Politics, the Internet and you
The Pew Internet and American Life Project released a report Wednesday on how Americans use the Internet to get election news. Not only did it find that the proportion of Americans doing so more than doubled, from 7% in the last midterm election in 2002 to 15% in the most recent midterm, it also found significant numbers of people using the Internet not just to get information but also to get it out -- everything from original reporting and video production to simply forwarding e-mails or sending Web links to friends.
It's cool, and the ramifications extend well beyond politics.
I've interviewed some local folks to get their thoughts. As I type this, the story is scheduled to run Monday, although that could change. (Yeah, that's a bit late, but the added value of our reporting -- local folks' insights, including some from folks who don't use the Internet as described -- is exclusive, so I'm not losing a lot of sleep over that.) In the meantime, the full text of the report is online here.
Feel free to discuss away.