Internet & Technology

Americans flocked in record numbers to their favorite media sources for political news last fall. In this report, fans of newspaper, TV and online news sites tell how and why they differ.

Tagging, blogging, and social networking sites allow internet users to search for, catalog, and disseminate information.

An overview of Pew Internet Project findings

28% of internet users have tagged or categorized content online such as photos, news stories or blog posts. Findings and interview with David Weinberger

The base of the internet is broadening to include more people with less education than ever before, while older Americans are still overwhelmingly offline. Internet users who have experienced spyware act differently online from those who have not....

That's the portion of campaign internet users -- adults who used the internet during the 2006 midterm election campaigns to get political news and information and discuss the races through email -- who also used the internet to create and share political content. These creators are particularly active in every type of online political activity.

Twice as many Americans used the internet as their primary source of news about the 2006 campaign compared with the most recent mid-term election in 2002.

More than half (55%) of all online American youths ages 12-17 use online social networking sites.

The impact of the internet is evident in many ways in China

64% of registered voters received recorded telephone messages in the final stages of the 2006 mid-term election.