Character and the Campaign
If presidential campaigns are about character and control of message, neither candidate has had much success so far, a new PEJ study finds.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
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Search results for: “news consumption”
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Additional Findings and Analyses
Samples Mirror Public Profile The profile of people interviewed in the standard survey conducted by Pew mirrors most demographic characteristics of the American public. Despite the growing difficulties in obtaining a high rate of response, well-designed telephone polls reach a representative cross-section of the public in terms of race, age, marital status, and even key […]
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About the Surveys
Results for the 2004 Biennial Media Consumption survey are based on telephone interviews conducted under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates International among a nationwide sample of 3,000 adults, 18 years of age or older, during the period April 19-May 12, 2004.For results based on the total sample, one can say with 95% confidence […]
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Front Pages
What Was There The political front pages on the Internet varied widely in how many stories they offered, a sign that, unlike newspapers, there is no consensus about the look on the web, or how many stories users can absorb on a page. Sites varied from as many as an average of 37 stories (Washington […]
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Content Creation Online
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, […]
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Part 3. Information Utility Activities
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 […]
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March 2003 – Iraq War
Contains questions about news consumption Internet use in relation to the war in Iraq. Also contains questions about opinions on the war.
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Appendix
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 […]
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Part 1. Introduction
A defining characteristic of the changing U.S. household has been the growth in consumption of information goods and services. As the average size of the household has declined in the past century, Americans have increasingly filled their homes with tools to send and receive information, including computers, telephones, and digital videodisc (DVD) players. In the […]
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Part 3. What Matters Most to Technology Users
Americans are reluctant to part with some old media and some new, but traditional print media don’t fare well. With the proliferation of communications devices and services, it is worth examining the relative strength of preferences among Americans for their gadgets and services. Although the technologies by which people receive and process information may be […]