ever-expanding reach of our digital footprints
Searching for ourselves online The majority of adult internet users (57%) now use search engines to find information about themselves online, up from 47% in 2006. Internet users have become increasingly likely to use search engines to check up on their digital footprints. Since our last survey in 2006, search engines have vastly expanded their […]
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The Debate over Health Care Reaches a New Level Online
The debate over the passage of health care reform reached unprecedented levels on blogs and Twitter last week, and the debate focused on both the value of the bill and the confrontations that surrounded its passing.