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To access links, see Steven Clift's blog: http://dowire.org/notes/?p=284 Post: Big Numbers from Pew Internet on Online Political Content Use Wow, more people in the U.S. are using the Internet for political news and information in mid-term 2006 election then in the 2004 Presidential election. Help us speculate why by leaving a comment on this blog post: http://dowire.org/notes Pew Internet: Politics Online, Summer 2006 >From their short data report: Data Memo BY: Associate Director John B. Horrigan (202-419-4500) RE: Politics online August 2006 26 million Americans were logging onto for news or information about the campaign on a typical day in August, the highest such figure recorded by the Pew Internet Project On a typical day in August, 26 million Americans were using the internet for news or information about politics and the upcoming mid-term elections. That corresponds to 19% of adult internet users, or 13% of all Americans over the age of 18. This is a high-point in the number of internet users turning to cyberspace on the average day for political news or information, exceeding the 21 million figure registered in a Pew Internet Project survey during the November 2004 general election campaign.1 Comparing August 2006 figures to a similar point in the 2002 mid-term election cycle is particularly revealing. In July 2002, approximately 11 million Americans, or 13% of online users, said they got some news or information about politics and the campaign from the internet on the average day. The August 2006 number is nearly wo-and-a-half times larger than the mid-summer 2002 figure. Grab the full PDF: http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Politics%20Aug06_Memo.pdf P.S. I am feeling a bit lonely :-( with my call for a Democracy Online Day. If anything, these types of numbers help build the case that we should be celebrating our field. Sign up from: http://www.dowire.org/notes/?p=282 *** Democracies Online Newswire - http://DoWire.Org *** To comment/for links: http://dowire.org/notes/?p=284 To network: http://groups.dowire.org Submit posts: http://dowire.org/submit Member profile for Steven: http://groups.dowire.org/main/contacts/stevenclift ----------------------------------------- Group home for Newswire - Steven Clift's blog posts by e-mail: http://groups.dowire.org/main/groups/newswire Replies go to members of Newswire - Steven Clift's blog posts by e-mail with all posts on this topic here: http://groups.dowire.org/topic/135396 For digest version or to leave Newswire - Steven Clift's blog posts by e-mail, email [email protected] with "digest on" or "unsubscribe" in the *subject*. Newswire - Steven Clift's blog posts by e-mail is hosted by Democracies Online - http://dowire.org.
