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    Keeping in Contact with Core and Significant Ties

    There has been an explosion in the modes and reach of remote communication. When Wellman conducted his early studies of social ties in 1968 and 1979,[8.numoffset=”8″ See Wellman (1979) and Wellman and Wortley (1990).] the results were relatively straightforward. Americans either telephoned (using traditional “landline” phones, of course)[9. There is no popular term for traditional […]

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    Methodology

    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 […]

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    Part 5. Functions of the internet: How men and women use it as a tool to communicate, transact, get information, and entertain themselves.

    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; […]

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    Part 5. Beyond Dating Websites

    Three out of four online Americans who are single and looking for romantic partners have used the internet for at least one dating-related activity. The act of using dating websites is just one online avenue that can lead to a romantic connection. The internet facilitates a wide array of other dating- or romance-related activities. A […]

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    Part 2. Demographics

    Background Men, especially young, white, educated, and fairly affluent men, were the earliest adopters of the internet. Surveys by the Pew Research Center for The People & The Press in 1995 showed that about 20% of American adults used the internet and the online population was 58% male. By March 2000, the internet population had […]

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