Selected news stories about the Pew Internet Project and articles citing our data.
Internet Users Overly Confident, But Naive
3/1/2005 | 
Coverage
Kathy Ishizuka, School Library Journal
'"Internet users are far too cocky about their online search abilities, but in reality, most don't know the origin or validity of the content they find, says a recent study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
Some 92 percent of those who surf the Web are satisfied with their search skills, with 87 percent reporting that they garner successful results most of the time. And 17 percent of users say they always find the information they're looking for.
The Pew study doesn't surprise Cathy Delneo, chair of the technology committee of the Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the American Library Association. In fact, she says the findings "seem compatible with what I see every day in a public library."
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