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Some users take a dim view of the web, survey finds |
February 27, 2014
The information management system known as the web turns 25 this year. Its birthday, however, may not be celebrated by everyone.Fifteen percent of Internet users said it has been bad for society, according to the Pew Research Center, in the first of several reports commissioned to look at the rise of digital technologies. Six percent of users said it was bad for them personally, based on data from telephone interviews with roughly 1,000 adults, according to findings released Thursday.What’s driving those icky feelings? The Washington, D.C.-based think tank says it did not follow up with respondents about their answers, but the research group has seen a number of issues over the years that tend to gnaw at people about online life, said Lee Rainie, director of the center’s Internet and American Life Project.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2102760/some-users-take-a-dim-view-of-the-web-survey-finds.html#tk.rss_all
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