Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
WASHINGTON – More than three quarters of the nation’s Internet users (78%) did some form of holiday activity via email and the Web this holiday season. They used email to socialize and arrange holiday gatherings, reconnect with old friends, and plan religious activities. They browsed online malls and bought gifts in higher numbers than last […]
Austin Free Net. (2002) “Who Uses Community Technology Centers? A Survey of Public Access Computer Users,” Austin, TX, February 2002. Available at http://www.austinfree.net/about/AFNClientSurvey.pdf as of 8/14/02. BECTA (British Educational Communications and Technology Agency). (2001) “The Digital Divide, A Discussion Paper” prepared for the British Department for Education and Employment, for a conference in February 2002. […]
WASHINGTON—The growing ranks of experienced Internet users as well as the deepening reach of the Internet into all aspects of American culture has raised all Americans’ expectations about what is available online. New research from the Pew Internet and American Life Project finds that most Internet users (80%) and many non-users (about 40%) expect that […]
The dissemination of the Internet has transformed how many Americans find information and altered how they engage with many institutions, such as government, health care providers, the news media, and commercial enterprises. Terms such as electronic commerce, e-health, telemedicine, and e-government were novel ten years ago. Today, major newspapers and magazines routinely have special sections […]
Online commerce swims against the tide of falling consumer confidence Even with so many dot-com companies going out of business in the past two years, online purchasing by consumers has followed a steadily upward path. In March 2000, 40 million Americans – or 48% of Internet users – had purchased a product online. That number […]
Key Findings By Meghan Dougherty University of Washington, Department of Communication A “Webscape” of examples for this section can be found at: http://september11.archive.org/webscape/dou/ A substantial proportion of the Web sites ran pictures and drawings related to the 9/11 terror attacks and their aftermath. It is likely that no event in the era of the Web […]
Prior Research on Student Use of the Internet for School Since the mid-1990s, many education policy makers have promoted widespread access to the Internet in schools. From the launching of the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund in 1996 to the roll out of the E-rate discounts for telecommunications services in 1998 to the passage of the […]