More than 53-million adults in the United States have used the Internet to publish their thoughts, respond to others, post pictures, share files and contribute to the explosion of content available online, according to a survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
Pew surveyed 2,515 adults last year and released the results last week. It found that 44 percent of the nation's adult Internet users have done at least one of the following.
21 percent of Internet users say they have posted photographs on Web sites.
20 percent say they have allowed others to download music or video files from their computer.
17 percent have posted written material on Web sites.
13 percent maintain a personal Web site.
8 percent have contributed material to Web sites run by their businesses.
7 percent have contributed material to Web sites run by organizations they belong to, such as a church or professional group.
7 percent have Web cams running on their computers that allow other Internet users to see live pictures of them and their surroundings.
6 percent have posted artwork online.
5 percent have contributed audio files to Web sites.
4 percent have contributed material to Web sites created for their families.
3 percent have contributed video files to Web sites.
