10:30am-Noon Washington, D.C. Speakers: Congressman David Price (D-NC) Congressman Mark Souder (R-IN) David Brooks, columnist, The New York Times; Contributing Editor, Newsweek E.J. Dionne, Jr., Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution; columnist, Washington Post Writers Group Moderator: Luis Lugo, Director, The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life LUIS LUGO: Good morning, and thank you all […]
Rural Internet newcomers have mixed feelings about computers and technology, but more experienced users are more positive about them. Another way to measure diffusion of the Internet is the attitudes and beliefs that users and non-users hold toward it. For less experienced users, computers inspire mixed feelings. In all community types, larger percentages of new […]
Three-quarters of Internet users have looked for information on their hobbies or interests. 77% of Internet users have searched for hobby or interest information online as of January 2002. That represents growth of 40% from 65 million who had pursued hobby information online as of March 2000, to 91 million who had done so by […]
Major changes in technologies of access, the maturation of Internet users, and the development of new applications and content are three likely factors that have contributed to the growth of online pursuits. Since the Pew Internet & American Life Project began its research in 2000, the applications available on the Internet have changed dramatically, the […]
Most Internet users have searched for answers to specific questions. 83% of users have done a search online to answer a specific question, according to our latest survey on the subject in September 2002. The number of those who have used the Internet to answer questions grew 24% from 79 million to 98 million between […]
Religious belief plays an important role in shaping public attitudes on several policy issues, from the dispute in the Middle East to the question of whether gays and lesbians should be permitted to marry. In particular, there is no doubt that belief in the biblical importance of Israel has a major impact on public opinion […]
In this section Mideast Sympathies Stable Less Opposition to Gay Marriage More Reservations About Death Penalty Physician-Assisted Suicide Scrap Tax Cuts for Health Insurance Anti-SUV Campaign Gets Little Traction Religion’s Influence Seen As Waning Religious belief plays an important role in shaping public attitudes on several policy issues, from the dispute in the Middle East […]
Introduction Non-users and users have different ideas of what the online world is like. Generally, non-users agree that the Internet has positive attributes such as connecting people to others and helping them to find information easily. But these favorable views are held by significantly fewer non-users than by Internet users. In addition, the positive attitudes […]