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Mar 1, 2010Kristen Purcell, Lee Rainie, Amy Mitchell, Tom Rosenstiel, Kenny Olmstead
How internet and cell phone users have turned news into a social experience.
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The internet has redefined the news industry. Pew Internet has tracked the internet’s impact during major news moments, such as the September 11 terror attacks, the dawn of the Iraq war, and political campaigns.
Mar 15, 2010Lee Rainie, Kristen Purcell
Excerpts from material contributed by the Pew Internet Project to the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism “State of the News Media 2010” report.
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Doug Gross, CNN
Mar 1, 2010
(CNN) -- More Americans get their news from the Internet than from newspapers or radio, and three-fourths say they hear of news via e-mail or updates on social media sites, according to a new report. Sixty-one percent of Americans said they get th...
Claire Cain Miller, New York Times | Bits Blog
The new news junkie looks very different from even five years ago. Now, she is likely to scan the headlines on her phone in the morning, check a handful of different Web sites over the course of the day and click on links that friends have e-mailed o...
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Nov 13, 2009Lee Rainie
How news consumers (and now news participators) have changed in the digital age
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Oct 8, 2009Amanda Lenhart
Senior Research Specialist Amanda Lenhart's presentation, "Twitter and Status Updating: Demographics, Mobile Access and News Consumption," given at AoIR 10.0 in Milwaukee, WI on October 8, 2009.
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Sep 16, 2009Lee Rainie
Pew Internet Project data about changes in the online world, different technology users, and how those changes might affect public radio programming.
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Steve Johnson, Chicago Tribune
Sep 11, 2009
The recession study found that people are turning to the Net both for information about the economy and to avoid thinking about it. Three-quarters of "online economic users go online to relax and take their minds off of the recession," said the study...
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Douglas MacMillan, BusinessWeek
Sep 10, 2009
The Internet has altered the social dynamics of this recession. Many workers who are laid off now turn to their online networks of friends for support and new job opportunities, instead of shutting off from the world. Membership at online support gro...
Victor Godinez, The Dallas Morning News
If people in the Great Depression flocked to 25-cent movies to escape from bad news, economic worrywarts nowadays are finding solace on the Internet. That's the conclusion of a survey released Thursday by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. ...
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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.