How People Approach Facts and Information
People deal in varying ways with tensions about what information to trust and how much they want to learn. Some are interested and engaged with information; others are wary and stressed.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
People deal in varying ways with tensions about what information to trust and how much they want to learn. Some are interested and engaged with information; others are wary and stressed.
Trends in visiting public libraries have steadied, and many Americans have high expectations for what their local libraries should offer
A large majority of Americans seek extra knowledge for personal and work-related reasons. Digital technology plays a notable role in these knowledge pursuits, but place-based learning remains vital to many.
Americans believe libraries are important community institutions and profess interest in libraries offering a range of new program possibilities. Yet, even as the public expresses interest in additional library services, there are signs that the share of Americans visiting libraries has edged downward over the past three years.
62% of all Americans are part of a wireless, mobile population that participates in digital activities away from home or work.
When you look at the data on Americans without broadband at home, it suggests it will take time to get these holdouts off the digital sidelines.
Fully 87% of online users have at one time used the internet to carry out research on a scientific topic or concept.
Adoption of high-speed internet at home grew twice as fast in the year prior to March 2006 than in the same time frame from 2004 to 2005. Middle-income Americans accounted for much of the increase.
According to a March 2004 survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, 28% of Americans – and fully 41% of all Internet users – have within the past month used a laptop that can connect wirelessly to the Internet or a cell phone that lets t…
The online world is a vibrant social universe where many Internet users enjoy serious and satisfying contact with online communities.
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