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Introduction The use of email has become almost mandatory in most U.S. workplaces. The number of U.S. workers with Internet access at their workplaces has grown from under 30 million in March 2000 (the first month the Pew Internet & American Life Project began to monitor Americans’ Internet use) to over 57 million in October […]

Politics is local. The Internet is global. Where do the two meet? The last three years have provided powerful evidence of how the Internet and email have entered national and international political life.  Activists used it mobilize interested citizens and to handle the logistics of organizing such mass demonstrations as the 1999 protests at the […]

Prior Research on Student Use of the Internet for School Since the mid-1990s, many education policy makers have promoted widespread access to the Internet in schools. From the launching of the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund in 1996 to the roll out of the E-rate discounts for telecommunications services in 1998 to the passage of the […]

WASHINGTON (July 3, 2002) – Search engines have become an indispensable utility for Internet users. More than eight in ten American Internet users have gone to search engines to find information on the Web. More than one in four U.S. Internet users – about 33 million adults – present queries on search engines on a […]

Key Findings By Elena Larsen Research fellow, Pew Internet & American Life Project A “Webscape” of examples for this section can be found at: http://september11.archive.org/webscape/lar/ This paper examines the many ways religious groups addressed the crisis of September 11 on their Web sites.  Denominational sites were chosen to represent religious sites since they provide resources […]

The Schooling of Internet-Savvy Students With the exception of two focus groups of students selected to provide insights into the experiences of non- or light-Internet users, we spoke to students with a range of Internet skills and experiences—from novices to frequent users to unabashed experts.  While all the students in our groups use the Internet […]

This report is based on a continuous survey of American adults from November 19 through December 23. Some 4,052 American adults (18 and over) were interviewed – 2,364 of them are Internet users. For results based on the total sample, one can say with 95% confidence that the error attributable to samples of both all […]

Activities Religion Surfers are a spiritually well-rounded group who incorporate into their spiritual lives communal and individual activities, formal and informal practices. The most valued spiritual activities to Religion Surfers are individual prayer (85%), volunteer service (71%), communal worship (70%), and informal conversations with friends (69%).  By contrast, the importance to them of going online […]

A matter of faith Studies in all areas have tried to get at the issue of whether the Internet qua Internet has powers that can change people.  Concerns have arisen (and been challenged) as to whether Internet use fosters social isolation.  The Southern Poverty Law Center, a group which defends victims of hate crimes, watched […]