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Jun 9, 2010Aaron Smith
One in five Americans use digital tools to communicate with neighbors and monitor community developments.
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The impact of the internet on users' social relations has been a topic of considerable debate during the life of the Project. We have explored this vital topic in a number of ways.
Jul 2, 2010Janna Anderson, Lee Rainie
Most experts surveyed in the latest Pew Internet/Elon University study say social benefits of Internet use far outweigh negatives; some say it robs time, exposes private information, engenders intolerance.
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More in: Future of the Internet, Social Networking, Communities
Charles M. Blow, Op-Ed Columnist, New York Times
Jun 11, 2010
A report issued Wednesday by the Pew Research Center found that only 43 percent of Americans know all or most of their neighbors by name. Twenty-nine percent know only some, and 28 percent know none. (Oh, my God! When Roger dashes off to Paris this s...
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May 21, 2010Susannah Fox
Mobile, social technologies are tapping in to a human need to connect with each other, to share, to lend a helping hand, and to laugh. I'd like to start a conversation about health privacy that includes an open dialogue about the risks and benefits o...
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Dec 1, 2009
This data set contains questions about citizens' online interactions with government. It was used in the reports "Government Online" and "Neighbors Online"
David Inge, NPR | Focus 580
Nov 30, 2009
An interview with Keith N. Hampton, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication, discussing the recent Pew Internet report ...
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Brooke Gladstone, NPR | On the Media
Nov 20, 2009
Social scientists have long suspected that the internet contributes to our growing isolation. But Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project, set out to test that assumption. Working with ...
Jonnelle Marte, Wall Street Journal | Digits
Nov 13, 2009
Are heavy Internet users living in an isolated virtual bubble, devoid of face-to-face human interaction? Or has the Web made us more connected to people? A recent study by the Pew Research Center makes a case for the latter, finding that while the...
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Bettina Edelstein, J.D. Biersdorfer and Pedro Rafael Rosado, New York Times
Nov 11, 2009
The New York Times's Tech Talk for November 11, 2009 includes an interview with Keith Hampton, lead author of a new study from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project on social isolation and technology, discussing the report. You c...
Greg Toppo, USA Today
Nov 5, 2009
It's easy – and tempting – to believe that cellphones and the Internet are making Americans more isolated as they filter out those around them and focus on lighted screens, distant Facebook friends and LOL conversations. But a new survey finds tha...
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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.