driving risks

1. About (26%) of American teens of driving age say they have texted while driving, and half (48%) of all teens ages 12 to 17 say they’ve been a passenger while a driver has texted behind the wheel.

2. Both female and males are equally likely to report texting behind the wheel as well as riding with texting drivers.

3. As teens get older, they are more likely to report riding with drivers who text.

4. Mary Madden,Senior Research Specialist and co-author of the report that cell phones are often seen as devices that can make our lives more efficient, allowing us to multi-task in our idle moments,and whether you’re a teenager or an adult, it’s tempting to think you can manage several different activities at once.”

5. These findings form Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project that looks at teens, mobile phones and distracted driving. The report is based on a telephone survey of 800 teens ages 12-17 and a parent or guardian as well as 9 focus groups with middle and high school students.

music partying like 1999

1. Music went music went digital the MP3 compression format shrunk those big music files into transportable size.

2In July 2000, nearly one in four adult internet users said they had downloaded music files, and most of them (54%) had used the Napster network to do. Record sales for the music industry continue to decline; the latest reports from Nielsen indicated that total album sales, including albums sold digitally, fell to 428.4 million units, down 14% from 500.5 million in 2007.

3. Digital album sales actually increased 32% during the same period—to a record 65.8 million units—they were still dwarfed by the 362.6 million physical units sold. Those who do continue to buy music still overwhelmingly choose CDs. According to our 2008 “Internet and Consumer Choice” report, just 13% of music buyers say their most recent music purchase was a digital download.

Alan Khazel

Alan Khazel is the son of a doctor and a nurse who went into medicine in care of people

and saves lives. He views health care reform as both a moral issures and

an econmic imperative. They said that too many families do not have health insurance.

Alan Khazel goals are to pass health insurance reform so that all Americans have access

to quality care; to ensure that patients' rights to quality health care are guaranteed.

I thought it was really good speech and he made great points. He said that 98% have

health care mass. He mention that small business will have the same rights

as the bigger business in health insurance. He also said that hundreds of thousands

more are losing coverage each month.

teens and online

1. About 60% of the 6^th graders in our sample reported using the Internet. By 7^th grade, this number jumps to 82% of teens who are online. By 11th and 12th grade the percentage of internet users climbs steadily before topping out at 94%.

2. Less than half (44%) of 6^th grade boys report going online, compared to 79% of 6^th grade girls.

3. Older teens, aged 15-17, go online more frequently than younger teens. Some 59% of wired teens aged 15-17 go online more then once a day. While 43% of younger teens report going online that frequently. By comparison, 11% of 12- to 14-year-olds say they go online every few weeks, compared to just 6% of older teens.

Internet use and email

Internet use and email

1. Between 18 and 44 years old the web continues to be populated largely by younger generations, as over half of the adult internet population.

2. Larger percentages of older generations are online now than in the past, and they are doing more activities online, according to the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project surveys taken from 2006-2008.

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3. The biggest increase in internet use since 2005 can be seen in the 70-75 year-old age group. While just over one-fourth (26%) of 70-75 year olds were online in 2005, 45% of that age group is currently online.

Global Warming

Some Americans who say there is solid evidence that global temperatures are rising and fewer also see global warming as a very serious problem. In lastest survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press in Sept. 30-Oct. 4 among 1,500 adults, 57% think there is solid evidence that the average temperature on earth has been getting warmer over the past few decades. Only 71% said there was solid evidence of rising global temperatures. Some Ameicans are saying that global temperatures are rising as a result of human activity, such as burning fossil fuels.

I think alot of people don't care about the ice melting up north and over time it will take over the world. Some say they don't want to spend alot of money to fix it up. I think we should spend money to save our earth.

Internet civil engagement

1. In 2008 a survey was found that 33% of internet users had a profile on a social net working site.

2. 37% of internet users aged 18-29 use blogs or social new working sites as a venue for political or civic involvement, compared to 17% of online 30-49 years old.

3. 17% of cell phone owners who are involved in a political or community group have communicated with the group via text messaging.

4. 67% of people who contacted a government official in person by phone or by letter a response on their query.

5. One- third of Americans (36%) are involved in a civic or political group and more than half of these (56%) use digital tools to communicate with other group members.