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    Logging on in Tough Times

    The Internet is many things to many people. Some use it for entertainment, others for information, and some even to find true love. But in the grips of an economic recession, an increasing number of people are using the Web for help and support. T...

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    Can Cable TV Survive the Hulu Era?

    Is cable TV about to go the way of UHF? Data culled by the Pew Research Center estimates that 22 percent of American adults have cut back or canceled cable within the past year, and within that group, 32 percent have connected their computers to t...

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    Consumers Find a Friend in the Internet

    A new study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project said 69 percent of adults in the U.S. have logged onto the Web for information about bargains, jobs,...

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    Polls offer insight on effects of recession

    The poll from the Pew Internet and American Life Project found that 69 percent of Americans had used the internet to find shopping bargains, investment tips, government benefits and job tools. This was said to amount to 88 percent of all internet ...

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    Recession driving Americans online

    WASHINGTON (AFP) — More than half of adult Americans have been hard hit by the recession and two-thirds have turned to the Web for help in coping and understanding the downturn, a survey published Wednesday found.

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    Recession sends Americans to the Internet

    BANGALORE (Reuters) - It's not just family and friends that Americans are turning to for advice and support to cope with the prolonged recession; many have found a counselor in the Internet.

    More than two-thirds of American adults -- ...

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DATA POINT

69%

The percentage of American adults who have gone online to gather information related to the economic recession.

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The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project is one of seven projects that make up the Pew Research Center. The Center is supported by The Pew Charitable Trust.