… In response to growing concerns about the harmful effects of digital abuse, both public and private sector organizations initiated campaigns and interventions aimed at educating young people about appropriate online behavior and how to deal with digital abuse when it happens. Seeking to contribute rigorous research on this issue, […] Read more »
U.S. Internet Users Less Concerned About Gov’t Snooping
Despite revelations this year that the National Security Agency has been monitoring Americans’ activities online, U.S. Internet users are not as concerned about the government’s having access to suspects’ home computers or email accounts as they were in 2000 — during an earlier Internet age. CONT. Art Swift, Gallup Read more »
Online Dating & Relationships
One in ten Americans have used an online dating site or mobile dating app themselves, and many people now know someone else who uses online dating or who has found a spouse or long-term partner via online dating. General public attitudes towards online dating have become much more positive in […] Read more »
Anonymity, Privacy, and Security Online
A new survey finds that most internet users would like to be anonymous online, but many think it is not possible to be completely anonymous online. … The representative survey of 792 internet users also finds that notable numbers of internet users say they have experienced problems because others stole […] Read more »
72% of Online Adults are Social Networking Site Users
The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project has been studying online adults’ social networking site use since 2005, and has seen substantial growth since then. Today, 72% of online adults use social networking sites. Although younger adults continue to be the most likely social media users, one of […] Read more »
Americans, Especially the Young, Oppose Internet Sales Tax
Americans, by 57% to 39%, say they would vote against a law that would allow each state to collect sales taxes on purchases its residents make online over the Internet. Young adults voice the most widespread opposition to such a law. [cont.] Alyssa Brown, Gallup Read more »