Report

Surfing for Fun

Feb 15, 2006Deborah Fallows

About 40 million Americans were browsing the web just for fun or to pass the time on a typical day in December 2005.

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More in: Blogs, Communities, Gaming, Music, Shopping, Social Networking, Video

Report

Use of web cams

Jun 20, 2005Lee Rainie

One out of six American adult internet users (16%) have gone online to view another person or a place via a web cam.

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More in: Video

Report

Music and Video Downloading

Mar 23, 2005Mary Madden, Lee Rainie

About 36 million Americans—or 27% of internet users—say they download either music or video files and about half of them have found ways outside of traditional peer-to-peer networks or paid online services to swap their files.

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More in: Music, Video

Media Mention

Pew: File swappers use iPods, IM to trade tunes

Paul Roberts, ITWorld.com

Mar 23, 2005

"Recording industry lawsuits against file swappers and P-to-P (peer-to-peer) software companies may be forcing Internet users onto informal networks to exchange songs and videos, according to a new study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project....

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More in: Music, Video

Commentary

Advertising and online videos

Feb 18, 2005Paul Hitlin

More and more people are streaming clips online thanks to broadband.

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More in: Video, Broadband

Report

Virtual Tours Proliferate

Dec 29, 2004Lee Rainie

54 million U.S. internet users have used the internet to take a virtual tour of another locale.

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More in: Video

Media Mention

The Bells Struggle to Survive A Changing Telephone Game

Seth Schiesel, The New York Times

Nov 24, 2003

Data on the trend is hard to come by, but in a report released yesterday, the Pew Internet and American Life Project, a nonprofit research group, estimated that 2 percent of Americans have canceled traditional phone service in favor of a cellphone an...

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More in: Broadband, Future of the Internet, Technology User Types, New Media Ecology, Music, Video

Media Mention

Study: 21% of Cell Phone Users Weigh Ending Home Service

Yuki Noguchi, The Washington Post

Nov 24, 2003

The tech elite, by comparison, consisted mostly of mid-thirtysomethings who spend an average of $169 a month on information goods. People in their early twenties are also leaders in designing online content, participating in online groups, and downlo...

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More in: Broadband, Email, New Media Ecology, Technology User Types, Future of the Internet, Video, Music

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‘Tech Elite’ a Minority, but Often Forge Path: Study

Howard Wolinsky, Chicago Sun-Times

Nov 24, 2003

A study based on a national survey and to be released today by the Pew Internet and American Life Project concludes, "Although these ardent technophiles are a minority of the population, their trend-setting ways often ripple widely in society."

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More in: Broadband, Future of the Internet, New Media Ecology, Technology User Types, Web 2.0, Music, Video

Media Mention

The Price of Music: The Overview

Amy Harmon, The New York Times

Sep 9, 2003

A recent study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project found that 67 percent of people downloading music did not care whether or not it was copyrighted.

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More in: Music, Video, Cloud Computing, New Media Ecology, Web 2.0