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The results in this report are based on data from a series of telephone interviews conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International between October, 2004, and June, 2005. For results based on the sample of 6,403 adults, 18 and older, conducted January-June, 2005, one can say with 95% confidence that the error attributable to sampling […]
District Court Contends that Dover, Pa., Challenge to Teaching Evolution is an Unconstitutional Endorsement of Religion A federal district court judge ruled today that a Pennsylvania school board’s decision to include intelligent design in the high school science curriculum was an unconstitutional endorsement of religion. The case, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, was the […]
Introduction The Pew Internet Project has looked at how people use the internet in four major ways: to communicate, to gather information, to transact personal and professional business, and to entertain themselves. 1. Communications Men and women communicate online differently. In principle, internet users have high regard for the internet as a tool of communication; […]
This report cites findings from many of the separate surveys that have been conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project since March 2000. The comparisons in use of the internet by men and women in 2002 and 2005 are derived from combining several survey data sets in each of those years. The total […]
Getting information means getting help for the big and small challenges people encounter. On the face of things, getting one’s car repaired appears as easy as opening the phone book and looking for a mechanic. Finding a job might seem as straightforward as looking at the want ads, going to a job fair, or to […]
Two-thirds of American adults go online and one-third do not. As of May-June 2005, 68% of American adults, or about 137 million people, use the internet, up from 63% one year ago. Thirty-two percent of American adults, or about 65 million people, do not go online.[1. Prior to our January 2005 survey, the question used […]
Half of Online Teens Download Music, One in Three Download Video; One in Five Have a Blog; One in Five Remix Others’ Digital Material into Their Own Creations
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Online teens enjoy new opportunities to create, remix, and share digital content. Thanks to the internet, American teenagers can engage media material and create their own content in ways their parents could not. Today’s online teens live in a world filled with self-authored, customized, and on-demand content, much of which is easily replicated, manipulated, and […]