Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Section 1: Americans want a privacy guarantee Privacy has emerged as a central policy concern about the Internet as more Americans go online every day – and recent weeks have brought a ceaseless number of new allegations about privacy violations by Internet companies. In the past three months, a series of events have heightened sensitivities. […]
Washington, D.C., (Sunday, August 20th)- American Internet users want a guarantee of privacy online. An overwhelming 86% favor “opt in” policies that would require Internet companies to seek permission from users before they disclose personal information, according to a new survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. This view challenges the policy just […]
A new study released today shows that more than nine million women have gone online for the first time in the last six months, and they have brought gender parity to the Internet population. This surge in Internet usage by women is also reshaping America”s social landscape because women are using email to enrich their […]
Tracking online life Women’s different online lives: More than 9 million women have gone online for the first time in the last six months and this surge has led to gender parity in the Internet population. It has also reshaped America’s social landscape because women have used email to enrich their important relationships and enlarge […]
Part 1: How email is changing women’s lives “What’s most memorable about my family email? Just daily contacts and sharing cards, stories, etc. We have exchanged everything from birthday information to medical situations to pick-me-ups to drab daily things.” — A 39-year-old woman describes the role of email in her life In the past six […]
Washington, D.C. Panel E.J. Dionne, The Brookings Institution Andrew Kohut, Pew Research Center for the People & the Press Michael Cromartie, The Evangelical Community in American Civic Life project, and the Ethics and Public Policy Center David Devlin-Foltz, The Public Role of Mainline Protestantism project, and the Aspen Institute Alan Mittleman, Center for Jewish Community […]
The revolution in communications technology is clearly changing the way Americans live, and it has created a highly competitive environment for those who provide news and information to the public. Nearly seven-in-ten Americans (68%) now use a computer on at least an occasional basis, up from 61% in 1998 and 58% in 1996. Almost as […]