Don’t Blame Me: It’s the Phone’s Fault!
Pew Internet's typology of information and communications technology users tells us a lot about how far along we are -- or aren't -- in the "information society."
How Serious Is Polling’s Cell-Only Problem?
The landline-less are different from regular telephone users in many of their opinions and their numbers are growing fast. Can survey researchers meet this challenge?
What’s Missing from National RDD Surveys? The Impact of the Growing Cell-Only Population
The number of cell-phone-only households has continued to grow -- 12.8% of all households by the end of 2006, according to the National Health Interview Survey. While the noncoverage problem is currently not damaging estimates for the entire population, a study finds evidence that it does create biased estimates on certain variables for young adults, 25% of whom are cell-only.
China’s eBay-MySpace
In China, there is a virtual meeting place for people who have social connections to buy or sell.
Online Patient Groups
12% of internet users participate in an online patient group.
A Spiritual Network Grows On The Net
There have been a few twists and turns in the eight-year history of Beliefnet.com, the faith-oriented web site. But the outlet, which recently captured a major National Magazine Award, has reinvented itself by trying to turn a potentially polarizing subject into an all-inclusive gathering place.
Campaign Watchers on the Net
That's the percentage of U.S. adults who used the internet during the 2006 midterm election campaigns to get political news and information and to discuss the races through email. And the number of Americans using the internet as their main source of political material doubled since the last mid-term election, rivaling the number from the 2004 presidential election year.
Iraq Dominates PEJ’s First Quarterly NCI Report
The war in Iraq eclipsed all other news in the first three months of 2007. The 2008 presidential race was the next biggest story, and most of that was about Democrats. These are among the findings in PEJ’s first quarterly report of its News Coverage Index, which allows us to probe the data more deeply than we can on a weekly basis.
Spam 2007
37% of email users said spam had increased in their personal email accounts, up from 28% of email users who said that two years ago.
Health Data Geeks’ Wisdom
Cancer "weather maps," the age of biology, and how cell-only adults really are different from landline users.
