Half of American adults have searched for health information online. The Pew Internet Project, along with other Internet health researchers, has chronicled the growth of the online health sector over the past three years. Here are some of our most important conclusions to date. Half of American adults have searched for health information online. About […]
Single Parents Lag Behind Married Parents in Computer and Internet Use Note: All numbers and percentages in this section regarding single parents were derived from combined data from Pew Internet & American Life tracking surveys from 2001 to 2002, unless otherwise noted. Combining data sets was necessary to amass a large enough sample to probe […]
Holidays online The role of the Internet in the life of American families continues to evolve. For three years, the Pew Internet & American Life Project has tracking how Americans use the Internet for socializing, shopping, and pursuing religious activities during the holiday season. This year’s survey shows that email has become an ever-more important […]
The audience for online news has been seen substantial growth in the past two and one-half years. In March 2000, about 52 million Americans (or 60% of Internet users) had gone online for news, a figure that increased to 82 million (or 70% of Internet users) by October 2002. The newsgathering habits of these Internet […]
WASHINGTON—The growing ranks of experienced Internet users as well as the deepening reach of the Internet into all aspects of American culture has raised all Americans’ expectations about what is available online. New research from the Pew Internet and American Life Project finds that most Internet users (80%) and many non-users (about 40%) expect that […]
9:00 am-5:00 pm Chapel Hill, NC Due to technical difficulties, we are unable to provide the transcript from the Q&A of these panels. Session 1: History of the Blaine Amendments Session 2: Blaine Amendments and the First Amendment Session 3: Blaine Amendments: Current Litigation and Legislation Session One JASON KAY: My name is Jason […]
Key findings By Steven M. Schneider SUNY Institute of Technology, College of Arts and Sciences Kirsten A. Foot University of Washington, Department of Communication Co-Directors, WebArchivist.org A “Webscape” of examples for this section can be found at: http://september11.archive.org/webscape/sch/ The rapid development of new content and features on the Web affected how many Americans responded to […]