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    Part 4: A review of responses to a tension pair about the evolution of the architecture and structure of the Internet: Will the Internet still be dominated by the end-to-end principle?

    The structure of the Internet Respondents were asked to explain their choice and “note organizations you expect to be most likely to influence the future of the Internet and share your view of the effects of this between now and 2020.” A number of respondents pointed out that some of the key issues related to […]

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    Privacy Perceptions

    80% of adults believe that Americans should be concerned about the government’s monitoring of phone calls and internet communications and many say key communications channels like phones and email are not secure.

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    Canning Spam

    The campaign against pornographic spam gains momentum.

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    Methodology

    This survey, sponsored by the Pew Internet & American Life Project and conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International, obtained online interviews with a non-random sample of 1,286 internet users. The interviews were conducted online, via SPSS, in two Waves: Wave 1 took place from September 20 to October 18, 2004, and Wave 2 took […]

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    References

    1.         Oldenburg, R., The Great Good Place. 1989, New York: Paragon House. 2.         Wellman, B. and S. Wortley, Different Strokes From Different Folks. American Journal of Sociology, 1990. 96(3): p. 558-88. 3.         Erickson, B., The Relational Basis of Attitudes, in Social Structures: A Network Approach, B. Wellman and S.D. Berkowitz, Editors. 1997, JAI press: Greenwich, […]

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    Acknowledgments

    This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Find related reports online at https://www.pewresearch.org/topics/politics-online/ Primary researchers Maeve Duggan, Research Associate Aaron Smith, Associate Director, Research Research team Lee Rainie, Director, Internet, Science and Technology Research Paul Hitlin, Senior Researcher Meg Hefferon, Research Assistant Andrew Perrin, Research Assistant […]

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    Introduction

    Edward Snowden’s release of internal National Security Agency documents in June 2013 has catapulted government surveillance issues and privacy policy questions to a new level of national and scholarly discourse. The documents Snowden leaked about the NSA suggest that large American information technology companies are compelled to share data with the government about foreign individuals […]