---
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://www.pewresearch.org/staff/lee-rainie/"
url: "https://www.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.