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Report
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.
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Report
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.
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Report
Jan 11, 2008Andrew Kohut
The internet is living up to its potential as a major source for news about the presidential campaign. Nearly a quarter of Americans (24%) say they regularly learn something about the campaign from the internet, almost the double the percentage fr...
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Report
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.
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Report
Feb 6, 2007Deborah Fallows
Americans flocked in record numbers to their favorite media sources for political news last fall. In this report, fans of newspaper, TV and online news sites tell how and why they differ.
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Report
Mar 22, 2006John Horrigan
By the end of 2005, 50 million Americans got news online on a typical day, a sizable increase since 2002. Much of that growth has been fueled by the rise in home broadband connections over the last four years.
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Report
Jul 8, 2004Lee Rainie, Deborah Fallows
Millions go online for news and images not covered in the mainstream press. But many are repulsed by what they see.
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Report
Dec 3, 2000Andrew Kohut, Lee Rainie
As the audience for online campaign news has expanded — increasing fourfold over the past four years — it has gone more mainstream in its preferences and pursuits.
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Presentation
Nov 6, 2006Lee Rainie, Michael Cornfield
Is the internet the lever for direct democracy? Or is it a wedge for political polarization? An assessment of the first 10 years of online politics.
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