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Apr 27, 2010Aaron Smith
The internet gives citizens new paths to government services and information.
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More in: Government, Politics, Digital Divide
Federal, state, and local governments have made major efforts to provide information and services online. This also coincides with the increasingly important role of the internet in politics.
Jun 9, 2010Aaron Smith
One in five Americans use digital tools to communicate with neighbors and monitor community developments.
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More in: Government, Communities
Sep 1, 2009Aaron Smith, Kay Lehman Schlozman, Sidney Verba, Henry Brady
Just as in offline politics, the well-off and well-educated are especially likely to participate in online activities that mirror offline forms of engagement. But there are hints that social media may alter this pattern.
More in: Politics, Government, Digital Divide
Dec 30, 2008Aaron Smith
Voters expect that the level of public engagement they experienced with Barack Obama during the campaign, much of it occurring online, will continue into the early period of his new administration.
More in: Politics, Government, New Media Ecology
Dec 4, 2008John Horrigan
There is no shortage of suggestions to the incoming Obama administration about what to do about communications policy in the United States. The body of research from the Pew Internet Project, dating to 2000, indicates that online Americans might have...
More in: Politics, Government, Broadband
Jun 15, 2008Lee Rainie, Aaron Smith
A record-breaking 46% of Americans have already used the internet for politics this election season and Barack Obama's backers have an edge.
More in: Politics, Government
Dec 30, 2007Lee Rainie, Leigh Estabrook, Evans Witt
There are several major findings in this report. One is this: For help with a variety of common problems, more people turn to the internet than consult experts or family members to provide information and resources.
More in: Libraries, Health, Decision Making, Government, Education, Generations
Jan 17, 2007Lee Rainie, John Horrigan
Twice as many Americans used the internet as their primary source of news about the 2006 campaign compared with the most recent mid-term election in 2002.
More in: Politics, News, Government
May 24, 2004John Horrigan
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.
More in: Government, Politics
Dec 22, 2003Mary Madden, Lee Rainie
This report analyzes the responses of more than 64,000 Americans to phone surveys in the past three years. It finds that 63% of U.S. adults now are online and many of them have built Internet use into their lives in practical ways.
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