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Nearly Half of U.S. 'Net Users Post Content - Report

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly half of U.S. Internet users have built Web pages, posted photos, written comments or otherwise added to the enormous variety of material available online, according to a report released on Sunday.

The Pew Internet and American Life Project found that about 44 percent of the country's Internet users have created content for others to enjoy online.

pdf file: Content Creation Online: 44% of U.S. Internet users have contributed their thoughts and their files to the online world

Posting photos and allowing others to download music or video files were the most popular activities, the nonprofit research group found. Other users said they posted written material on Web sites or newsgroups, created their own Web sites, or set up "Web cams" to allow others to see live pictures.

While only 2 percent of U.S. Internet users said they had created "blogs," or online diaries, 11 percent said they read the blogs of others.

Younger Internet users were most likely to set up blogs, the report said, while older users were more likely to have built their own Web sites. Most who maintained Web sites said they did not update them more than once every few weeks.

The group based its report on a survey of 2,515 adults conducted in March and April 2003.

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