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Introduction and Summary A series of horrifying sniper attacks in the Washington, D.C. area attracted the most public interest of any news story in 2002. But the growing prospects of war with Iraq, as well as the continuing threat of terrorism and the aftermath of 9/11, also drew high levels of attention throughout the year. […]
Holidays online In the early winter of 2002 the tracking survey of the Pew Internet & American Life Project showed that 57% of U.S. adults use the Internet – that comes to about 109 million people. Of those Internet users, more than 66 million have purchased a product or service online at some point in […]
Introduction Parents are offered thousands of Web sites offering answers, advice, resources, and products that purportedly relate to them. Among other things, the Internet can help parents find ratings of violence and adult content in television shows, get advice on how to help a child who is afraid of the dark, and link up with […]
Most American workers say email helps them do their jobs and few feel overwhelmed by the volume of email they handle WASHINGTON — Contrary to the popular perception that American workers are buried in email, a new survey finds that the vast majority of jobholders say their experience with email is very manageable, and they’re […]
The people, places, and technologies that signal the future of email The responses to this survey of email in the workplace have given us a pretty good understanding of the role of email in mainstream work situations – that workers use email moderately and responsibly, that email works better for straightforward communications than delicate ones, […]
Introduction In a December 2000 survey of 754 parents and an equal number of children in their homes between the ages of 12 and 17, we found that Internet use is changing some of the ways teens interact with their friends. We also saw that the Internet is introducing new dynamics into family life. In […]
Parents are more enthusiastic about technology than non-parents and more likely to use the Web for health information, for their work or training, and for getting religious information Washington (Nov. 17) – Seventy percent of parents with a child at home use the Internet, compared to 53% of non-parents. These parents are more enthusiastic than […]
Summary of Findings As has been the case in recent elections, the popular vote for the House of Representatives is likely to be divided about equally between Republican and Democratic candidates, almost ensuring a narrow advantage for the party that controls the next Congress. The Pew Research Center’s final nationwide survey of 1,035 likely voters […]