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Pew: Newspapers Circling The Wagons

The newspaper industry is at a crossroads, and a fresh report from the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism confirms this beyond all doubt.  What's interesting is that industry experts have a hard time agreeing on whether the intersection is good or bad, and whether to praise or blame the Internet's role in shaping it.

More Than Half Of Americans Have Broadband Connections

Over half (55%) of all adult Americans now have a high-speed Internet connection at home, according to a new survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.The percentage of Americans with broadband has increased from 47 percent in early 2007 and 42 percent in early 2005. Of those who access the Internet at home, 79 percent have a high-speed connection and 15 percent use dialup.Adults who live in households whose annual incomes are less than $20,000 a year, home broadband adoption was at 25% in early 2008, compared to 28 percent in 2007.

The Internet's Influence For Home Buyers

Just what we want to hear - bad news about the housing market, but this time online. Turns out online searches didn’t have as significant impact on homebuying or renting decisions as we may have hoped. That doesn’t necessarily mean real estate sites should pull back their budgets though.

Online Video Attractive To All Ages

User-generated videos (UGVs) totaled 22 billion views in 2007, an increase of 70 percent over 2006, according to Accustream iMedia Research's "UGV 2005-2008: Mania Meets Mainstream" report.

Internet Playing Larger Role In Politics

Close to a quarter (24%) of Americans say they regularly learn something about the presidential campaign from the Internet, close to double the percentage from the 2004 campaign according to the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press.

Email Versus Social Networks

There has been a lot of discussion about email becoming an obsolete application and that social networking will eventually take its place.

Americans Go Online For Research

Over half of Americans (58%) turn to the Internet when they want information about health, educational, financial, legal and career issues according to a new Pew Internet and American Life Project study.

Ego Surfing Occupies Nearly Half The Web

A new study from the Pew Internet & American Life Project said 47 percent of Internet users search for a topic very close to them: themselves. 

Online Videos Go Viral

If you have plans for any kind of viral marketing campaign in 2007, you may wish to take at the numbers revealed by a new Pew study.

Pew: Video Ads More Popular Than Porn

Just six percent admitted to watching or downloading adult videos online in Pew Internet's latest online video survey, which means approximately 84 percent of them are big fat liars.