Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
The gap is narrowing, but Americans age 65 and older still lag behind younger generations when it comes to Internet access. In 1996, just 2% of Americans age 65 or older went online.[1. Pew Research Center for the People and the Press: April 1996 Biennial Media Consumption Survey. Available at: http://pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/politics/reports/display.php3?ReportID=127] By the year 2000, […]
Wired seniors want to keep up to date, whether that means emailing their children or staying current with the news. Communication tops the agenda for wired seniors – but they generally stick to email. As noted, email is equally popular among Internet users age 65 or older and their younger counterparts. Fully 94% of wired […]
44% of American Internet users have contributed their thoughts and digital content to the online world
Rural Internet newcomers have mixed feelings about computers and technology, but more experienced users are more positive about them. Another way to measure diffusion of the Internet is the attitudes and beliefs that users and non-users hold toward it. For less experienced users, computers inspire mixed feelings. In all community types, larger percentages of new […]
The material people contribute to the online world The maxim is true: Anyone can be a publisher on the Web and many Internet users are. They have contributed to the online commons by creating or contributing to Web sites, posting photos, and sharing files. They are taking advantage of new Web applications like blogging and, […]
Rural users have waded knee-deep into the Web. One way to gauge how much the Internet has become part of users’ everyday lives is to examine the online activities that users pursue. In general, the Internet is less a fixture of rural residents’ lives than urban and suburban residents’ lives. Some activities are universally popular, […]
Pew Internet Project Reports, 2000-2003 Online Activities & Pursuits Spam: How it is hurting email and degrading life on the Internet (Author: Deborah Fallows. Release date: October 22, 2003) Available at: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2003/Spam-How-it-is-hurting-email-and-degrading-life-on-the-Internet.aspx Music Downloading, File-sharing and Copyright (Authors: Mary Madden and Amanda Lenhart. Release date: July 31, 2003) Available at: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2003/Music-Downloading-Filesharing-and-Copyright.aspx Let the Games Begin: Gaming technology […]
Most Internet users have searched for answers to specific questions. 83% of users have done a search online to answer a specific question, according to our latest survey on the subject in September 2002. The number of those who have used the Internet to answer questions grew 24% from 79 million to 98 million between […]