Future of the Internet

Machine vision tools like facial recognition are increasingly being used for law enforcement, advertising, and other purposes. Pew Research Center itself recently used a machine vision system to measure the prevalence of men and women in online image search results. This kind of system develops its own rules for identifying men and women after seeing […]

U.S. adults are mostly against government action that could limit people’s ability to access and publish information online. There is more support for steps by technology companies.

Predictions from experts about online connectivity in the next decade, from @pewresearch and @ImagineInternet.

India and China have long had a competitive relationship and have emerged as major economic powers. But in the digital space, China has a clear advantage.

Americans agree the next 50 years will be a period of profound scientific change, but they are divided on which developments will come to pass and whether they would be a good or bad thing for society.

Pew Internet Director Lee Rainie discusses the latest Pew Internet data about the triple revolution in technology – in broadband, in mobile, and in social networking – and how these changes affect e-government and e-health activities by citizens.

New findings from the Pew Internet Project's recent survey of experts about the state of the internet in the year 2020

Lee Rainie will speak at FutureWeb 2010 about recent Pew Internet findings from a survey of 895 experts and stakeholders about the future of the Internet.

A look at the latest survey results about how experts predict the future impact of technology.

An overwhelming majority of Americans get their news from multiple news platforms. Which media sectors do people in the U.S rely on most? How has the internet and mobile technology changed the way people consume news? A joint PEJ-Pew Internet survey examines how internet and cell phone users have transformed news into a social experience.