---
title: "The New Online Demographics: What the Numbers Mean for Providers, Advertisers and Safety"
description: "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..."
date: "2009-09-10"
authors:
  - name: "Amanda Lenhart"
    job_title: "Former Director of Teens and Technology Research at the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/amanda-lenhart/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2009/09/10/the-new-online-demographics-what-the-numbers-mean-for-providers-advertisers-and-safety/"
categories:
  - "Online Privacy & Security"
  - "Privacy Rights"
  - "Technology Adoption"
tags:
  - "Communities"
  - "Race and Ethnicity"
  - "Safety"
  - "Seniors"
  - "Teens"
  - "Women and Men"
---

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

Senior Research Specialist [Amanda Lenahrt](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/Experts/Amanda-Lenhart.aspx) discussed digital inequalities and online safety in a podcast and media Q&A on Thursday, September 10 entitled, “[The New Online Demographics: What the Numbers Mean for Providers, Advertisers and Safety](http://www.safeinternet.org/news/multimedia/safe-internet-alliance-podcast-new-online-demographics-what-numbers-mean-providers-a).”

The other participants include Linda Criddle (president of Safe Internet Alliance), Nicol Turner-Lee (Vice President & Director of the Media and Technology Institute at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies), and David McClure (President & CEO of USIIA).

You can listen to the discussion [here](http://www.safeinternet.org/news/multimedia/safe-internet-alliance-podcast-new-online-demographics-what-numbers-mean-providers-a).