Lee Rainie

Director, Internet and Technology Research

Lee Rainie is the director of internet and technology research at Pew Research Center. Under his leadership, the Center has issued more than 650 reports based on its surveys that examine people’s online activities and the internet’s role in their lives. The American Sociological Association gave Rainie its award for “excellence in the reporting on social issues” in 2014 and described his work as the “most authoritative source of reliable data on the use and impact of the internet and mobile connectivity.”

Rainie is a co-author of Networked: The new social operating system and five books about the future of the internet that are drawn from the Center’s research. He gives several dozen speeches a year to government officials, media leaders, scholars and students, technology executives, librarians, and nonprofit groups about the changing media ecosystem.

Prior to launching Pew Research Center’s technology research, Rainie was managing editor of U.S. News & World Report. He is a graduate of Harvard University and has a master’s degree in political science from Long Island University.

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ReportJune 30, 2020

A majority of experts canvassed say significant reforms aimed at correcting problems in democratic institutions and representation will take place. But they are divided about whether this will lead to positive outcomes for the public.

Fact TankJune 16, 2020

Here's what our surveys have found about how Americans across the age spectrum have experienced the coronavirus pandemic.

Fact TankMay 5, 2020

The outbreak has altered life in the U.S. in many ways, but in key respects it has affected black and Hispanic Americans more than others.

ReportApril 30, 2020

Americans with lower incomes are particularly likely to have concerns related to the digital divide and the digital “homework gap.”

Fact TankApril 6, 2020

About a third of Americans register low levels of trust in other people, versus 29% who are “high trusters” and 32% who are “medium trusters.”

Fact TankMarch 11, 2020

Overall, 29% of U.S. adults said they have had more advantages in life than others their age; 26% felt they have had fewer advantages.

Fact TankMarch 5, 2020

A big majority (81%) of Americans say they rely a lot on their own research – more than say they rely a lot on friends and family or experts.

ReportFebruary 21, 2020

About half the experts we canvassed predict humans' use of technology will weaken democracy by 2030, while a third expect technology will strengthen it as reformers fight back against democracy's foes.

ReportNovember 20, 2019

As ownership of mobile phones, especially smartphones, spreads rapidly across the globe, there are still notable numbers of people in emerging economies who don't have access to mobile phones. And even phone owners struggle with connectivity, costs and security issues.

ReportNovember 20, 2019

As ownership of mobile phones, especially smartphones, spreads rapidly across the globe, there are still notable numbers of people in emerging economies who don't have access to mobile phones. And even phone owners struggle with connectivity, costs and security issues.