Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World

Internet and Technology

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    Stimulating Broadband: If Obama builds it, will they log on?

    Investment in broadband has become part of the broader discussion about President Obama’s economic stimulus package. How easy will it be to increase the pool of broadband subscribers or to encourage existing ones to upgrade their connection speeds?

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    The Annotated Inauguration

    Yesterday’s inauguration was the first to be fully digitized, annotated and archived online.

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    Reasons people do not have home broadband

    Our May 2008 survey asked dial-up users why they do not have a broadband connection at home and our December 2007 asked non-internet users about the reasons they do not use the internet. This table summarizes the results.

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    May 2008 Data

    Today we posted the data set for our May 2008 tracking survey.

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    Adults and Social Network Websites

    The share of adult internet users who have a profile on an online social network site has more than quadrupled in the past four years — from 8% in 2005 to 35% at the end of 2008.

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    Project: Report

    Project: Report, a partnership between the Pulitzer Center and YouTube, features citizen journalists “telling the untold stories.”

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    Baby Boomers and the internet

    This presentation contains data about how Baby Boomers use the internet. It charts the rise of broadband, wireless connections, and a variety of internet activities, including e-commerce.

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    Teens and the internet

    This presentation pulls together the latest Pew Internet data about how teens use the internet, their cell phones, and other technology. It explores how the world of digital natives is different from their predecessors.