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Selected news stories about the Pew Internet Project and articles citing our data.
Jul 9, 2010San Francisco Chronicle
Online information-sharing tools will still play an integral role in the lives of so-called Millennials by 2020, even as they grow older and assume more responsibilities, according to the predictions of a majority of technology experts recently su...
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Jul 9, 2010PBS NewsHour
If you're one of those people who don't get all the fuss over Twitter and YouTube, hoping they'll simply go away, you may not want to read the results of a new survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, in partnership with Elon University...
Jul 9, 2010msnbc.com
The first generation of "digital natives," those born after 1980 who are "always connected" and share information openly and unabashedly online, are unlikely to change that behavior as they age, according to a new study. "Older and wise...
Jul 8, 2010CNN
(CNN) -- Are you reading this article on your cell phone? If so, you're part of the new mobile internet mainstream. According to a report published Wednesday by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, Read More
Jul 7, 2010msnbc.com
Americans' use of non-voice programs on cell phones has "grown dramatically" over the last year, with even more of us using our phones as cameras and video recorders, as well as for e-mail, Internet and playing games, according to a report from th...
Jul 7, 2010Associated Press
A separate study, from the Pew Internet & American Life Project, backs those findings. It found that 40 percent of U.S. adults used a mobile device to surf the Web, send e-mail or participate in instant messaging. Those figures from May are up fro...
Jul 7, 2010The Hill
Eighty-seven percent of minority respondents own a cell phone as opposed to 80 percent of whites. In total, 64 percent of African-Americans use some form of mobile Internet via their cell phone or laptop, while only 59 percent of all adults do so....
Jul 7, 2010Washington Post
African Americans and Hispanics continue to be among the most avid users of the Internet over their cellphones, according to a report released Wednesday by the Pew Research ...
Jul 7, 2010New York Times
The image of the affluent and white cellphone owner as the prototypical mobile Web user seems to be a mistaken one, according to a report published Wednesday by the Pew Rese...
Jul 6, 2010msnbc.com
Social networking should reduce friction between humans around the world by 2020, but the technology could also rob people of face-to-face relationships and foster shallower relationships, according to a new survey of top tech leaders and experts....
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the percentage of cell phone-using American adults who say they have been so distracted while talking or texting that they have physically bumped into another person or an object.
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The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project is one of seven projects that make up the Pew Research Center. The Center is supported by The Pew Charitable Trust.