22% of Americans 65 and older use the Internet. The percent of seniors who go online has jumped by 47% between 2000 and 2004. In a February 2004 survey, 22% of Americans age 65 or older reported having access to the Internet, up from 15% in 2000. By …
WASHINGTON, D.C. January 12 – More than a third of the nation’s Internet users have gone online to get news and information, exchange emails about the race, or participate online in the current political campaign. Even among wired Americans, the Internet still lags far behind television and newspapers as voters’ main source of political news. […]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 — The percentage of online Americans downloading music files on the Internet has dropped by half and the numbers who are downloading files on any given day have plunged since the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) began filing suits in September against those suspected of copyright infringement. Furthermore, a fifth of […]
On behalf of the Pew Internet & American Life Project, the author would like to acknowledge the contributions to this study by the following people: Susannah Fox, Deborah Fallows, Amanda Lenhart, John Horrigan, and Tom Spooner generously provided their time and editorial insights. The author is also grateful for the contributions of Erin O’Grady, Cornelia […]
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE AT 5PM EASTERN, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2003 CONTACT: Susannah Fox, Pew Internet & American Life Project (202) 296-0019A case study of Californians finds that poorer Internet users report their health searches helped them with medical issuesWASHINGTON – Low-income Californians who use the Internet are just as likely as more well-to-do Internet users […]
WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 22 – The number of Americans who have done basic online activities such as getting health information, accessing government data, buying products, and participating in auctions has increased smartly in the past three years, but the growth of the number of Internet users has slowed dramatically markedly in the past two years. […]
Americans’ everyday applications of the Internet continue to expand over time. The Pew Internet & American Life Project has been studying Americans’ Web usage and its impact on society since March 2000. As a central element of its research, the project has been identifying and measuring a host of Internet trends and activities that characterize […]