Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
August 2006 Daily Tracking Survey Final Topline, 9/7/06 Data for August 1 – 31, 2006 Princeton Survey Research Associates International for the Pew Internet & American Life Project Sample: n = 3,001 adults 18 and olderInterviewing dates: 8.1.06 – 8.31.06 Margin of error is plus or minus 2 percentage points for results based on the full […]
Predictions inspire lively discussion about the future, and help stakeholders prepare for adjustments associated with technological change. Those who think about the future are best poised to influence it. The visionary 20th century engineer, mathematician and architect R. Buckminster Fuller argued that, “We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.” One […]
Newcomers to the world of work may find that their bosses are strangers in the digital world
Introduction People’s attitudes about science, their level of scientific knowledge, and the attention they pay to scientific developments have long been a topic of interest in the scientific community and among policymakers. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has since the early 1980s tracked people’s attitudes toward and understanding of science in its bi-annual “Science & […]
On behalf of the Pew Internet & American Life Project, the authors would like to acknowledge the contributions to this study by the following people: Niki Woodard, a research intern for the Project, contributed a literature review and editorial insights. About the Pew Internet & American Life Project: The Pew Internet & American Life Project […]
Most bloggers focus on personal experiences, not politics
Broadband is the norm among bloggers, as is going online several times each day. A majority of bloggers (79%) have a high-speed connection to the internet at home and more than half are between 18 and 29 years old. By comparison, 62% of adult internet users have broadband at home and about one in five […]