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Aug 9, 2011Kristen Purcell
Search and email remain the two online activities that are nearly universal among adult internet users.
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Email remains the most popular activity online. Spam and email overload are perennial issues, but the major threat to email is irrelevance in the era of social networking sites and text messaging.
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Dec 16, 2010Kathryn Zickuhr
Major trends in how different generations of Americans use the internet
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Nov 16, 2010Amanda Lenhart
With Facebook's announcement of the rollout of "Facebook Messages," we offer our data on teens' communication landscape as context for understanding the potential implications of the new feature.
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Jan 28, 2009Sydney Jones, Susannah Fox
Over half of the adult internet population is between 18 and 44 years old. But larger percentages of older generations are online now than in the past, and they are doing more activities online.
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Sharon Jayson, USA Today
Jan 28, 2009
Teens and young adults seem to live online, but a new report by the Pew Research Center finds that other generations are catching up: Generation X primarily uses the Internet for shopping and banking; Baby Boomers for travel reservations; and the 70-...
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Mike Wendland, Detroit Free Press
Sep 25, 2008
"With the Internet now a key part of the American working world, a new problem emerges: Work creep — doing more work at home after work hours and while supposedly on vacation because of e-mail and cell phones.These networked workers — 62% of the numb...
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Sep 24, 2008Mary Madden, Sydney Jones
The majority of employed adults (62%) use the internet or email at their job, and many have cell phones and Blackberries that keep them connected even when they are not at work.
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Sep 12, 2008John Horrigan
Some 69% of online Americans use webmail services, store data online, or use software programs such as word processing applications whose functionality is located on the web. Online users who take advantage of cloud applications say they like the co...
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Jeannine Guttman , redOrbit
Aug 18, 2008
"Here is a puzzle for you: Is technology catching up with our interests? Or are our interests changing to match the technology?Consider that perusing the Internet is a commonplace daily ritual in American society - whether at work or play. And consid...
Jul 9, 2008Susannah Fox
Our latest data on the penetration of internet connections, cell phones, and home broadband are captured in three "thermometers" of access.
More in: Digital Divide, Email, Broadband, Race and Ethnicity , Women and Men
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