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Presentation
Jan 25, 2007Susannah Fox
The base of the internet is broadening to include more people with less education than ever before, while older Americans are still overwhelmingly offline. Internet users who have experienced spyware act differently online from those who have not....
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More in: Safety, Digital Divide
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Nov 28, 2006Mary Madden, Xingpu Yuan
More than half of internet users have taken virtual tours -- nearly doubling the number who had done so in late 2004.
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More in: Decision Making, Shopping, Video
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Nov 14, 2006Susannah Fox
Any system being designed for consumers should take advantage of two trends: the centrality of search and the importance of peer advice (whether via email, social networking sites, blogs, or other emerging technologies). Both trends are likely to ...
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More in: Seniors
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Presentation
Nov 6, 2006Amanda Lenhart
More than a third or 35% of online adults create content online, and 57% of teenagers 12-17 make their own content to post to the Web. Younger users and home broadband users are the most avid content creators, and most post their creations online ...
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More in: Blogs, Video, Teens
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Presentation
Nov 6, 2006Lee Rainie, Michael Cornfield
Is the internet the lever for direct democracy? Or is it a wedge for political polarization? An assessment of the first 10 years of online politics.
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More in: Politics
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Presentation
Nov 6, 2006Susannah Fox
One in five adults in this country are disconnected from the just-in-time information source that the internet has become for many people.
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More in: Digital Divide, Communities
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Presentation
Nov 3, 2006Mary Madden
Recent Pew Internet Project research examines technology use by teenagers and suggests how the behavior and expectations of young internet users might shape the libraries of the future.
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More in: Teens, Libraries
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Presentation
Oct 27, 2006Lee Rainie
This presentation covers the media and communications environment of today's teenagers and young adults and how that new environment has affected their expectations and behaviors about media, communication, and creation.
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More in: Libraries, Teens, New Media Ecology, Future of the Internet, Families
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Presentation
Oct 24, 2006Lee Rainie
Is there such a thing as "internet addiction"? A new survey of internet users suggests that a portion of them experience behavioral problems connected to their internet use. Lee Rainie is among the panelists on the program who discuss the findings...
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More in: New Media Ecology, Future of the Internet, Broadband, Mobile, Technology User Types
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Presentation
Sep 28, 2006Lee Rainie
Young workers who have grown up with the internet, cell phones, video games, iPods, and digital cameras are different from their elders. Those who are now hiring the young "digital natives" need to know how their new world has shaped their behavio...
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More in: Work, Teens, Education, Future of the Internet, New Media Ecology, Generations