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87% of Americans have used Internet for science research

87% of Americans have used Internet for science research

87% of Americans have used Internet for science research
mongabay.com
November 20, 2006

40 million Americans use the Internet as their primary source of news and information about science according to a new study by the Pew Internet Project and the Exploratorium, a museum based in San Francisco.

The study also reports that 87 percent of adult Internet users said they have used the Internet to do science research.

“People’s use of the Internet for science information has a lot to do with the Internet’s convenience as a research tool, but it also connected to people’s growing dependence on the Internet for information of all types,” said John B. Horrigan, Associate Director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project and the study’s principal author. “Many think of the Internet as a gigantic encyclopedia on all subjects and this certainly applies to scientific information.”



The study found that the Internet (20%) is second only to television (41%) among the general population as a primary source for science information. Newspapers and magazines are each cited by 14% as their main sources for science. For young adults with high-speed connections at home, the Internet is the most popular source for science news and information by a 44% to 32% margin over television, according to the study.

Further findings include:





This article used excepts from a Pew Internet Project news release.


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