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Nearly four-in-ten U.S. adults are in an online community. These virtual third spaces can take many forms, like Facebook groups, online video games or fandom forums on Reddit.

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reportAug 9, 2007

Search Privacy Practices

What if your search queries for the last 18 months were archived along with your IP address? Would anything embarrassing come up, like how many times you searched for your own name or the name of your ex?
reportAug 9, 2007

Internet News Audience Highly Critical of News Organizations

Summary of Findings The American public continues to fault news organizations for a number of perceived failures, with solid majorities criticizing them for political bias, inaccuracy and failing to acknowledge mistakes. But some of the harshest indictments of the press now come from the growing segment that relies on the internet as its main source […]
reportAug 8, 2007

YouTube Suit Gets Backup Band

The National Music Publisher’s Association recently joined the YouTube class action copyright infringement suit, along with the likes of Viacom and those who started the Zidane-style retaliatory headbutting in the first place (none other than the …
reportAug 7, 2007

This is Library 2.0

I must admit, when I think about the cutting-edge institutions that are leading us into the future, Topeka, Kansas is not usually the first thing that comes to mind.
reportAug 6, 2007

Poor and Elderly E-patients

This just in: “The Internet appears to be a double-edged sword, assisting in the search for health care information for the poor and elderly while magnifying existing gaps based on other factors.”
reportAug 3, 2007

The online and offline travel experience in China

Many things make living in China harder than living in the US — breathing the air, drinking the water, driving the roads — but here is one exception: taking a domestic air trip.
reportAug 2, 2007

The YouTube Debate Debate

Despite some criticisms of the format, why are the major GOP candidates wary of the YouTube debates?
presentationAug 2, 2007

Teens, Libraries and Web 2.0: Snapshots from a new media landscape

This presentation examines technology use by young patrons and suggests how the behavior and expectations of young internet users might shape the libraries of the future.
reportAug 1, 2007

Closing the Broadband Divide

When you look at the data on Americans without broadband at home, it suggests it will take time to get these holdouts off the digital sidelines.
reportJul 31, 2007

What are parents doing to protect teens online?

Recent headlines about the discovery and removal of 29,000 registered sex offenders on MySpace have added fuel to the fiery debate about the safety of online social networks.

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reportDec 12, 2024

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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.

reportMar 11, 2024

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.

reportApr 3, 2025

These groups are far apart in their enthusiasm and predictions for AI, but both want more personal control and worry about too little regulation.

reportJan 31, 2024

Most U.S. adults today say they use the internet (95%), have a smartphone (90%) or subscribe to high-speed internet at home (80%). About four-in-ten report being online almost constantly.