Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
This Pew Internet & American Life Project report is based on the findings of a daily tracking survey on Americans’ use of the Internet and an online survey about Internet health resources. Telephone interviews were conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates between November 25 and December 22, 2002, among a sample of 2,038 adults, 18 […]
Why some Internet users have not searched for health information If 80% of current Internet users have looked for health information online, what does the future hold? Will the other 20% of current Internet users try a health search some day? Will the 40% of Americans who do not have Internet access some day go […]
The number of health seekers continues to increase. The Pew Internet & American Life Project first began tracking Internet behavior relating to health in March 2000. At that time, 54% of all U.S. Internet users, or about 50 million American adults, said “yes” when we asked if they looked for health or medical information online. […]
Introduction Non-users and users have different ideas of what the online world is like. Generally, non-users agree that the Internet has positive attributes such as connecting people to others and helping them to find information easily. But these favorable views are held by significantly fewer non-users than by Internet users. In addition, the positive attitudes […]
Introduction: The four types of users and non-users There is no monochromatic pattern to Internet use. People have a variety of relationships to the technology. Clearly, there are an identifiable number who use the Internet now. At the same time, there are those who have tried using the Internet and dropped off. Others who say […]
This study reveals a fluidity in internet use, detailing the on again, off again, or proximal relationships that some have with the Internet and also looks at those who remain offline and the reasons given for non-use.
WASHINGTON–Some 77% of online Americans have used the Internet in connection with the war in Iraq. They are going online to get information about the war, to learn and share differing opinions about the conflict, to send and receive emails about events, to express their views and to offer prayers. In addition, a smaller portion […]
Thanks to everyone on staff who worked on, assisted with, advised and helped get this project done. Thanks to: Mary Madden, John Horrigan, Erin O’Grady, Angie Boyce, Katherine Allen for their assistance with research, analysis and writing of the report, as well as with the organization and execution of the focus groups. Thanks too, to […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 20) – Email has become an increasingly popular and potent tool for political communication in America. Two-thirds of politically engaged Internet users during the 2002 election cycle sent or received email related to the campaign. But campaigners said they had more success using the Net to communicate with the press than with […]