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On behalf of the Pew Internet & American Life Project, the authors would like to acknowledge contributions to this study by the following people: Shyon Baumann, Victoria Boase, Wenhong Chen, Rochelle Côté, David Lazer, Bonnie Erickson, Jane Fountain, Bernie Hogan, Miki Itano, Tracy Kennedy, and Beverly Wellman. This material is based upon work supported by […]
Getting information means getting help for the big and small challenges people encounter. On the face of things, getting one’s car repaired appears as easy as opening the phone book and looking for a mechanic. Finding a job might seem as straightforward as looking at the want ads, going to a job fair, or to […]
Thanks to my colleagues Lee Rainie and John Horrigan for their help in planning and executing this report and to Steve Morris for his patient attention to checking the numbers. Thanks to Kristen Purcell at Princeton Survey Research Associates for creating new and informative crosstabs. About the Pew Internet & American Life Project: The Pew […]
Washington – A wide-ranging look at the way American women and men use the internet shows that men continue to pursue many internet activities more intensively than women, and that men are still first out of the blocks in trying the latest technologies. At the same time, there are trends showing that women are catching […]
New tabloid breed is more than screaming headlines but could they be blueprint to the future? The Quality of Knowledge If the tabloids offer a broader though less local news agenda, what is it that readers get and what are they missing? The trade off might be described as knowing a little about a lot […]
Online donations after Katrina: 13 million Americans made donations to relief efforts online
This press release is on the Pew Internet Project data memo on online donations and news consumption pertaining to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
WASHINGTON – Millions of internet users are forsaking yard sales and the local dump for the prospect of selling their hand-me-downs and unwanted gear online. About 1 in 6 internet-using adults have sold something online. The move to online transactions not only has been a boon to people trying to clear out their attics, but […]
On behalf of the Pew Internet & American Life Project, the authors would like to acknowledge the contributions to this study by the following people: Thanks to the following individuals for their assistance with and feedback on the survey instrument for the telephone survey associated with this report: Naomi Baron, Ulla Bunz, Eszter Hargittai, Andrea […]