---
"title": "Robert Lewis Shayon Lecture"
"description": "This speech is an informal discussion of the history of the Pew Internet & American Life Project."
"date": "2003-10-23"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Lee Rainie"
    "job_title": "Former Director, Internet and Technology Research"
    "link": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/lee-rainie/"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/internet/2003/10/23/robert-lewis-shayon-lecture/"
"categories":
  - "Emerging Technology"
  - "Platforms & Services"
"tags":
  - "New Media Ecology"
  - "Technology User Types"
---

# Robert Lewis Shayon Lecture

This speech is an informal discussion of the history of the Pew Internet & American Life Project, its daily activities, and some of the major insights we have reported since the Project was created in December, 1999.