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  • Junk E-mail is Unabated Despite Law, Survey Says

    Three months after Congress approved legislation intended to curb spam, unsolicited e-mail is a persistent, if not worsening, problem, according to a survey released yesterday by the Pew Internet and American Life Project.

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  • Bloggers Get Lazy

    A telephone survey conducted last spring by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found Internet users under the age of 25 are the most enthusiastic about creating content and most likely to have blogs. Older Internet users, with an average age...

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  • Many Web Users Log on Outside Home, Work

    … many are younger adults who are "moving toward this anytime, anywhere access," said Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet and American Life Project, which conducted the study

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  • ’04 Emerging as Year Of Major Net Political Gains

    The Deaniacs also used the Web to involve voters in an emotional way, to turn them from passive observers into active participants. As Lee Rainie of the Pew Internet & American Life Project told the New York Times: "The Dean legacy is that he taug...

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  • Rural Oklahoma has mixed reaction to Internet

    According to a study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, 52 percent of rural adults now go online, compared with about two-thirds of urban and suburban residents. The study found rural users more likely to access religious or spiritual ...

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  • Study: Rural Areas Lag in Internet Connection

    A survey conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project between March and August 2003 found that lower income levels and older populations in rural communities correlated to the gap in Internet use.

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  • Use of Internet in Rural Areas Increases

    Fifty-two percent of rural residents in 2003 said they use the Internet, compared with 67 percent of urbanites and 66 percent of people in suburbs, according to a report this week by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. The nonprofit group co...

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18%

of smartphone owners use a geosocial service to “check in” to certain locations or share their location with friends

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The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project is one of seven projects that make up the Pew Research Center. The Center is supported by The Pew Charitable Trust.