Internet and Technology Archives

presentationSep 18, 2009

Patient Choice in Health Information Technology

Susannah Fox will present data about the impact of the internet on health and health care to a meeting of the HIT Policy Committee, convened by David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P., National Coordinator…
presentationSep 16, 2009

Trends in internet use: How public radio fits in

Pew Internet Project data about changes in the online world, different technology users, and how those changes might affect public radio programming.
presentationSep 15, 2009

Setting the Table for the National Broadband Plan

Research specialist Aaron Smith will be a panelist at the first panel of BroadbandCensus.com’s series “Setting the Table for the National Broadband Plan.” The panelists will consider the FCC’s summer broadband workshops, and how individuals and en…
reportSep 10, 2009

The Internet as a Diversion

Three-quarters of online economic users go online to relax and take their minds off of the recession. Fully 88% of 18-29 year old online economic users look to the internet to relax.
presentationSep 10, 2009

The New Online Demographics: What the Numbers Mean for Providers, Advertisers and Safety

Representatives from the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, the Pew Internet & American Life Project and the U.S. Internet Industry Association (USIIA) will discuss the new communities coming online in record numbers in the United St…
presentationSep 8, 2009

Gov 2.0 Expo Showcase

Susannah Fox will be a special guest at Gov 2.0 Expo Showcase, a one-day event highlighting practical, cutting-edge efforts to build what Tim O’Reilly has called “government as a platform.”
reportSep 1, 2009

The Internet and Civic Engagement

Just as in offline politics, the well-off and well-educated are especially likely to participate in online activities that mirror offline forms of engagement. But there are hints that social media may alter this pattern.
reportSep 1, 2009

The Internet and Civic Engagement

The internet is not changing the basic socio-economic character of Americans’ civic engagement. The well off and well educated dominate online civic activities such as emailing officials, making donations, or signing online petitions just as those…
reportSep 1, 2009

Multitasking — Lee Rainie on Kojo Nnamdi’s talk show

My appearance on the Kojo Nnamdi talk show on WAMU (a Washington PBS station) about new research on the problems with mutitasking.
reportAug 19, 2009

Teens and Mobile Phones Over the Past Five Years: Pew Internet Looks Back

The Project first surveyed teenagers about their mobile phones in 2004 when a survey showed that 45% of teens had a cell phone. Since then mobile phone use has climbed steadily among teens to 63% in 2006 and 71% in 2008.

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Trends in internet use: How public radio fits in

Setting the Table for the National Broadband Plan

The Internet as a Diversion

The New Online Demographics: What the Numbers Mean for Providers, Advertisers and Safety

Gov 2.0 Expo Showcase

The Internet and Civic Engagement

Multitasking — Lee Rainie on Kojo Nnamdi’s talk show

Teens and Mobile Phones Over the Past Five Years: Pew Internet Looks Back