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For the first time, more than a half the country's voting-age population used the Internet to get political news or get involved in the political process in 2008. A report released today by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, based on a survey of 2,254 adults interviewed, confirms what's more than apparent to the online masses: The Web is changing our political life.

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DATA POINT

57%

the percentage of adult internet users who say they have used a search engine to look up their name and see what information was available about them online

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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.