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reportJul 31, 2025

73% of U.S. adults have experienced some kind of online scam or attack, and these are common across age groups. Most get scam calls, texts and emails at least weekly.

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reportJul 20, 2007

Olympics Online

There is a new entry in Beijing’s 2008 Olympic Games: the internet.
reportJul 18, 2007

“Good enough” technology

MP3s, dishwashers, can openers, and Twitter are examples of "good enough" technologies.
presentationJul 17, 2007

Broadband Adopton: Trends & Consequences

This presentation contains charts on trends in home broadband adoption, focusing on the 2005 to 2007 timeframe.
reportJul 17, 2007

Bloggers and Reporters on China’s Internet Population

From blogs on world health care to public radio’s The World, there were many interpretations of last week’s report on China’s internet population.
reportJul 16, 2007

Minnesota Public Radio Midmorning Show: Social Networking Sites and Teens

A recent Minnesota Public Radio show on social networking sites and teens should be of special interest to parents, educators, researchers and anyone interested in the way digital communication is shaping the lives of young people.
reportJul 13, 2007

Zombies and Alter Egos at the FTC

The Federal Trade Commission’s Spam Summit was an occasion to celebrate the (limited) success of the CAN-SPAM Act and to discuss the latest criminal threats online.
reportJul 12, 2007

Election 2008

The presidential hopefuls are using their web sites for unprecedented two-way communication with citizens. But what are voters learning here? Is it more than a way to bypass the media? A new PEJ study of 19 campaign sites finds Democrats are more interactive, Republicans are more likely to talk about “values,” and neither wants to talk about ideology.
reportJul 12, 2007

Campaign Internet Videos: Viewed More on TV than Online

Summary of Findings Short videos produced for the internet are becoming an important component of campaign news. In some cases, candidates themselves are producing videos and releasing them on their campaign websites. Candidates also are seeing their own gaffes or embarrassing moments packaged in a brief video and put up on the web for all […]
reportJul 12, 2007

Dispatches from China

If today’s essay on China piques your interest, check out some other dispatches from Deborah Fallows.
reportJul 11, 2007

Spam Summit 2007

The typical citizen response to discovering that their computer is part of a botnet: “I thought it was running slow recently.”

Signature Reports

reportDec 12, 2024

An image of two teenage boys use their smartphones in Vail, Colorado. (Robert Alexander/Getty Images)

Nearly half of U.S. teens (46%) say they’re on the internet almost constantly. YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat remain widely used by teens.

reportMar 11, 2024

Most teens at least sometimes feel happy and peaceful when they don’t have their phone, but 44% say this makes them anxious. Half of parents say they have looked through their teen’s phone.

reportApr 3, 2025

These groups are far apart in their enthusiasm and predictions for AI, but both want more personal control and worry about too little regulation.

reportJan 31, 2024

Most U.S. adults today say they use the internet (95%), have a smartphone (90%) or subscribe to high-speed internet at home (80%). About four-in-ten report being online almost constantly.