Pew Internet Logo

Press Resources

Media Mentions

Selected news stories about the Pew Internet Project and articles citing our data.

  • Report: The Internet and Drugs Don't Mix

    "The Pew telephone survey of 2,200 American adults was undertaken just one month before the U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation to allow prescription drug imports from Canada and other countries. The Senate has not enacted similar l...

    Read More

  • Few Americans Buy Drugs Online

    Of the 4 percent of Americans who bought online, the vast majority went to pharmacies based in the United States, meaning the population of online drug importers is even smaller. Most said the site required a prescription and said they had one fro...

    Read More

  • Most Americans using Internet often prefer offline methods

    The Internet's everyday appeal among adult Americans is broad but shallow, concludes the study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, which found that two-thirds of Internet-using Americans favor more conventional ways of communicating, gett...

    Read More

  • A look at the pros and cons of e-government

    The world is heading online, and that includes our public governmental agencies. In a recent report by the Pew Internet & American Life Project on "how Americans get in touch with government," the conclusion is drawn that "Internet users benefit f...

    Read More

  • Survey: E-Government Slowly Winning Acceptance

    Telephones, letters and face-to-face contact still beat out the Internet when it comes to how Americans choose to interact with their government, according to a report released earlier this week by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

    Read More

Popular Topics

View All Topics

Research Toolkit

Explore Questions

iPoll

Search the Pew Internet database of questions

Subscribe by RSS

DATA POINT

45%

of AP and NWP teachers report they or their students use e-readers and 43% use tablet computers in the classroom or to complete assignments

Pew Internet Logo

Copyright 2013

The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project is one of seven projects that make up the Pew Research Center. The Center is supported by The Pew Charitable Trust.