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  • ChatGPT Adoption: 34% of U.S. adults have ever used ChatGPT, roughly double the share who said they had in 2023. (Read the short read)
  • Online Scams: Roughly three-quarters of U.S. adults say they have been a victim of an online scam or attack. (Read the report)
  • Views of AI: AI experts are much more positive and excited about AI’s potential than the American public, whose concerns have increased in recent years. (Read the report)
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How Parents Manage Screen Time for Kids

About four-in-ten parents say they could be doing better at managing their kid’s screen time. A larger share – 58% – say they’re doing the best they can.

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    SPIM, SPAM, SPUM

    A lot has happened in the world of spam since we issued our major report in October, 2003

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    How Americans Get in Touch With Government

    Internet users are increasingly turning to e-government sites to carry out their business with government. But Internet users and non-users alike value having more than one way to get in touch with government.

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    Bottom-Line Pressures Now Hurting Coverage, Say Journalists

    Overview This report is part of State of the News Media 2004, a annual publication of the Project for Excellence in Journalism. Journalists are unhappy with the way things are going in their profession these days. Many give poor grades to the coverage offered by the types of media that serve most Americans: daily newspapers, […]

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    28% of American adults are wireless ready

    According to a March 2004 survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, 28% of Americans – and fully 41% of all Internet users – have within the past month used a laptop that can connect wirelessly to the Internet or a cell phone that lets t…

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    Harnessing E-Government: A Primer on Citizen Habits

    The major portals of Web traffic played a late, mild, yet remarkably sophisticated role in the proceedings. Some 22% of Internet users searched the Internet for campaign news during the 2002 mid-term election, but they were somewhat less successfu…

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    Preliminary results of survey of musicians

    Between March 15 and April 15 of this year, 2,755 musicians and songwriters responded to a Web-based survey about the way they use the Internet and their views on a host of public policy questions related to copyright and music file-sharing on the In…

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    14% of Internet users say they no longer download music files

    14% of the 128 million American adults now online report that they downloaded music at one time, but no longer do so. About a third of these former music downloaders – 6 million adults – say that the RIAA’s tactics are the reason they stopped.

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    The Rise of Wireless Connectivity and PIP’s Latest Findings

    In our Internet tracking survey in February, 2004 we recorded our highest readings ever on the number of Internet users who are e-shoppers, the number who participate in online auctions, and the number of Americans who use computers. In addition, we …

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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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