New Data on How Americans Use the Internet
Those who are regular users of our data will find that we’ve recently posted an updated and reorganized version of our “Usage Over Time” spreadsheet in the Latest Trends section of our website.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
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Search results for: “libraries”
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Legislating International Religious Freedom
Library of Congress Washington, D.C. With the passage of the International Religious Freedom Act in 1998, the United States became one of the few countries in the world to make promotion of religious freedom an explicit foreign policy goal. The act, signed into law by President Clinton, established an Office of International Religious Freedom at […]
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Scenario Two: English displaces other languages
Prediction and Reactions Prediction: In 2020, networked communications have leveled the world into one big political, social, and economic space in which people everywhere can meet and have verbal and visual exchanges regularly, face-to-face, over the internet. English will be so indispensable in communicating that it displaces some languages. An extended collection hundreds of written […]
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Scenario 7: Some Luddites/refuseniks will commit terror acts…
Predictions and Reactions Prediction: By 2020, the people left behind (many by their own choice) by accelerating information and communications technologies will form a new cultural group of technology refuseniks who self-segregate from ‘modern’ society. Some will live mostly ‘off the grid’ simply to seek peace and a cure for information overload, while others will […]
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Part 2. Media and Communication Habits of Bloggers
Broadband is the norm among bloggers, as is going online several times each day. A majority of bloggers (79%) have a high-speed connection to the internet at home and more than half are between 18 and 29 years old. By comparison, 62% of adult internet users have broadband at home and about one in five […]
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Part 4. The Practice of Blogging
The reality of a blogger’s publishing schedule is probably familiar to anyone who juggles a career, a personal life, and a favorite hobby: bloggers cram in their updates when and where they can, and when inspiration strikes. Most bloggers post infrequently. While many of the most popular blogs on the internet post material frequently, even […]
