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short readOct 24, 2024

A 63% majority of Americans have little or no confidence that cryptocurrencies are reliable and safe, but some groups are more wary than others.

short readFeb 19, 2025

Elon Musk (left) listens as President-elect Donald Trump addresses the House Republican Conference in November 2024 in Washington, D.C.; Mark Zuckerberg appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee in January 2024. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images and Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

Just over half of U.S. adults (54%) say they have an unfavorable view of Musk, and two-thirds of Americans have an unfavorable view of Zuckerberg.

short readFeb 23, 2024

A man records a video for a legislative candidate's social media account on Jan. 10, 2024, in Tangerang, Banten province, Indonesia. (Bay Ismoyo/AFP via Getty Images)

Across 27 countries surveyed, people generally see social media as more of a good thing than a bad thing for democracy.

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presentationJan 25, 2007

Demographic Realities & Consumer Behavior Online

The base of the internet is broadening to include more people with less education than ever before, while older Americans are still overwhelmingly offline. Internet users who have experienced spyware act differently online from those who have not….
reportNov 29, 2006

Teens, IM and Mark Foley

Now that the election is long past and the Mark Foley scandal is perhaps a slightly less inflammatory subject, we can address some of the inquiries that we’ve gotten about young people and instant messaging.
presentationNov 6, 2006

Internet Usage Trends – Through the Demographic Lens

One in five adults in this country are disconnected from the just-in-time information source that the internet has become for many people.
reportSep 24, 2006

The Future of the Internet II

A survey of technology thinkers and stakeholders shows they believe the internet will continue to spread in a “flattening” and improving world. There are many, though, who think major problems will accompany technology advances by 2020. A predictions…
reportAug 30, 2006

The Afterlife of Text Messages

A company bought 10 phones on eBay and then “resurrected” information on them.
reportAug 9, 2006

Warning Unwary Searchers

48% of internet users said they have stopped visiting certain Web sites that they fear might deposit unwanted programs – and that was before Google started warning people about wandering into unsafe territory.
presentationJul 28, 2006

The impact of the internet

This presentation covers many of the major findings from the Project about the social impact of the internet.
presentationJul 11, 2006

Testimony by Amanda Lenhart, Senior Research Specialist, Pew Internet & American Life Project to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet hearing on H.R. 5319, The Deleting On-line Predators Act of 2006

The Project’s formal testimony submitted to the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Telecommunications Subcommittee for the Hearing on social networking websites and the Deleting Online Predators Act of 2006.
presentationJul 11, 2006

Teens and the Internet: Findings Submitted to the House Energy and Commerce Telecommunications Subcommittee

A summary document of Pew Internet Project data on youth and technology prepared in advance of testimony by Pew Internet staffer Amanda Lenhart at the House Telecom subcommittee hearings.
reportJun 26, 2006

Cancer and Race

African Americans are over-represented among cancer patients and under-represented among internet users, particularly on some health discussion group sites.

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Technology Policy Issues

Majority of Americans aren’t confident in the safety and reliability of cryptocurrency

How Americans view Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg

Majorities in most countries surveyed say social media is good for democracy

Technology Policy Issues

Demographic Realities & Consumer Behavior Online

Teens, IM and Mark Foley

Internet Usage Trends – Through the Demographic Lens

The Future of the Internet II

The Afterlife of Text Messages

Warning Unwary Searchers

The impact of the internet

Cancer and Race

Technology Policy Issues

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