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Online Scams and Attacks in America Today

73% of U.S. adults have experienced some kind of online scam or attack, and these are common across age groups. Most get scam calls, texts and emails at least weekly.

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    Iraq Dominates PEJ’s First Quarterly NCI Report

    The war in Iraq eclipsed all other news in the first three months of 2007. The 2008 presidential race was the next biggest story, and most of that was about Democrats. These are among the findings in PEJ’s first quarterly report of its News Coverage Index, which allows us to probe the data more deeply than we can on a weekly basis.

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    Spam 2007

    37% of email users said spam had increased in their personal email accounts, up from 28% of email users who said that two years ago.

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    Health Data Geeks’ Wisdom

    Cancer “weather maps,” the age of biology, and how cell-only adults really are different from landline users.

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    Digital Content and Users: Patterns and Impacts

    This presentation was made at the OECD’s Workshop entitled: “The economic and social impacts of broadband communications: From ICT measurement to policy implications.”

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    The internet and politics

    Statistics about the use of the internet for politics and e-government presented to the Personal Democracy Forum

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    The Internet and Politics 2007

    Statistics and insights from Pew Internet Research about the role of the internet in politics and e-government activities.

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    E-patients.net

    Tom Ferguson’s spirit lives on at e-patients.net

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    Briefing Panelists Debunk Online Safety Myths

    The main point of the recent congressional briefing panel was to stop the misinformation and obfuscation around the issue of online child victimization, and to focus on the facts and observations that had emerged from our collective research.

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    The Military’s Iraq Channel on You Tube

    Looking for a way to get out its message in Iraq, the U.S. Multi-National Force Iraq has turned to You Tube and has found some success with users who have made the site one of this month’s most popular. The site aims to use footage shot by military personnel to give a fuller picture of Iraq, a spokesman says. PEJ examines the effort.

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    Music, interrupted

    International fans of Pandora’s streaming online music service will have to deal with a rude awakening this week when the company is forced to disable accounts based outside of the U.S. due to licensing issues.

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Teens, Social Media and Technology 2024

Nearly half of U.S. teens (46%) say they’re on the internet almost constantly. YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat remain widely used by teens.

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How Teens and Parents Approach Screen Time

Most teens at least sometimes feel happy and peaceful when they don’t have their phone, but 44% say this makes them anxious. Half of parents say they have looked through their teen’s phone.

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