Stories about the impact of the internet
We ask people to tell us about the ways they have been affected by their use of the internet and here are some memorable ones.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
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Internet and Technology
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One in five downloaders has copied files from other people’s iPods or MP3 players
WASHINGTON, March 23 — About 36 million Americans—or 27% of internet users—say they download either music or video files and about half of them have found ways outside of traditional peer-to-peer networks or paid online services to gather and swap their files, according to the most recent survey of the Pew Internet & American Life […]
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Girls lead the way in using the internet to hunt for colleges and other schools
Fully 45% of American adult internet users and 57% of online teenagers have used the internet when they search for colleges or other schools to attend. Older teenage girls are the most likely to do this: 79% of online teenage girls ages 15-17 have used the internet to search for schools or colleges. Surveys of […]
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54% of parents with teenagers use internet filters – a big jump from 2000
WASHINGTON, March 16 — More than half of American families with teenagers use filters to limit access to potentially harmful online content – a 65% increase from the number of those who used filters in 2000. But big majorities of both teens and parents believe that teens do things on the internet that their parents […]