Americans turn to technology during COVID-19 outbreak, say an outage would be a problem
A majority of Americans are turning to digital means to stay connected and track information about the coronavirus outbreak.
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A majority of Americans are turning to digital means to stay connected and track information about the coronavirus outbreak.
Seven-in-ten U.S. adults say it is it likely that their own phone calls and emails are being monitored by the government.
Young adults are just as likely to check their email as their Facebook account on a typical day; older adults still favor email.
That’s the percentage of U.S. adults who used the internet during the 2006 midterm election campaigns to get political news and information and to discuss the races through email. And the number of Americans using the internet as their main source of political material doubled since the last mid-term election, rivaling the number from the 2004 presidential election year.
That’s the portion of campaign internet users — adults who used the internet during the 2006 midterm election campaigns to get political news and information and discuss the races through email — who also used the internet to create and share political content. These creators are particularly active in every type of online political activity.
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