Cyberbullying
About a third of online teens say they have been targets of online harassement. Older girls and intense internet users are the most likely to report these experiences.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Measuring Broadband: Problems and Possibilities A Workshop at the DC Office ofThe Pew Research Center1615 L St St. NW, 7th FloorWashington DC June 28, 2006 Co-sponsored by Pew Internet & American Life ProjectUniversity of Texas at Austin, with support from the National Science FoundationMassachusetts Institute of Technology Communications infrastructure plays an increasingly important role in […]
The workshop on broadband metrics that is discussed here was held in June 2006, and in light of recent events, was either prescient or instrumental in helping to mobilize wider support for improving the state of our collective public knowledge of broadband networks. In May 2007, Commerce Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), with a number […]
More than half of online teens use social networks. More than half or 55% of all online American teens use social networks.%%FOOTNOTE%% Likewise, 55% of online teens 12-17 have posted a profile online. Teen girls, particularly girls 15-17, are more likely to use social networking websites than boys, and girls are more likely to have […]
Parents & Teens 2006 Survey Final Topline, 12/01/06 Data for October 23 – November 19, 2006 Princeton Survey Research Associates International for the Pew Internet & American Life Project Margin of error is plus or minus 3 percentage points for results based on all parents Margin of error is plus or minus 4 percentage points for […]
With the exception of the war in Iraq, international affairs tend not to generate major media interest. But General Pervez Musharraf’s Nov. 3 declaration of emergency rule in Pakistan proved to be a dramatic exception to that rule—and there may be several disquieting reasons why.