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I wish to thank Xingpu Yuan, a research intern, for her help with fact-checking and data analysis. About the Pew Internet & American Life Project: The Pew Internet Project is a nonprofit initiative of the Pew Research Center and is funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts to examine the social impact of the internet. The […]
Introduction The internet’s role in campaigns has grown dramatically in the past decade. Several forces are driving this. At the top of the list is the growth of broadband. There were only a handful of home broadband users in 1996. When the Pew Internet Project began asking questions about broadband access in the summer of […]
Introduction We asked respondents to think about the last time they went online for health or medical information, hoping to capture a portrait of a typical health search. As in past surveys,[6.numoffset=”6″ “Vital Decisions: How internet users decide what information to trust when they or their loved ones are sick” (Pew Internet & American Life […]
Three-quarters of health seekers do not consistently check the source and date of the health information they find online. In 2001, the Pew Internet & American Life Project collaborated with the Medical Library Association[13.numoffset=”13″ Medical Library Association: A User’s Guide to Finding and Evaluating Health Information on the Web. Available at: http://www.mlanet.org/resources/userguide.html] to devise a […]
Very few check the source and date of the information they find.
Pew Internet & American Life Project: The Pew Internet Project is a nonprofit, non-partisan think tank that explores the impact of the Internet on children, families, communities, the work place, schools, health care and civic/political life. Support for the project is provided by The Pew Charitable Trusts. The Project is an initiative of the Pew […]
A survey of technology thinkers and stakeholders shows they believe the internet will continue to spread in a “flattening” and improving world. There are many, though, who think major problems will accompany technology advances by 2020. A predictions…
This Web-based survey, sponsored by the Pew Internet & American Life Project and conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International, elicited a non-random sample of 742 internet stakeholders. The interviews were conducted online, via WebSurveyor, between Nov. 30, 2005 and April 4, 2006. Details on the design, execution and analysis of the survey are discussed […]
A survey of internet leaders, activists, and analysts shows that a majority agree with predictions that by 2020 …
