Tag: PEWINTERNETANDAMERICANLIFEPROJECT

Obviously, we'd all like to imagine that our parents joined Facebook just to make our lives miserable. But, according to Pew Internet, the olds got wise to social networks for "political purposes" during the last election cycle. The research organization found a massive jump in politically oriented Internet use from the 2006 election, and discovered that more than one in five online adults ...

If you actually get a kick out of using location-based services like Foursquare and Gowalla, you're part of a very small online minority. According to a recently released report from the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project, just 4-percent of online Americans share their locations with their friends and family. Only 7-percent of people who access the Web from their cell phones ...

It's probably not news to you that apps are the hottest trend in the mobile world right now. In the few short years since the iPhone ushered in the era of the consumer-oriented smartphone, the number of cell phone owners with applications installed on their handsets has risen to 43-percent, according to a recent Pew poll. That means that roughly 35-percent of the U.S. adult population downloads ...

During 2009, 30-somethings represented the most rapidly expanding demographic on Facebook. While the number of older social networkers continues to escalate, so too does the actual age of the flocking Facebook fogies. According to a Pew survey, the period between April 2009 and May 2010 witnessed an explosive increase in mature social networking, as the percentage of Internet users 50-and-older ...

The Pew Research Center recently conducted another installment in its Internet and American Life Project. The survey indicates that mobile usage is -- in dramatic fashion -- seamlessly and increasingly integrating with U.S. culture, as cell owners continue to diversify their phone habits, particularly those involving media capabilities. According to the survey, 40-percent of cell owners now ...

Today, videos are about as synonymous with the Internet as apple pie is with America. It should come as no surprise that a major slice of the online populous flocks to the Web to consume video media -- we all knew it had officially entered the mainstream when our moms began compulsively sharing YouTube dancing weddings with our grandmas. But a new study from the Pew Internet and American Life ...

A new poll from the Pew Internet and American Life Project shows that Internet news sources continue to command more U.S. readers than both local and national newspapers. The Web overtook newspapers in 2008, and has only lengthened its lead, with 61-percent of adults saying they get at least some news online. More important than the Web's growing popularity as a news source, though, is how ...

According to a recent survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, the percentage of adults that regularly play video games is much higher than many would probably expect. More than half of those over 18 play video games, and contrary to the stereotype, they're not all lonely, pimply, over-weight men. The gender gap is surprisingly small, 55-percent of adult men play video games, ...

The Internet (much like TV before it) has taken a lot of criticism, and one argument often heard is that it would impede socialization amongst family members. But, a new study from Pew Internet & American Life Project counters those expectations. According to a new survey of 2,252 adults, around 25-percent of adults with Internet access said their families were closer now than when they ...