Social Networking Websites and Teens
More than half (55%) of all online American youths ages 12-17 use online social networking sites.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Introduction Each campaign cycle since 1994 has generated its own internet story. In 1994, it was the appearance of the first campaign Web site by Senator Diane Feinstein. In 1996, Web politics turned Presidential. One of the top stories was that Republican nominee Bob Dole gave the wrong url for his site during a nationally […]
Summary of Findings What’s Your News IQ? Take the Latest Quiz Since the late 1980s, the emergence of 24-hour cable news as a dominant news source and the explosive growth of the internet have led to major changes in the American public’s news habits. But a new nationwide survey finds that the coaxial and digital […]
Key West, Florida Some of the nation’s leading journalists gathered in Key West, Fla., in May 2007 for the Pew Forum’s biannual Faith Angle Conference on religion, politics and public life. Philip Jenkins, a Penn State University professor and one of the first scholars to call attention to the rising demographic power of Christians in […]
August 2006 Daily Tracking Survey Revised Final Topline, 10/05/06 Data for August 1 – 31, 2006 Princeton Survey Research Associates International for the Pew Internet & American Life Project Sample: n = 2,928 adults 18 and older Interviewing dates: 8.1.06 – 8.31.06 Margin of error is plus or minus 2 percentage points for results based […]
The internet is used as a research tool by nearly 90% of adult internet users and as a primary source for science news and information for 40 million Americans.