Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World

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Internet and Technology

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    Virtual Tours Proliferate

    54 million U.S. internet users have used the internet to take a virtual tour of another locale.

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    New data on internet use and demographics

    Our latest survey finds that more than half of home-internet users have broadband connections, and that there are 80 million e-shoppers, and that 14 million have contributed to charity online.

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    Artists, Musicians and the Internet

    Artists and musicians are enthusiastic internet users and they believe the internet helps them make and sell their work.

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    Surprising, strange, and wonderful data

    A compendium of Pew Internet Project findings presented at the 10th Anniversary of the World Wide Web Consortium in Boston on December 1.

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    Blogs on blogging

    Blogs are emerging as an alternate source of news. Check out some blogs to learn more.

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    The Internet and Democratic Debate

    As wired Americans increasingly go online for political news and commentary, we find that the internet is contributing to a wider awareness of political views during this year’s campaign season.

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    Broadband Adoption in Rural America

    This slide show presents trends from 2002 to 2004 in adoption of high-speed internet connections at home among Americans living in rural parts of the country.