Selected stories written by Pew Internet Project staff for other publications.
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The Numbers that Count
Published in New Media & Society
4/1/2004 | 
Article |
After all the attention paid to Internet data, what have surveys shown in the five years since New Media and Society began publication? As a rule, people say they appreciate clear benefits from Internet use and the level of enthusiasm is tied to their level of use of the Internet....
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Music Downloading and Listening: Findings from the Pew Internet and American Life Project
Published in Popular Music & Society
4/1/2004 | Article |
This article will use findings from the random digit dial phone
surveys fielded by the Pew Internet & American Life Project in April and July/
August 2000 and February 2001 to depict the audience of music downloaders
during Napster’s “heyday....
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Revisualizing the Digital Divide as a Spectrum
Published in IT & Society
6/1/2003 | Article |
This article visualizes online access as a continuum....
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Foreword
Published in Society Online
4/1/2003 | Article |
The predictions about the Internet from technologists, government leaders, entrepreneurs, the business press, and investment carnival barkers were voluminous and unsparing....
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Internet Use and the Terror Attacks
Published in Communication and Terrorism: Public and Media Responses to 9/11
1/1/2003 | Article |
In the days immediately following the September 11 attacks, the number of Americans online dropped....
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The Internet Goes to College: How Students are Living in the Future with Today’s Technology
Published in USDLA Journal
10/1/2002 | Article |
College students are heavy Internet users, and say that the Internet has enhanced their education and socializing....
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Dancing with Napster: Predictable Consumer Behavior in the New Digital Economy
Published in IT & Society
9/1/2002 | Article |
This paper tests two competing hypotheses: 1) Easily copied and distributed digital content encourages consumers to exploit the "information wants to be free" character of the Internet, thereby hampering the growth of the market for information goods and services, and 2) Information consumers practice a sophisticated arbitrage process across different media, by weighing the value of online and offline information and thereby reinforcing active participation in the electronic marketplace....
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Telecommunications technologies and urban development: strategies in US cities.
Published in International Journal of Technology, Policy and Management
9/1/2002 | Article |
This paper poses two questions about the relationship between telecommunications and urban spaces....
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Emails That Matter: Changing Patterns of Internet Use Over a Year’s Time
Published in IT & Society
6/1/2002 | Article |
The article finds that, over a year’s time, serious emailing – emails sharing worries with or seeking advice from family and friends – increases sharply....
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Days and Nights on the Internet: The Impact of a Diffusing Technology
Published in American Behavior Scientist
1/1/2002 | Article |
For a growing cohort of Americans Internet tools have become a significant conduit of their social life and work life....
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