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Apr 27, 2010
40% of internet users go online for data about government spending and activities; 31% of online adults use social media and other new tools to access government services and...
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Apr 20, 2010
Text messaging rises sharply among teens and is now their most frequent form of communication with friends; 72% of those ages 12-17 now are texters and the average young text user exchanges 1,500 texts per month.
Mar 31, 2010
Most experts surveyed in a new Pew Internet/Elon University study say new tools for networking are transforming bureaucracies.
Mar 24, 2010
Adults living with chronic disease are disproportionately offline in an online world.
Mar 15, 2010
Declines in news audience, revenue, reporting – and a grim picture for economic models for online news. From PEJ's annual State of the News Media report.
Mar 1, 2010
How internet and cell phone users have turned news into a social experience.
Feb 19, 2010
Is Google making us stupid? Most experts surveyed in a new Pew Internet/Elon University study say the Internet enhances and augments human intelligence.
Feb 3, 2010
Blogging among teens and young adults drops to half what it was in 2006. Wireless connectivity is high among those under 30 and social network use continues to rise, but certain features of the social sites are less popular with teens.
Dec 15, 2009
4% of cell-owners ages 12 to 17 have sent sexually suggestive images of themselves by phone; 15% of cell owners that age have received “sexts” containing images of someone they know.
Nov 16, 2009
Texting, talking and other uses of the cell phone behind the wheel.
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the percentage of Americans who believe that lack of broadband is a “major disadvantage” when it comes to finding out about job opportunities or gaining new career skills.
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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.