[A2k] New releases from the Pew Internet Project

[Soenke Zehle]

Subject: Three new releases from the Pew Internet Project
Resent-Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:21:52 +0200
Resent-From: pewinternet@mail-list.com
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:11:47 -0400
From: Cornelia Carter-Sykes <ccarter-sykes@pewinternet.org>

We released three new items this week.

New podcast data

Just minutes ago, we published our latest findings on podcasting. Our
latest survey on the subject finds growth in the overall audience for
podcasts. But the daily audience for podcasts is still pretty modest. We
have trend data and a demographic breakdown of those who listen to
podcasts in this report and you can find the file at the top of our
"Featured Reports" on our home page: http://www.pewinternet.org/

A survey of global internet activists: They want an internet "Bill of
Rights"

Last November, hundreds of government, industry leaders and internet
activists from around the planet gathered in Rio de Janeiro for the
second Internet Governance Forum. It was the one in a series of five
annual meetings aimed at creating a global conversation about the future
of the internet and perhaps recommendations to the United Nations and
the World Summit on the Information Society about policies that might be
developed to promote widespread public access to the internet and how
the internet might be configured. We invited attendees to complete an
online survey and found strong support for an internet "Bill of Rights."
These activists said they hoped the rights would include freedom of
information, freedom of expression, and the right of people to have
affordable internet access.

Our distillation of the highlights of the survey can be found here:
http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP-IGFsurvey.pdf

A full rundown of the findings can be found here:
http://www.elon.edu/docs/e-web/predictions/IGF_RIO_SURVEY.pdf

New E-patient data shows the value of broadband connections

Associate Director Susannah Fox has posted new analysis of people who
get health information online and documented the importance of broadband
connections to that activity. Her material can be found here:
http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Health_Aug08.pdf


We hope you have an enjoyable holiday weekend.

About the Pew Internet & American Life Project: The Pew Internet Project
is an initiative of the Pew Research Center, a nonprofit "fact tank"
that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping
America and the world. Pew Internet explores the impact of the internet
on children, families, communities, the work place, schools, health care
and civic/political life.  Support for the project is provided by The
Pew Charitable Trusts. The project's Web site:
http://www.pewinternet.org

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