62% of US broadband Internet users have explored a political or public affairs issue online, while 58% of US broadband users turned to Internet sources for entertainment news.
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News topics explored online by US Internet users |
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| News topics | All users | Dial-up | Broadband |
| Finance | 40 | 34 | 47 |
| Entertainment | 52 | 47 | 58 |
| Local/community | 44 | 38 | 49 |
| Medical/health | 45 | 41 | 50 |
| Science/technology | 45 | 37 | 55 |
| Politics/public affairs | 54 | 50 | 62 |
| At least one | 81 | 77 | 88 |
| At least two | 69 | 64 | 78 |
| At least three | 55 | 50 | 64 |
| At least four | 41 | 33 | 49 |
| Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project | |||