Pew Internet Project Reports, 2000-2003

Online Activities & Pursuits

  1. Spam: How it is hurting email and degrading life on the Internet (Author: Deborah Fallows.  Release date: October 22, 2003) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2003/Spam-How-it-is-hurting-email-and-degrading-life-on-the-Internet.aspx
  2. Music Downloading, File-sharing and Copyright (Authors: Mary Madden and Amanda Lenhart. Release date: July 31, 2003) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2003/Music-Downloading-Filesharing-and-Copyright.aspx
  3. Let the Games Begin: Gaming technology among college students (Author: Steve Jones. Release date: July 6, 2003) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2003/Let-the-games-begin-Gaming-technology-and-college-students.aspx
  4. Hunting for a Home Online (Authors: Angie Boyce and Lee Rainie.  Release date: August 5, 2003) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2002/Hunting-for-a-home-online.aspx
  5. Online Banking (Author: Susannah Fox. Release date: November 2002) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2002/Online-Banking-2002.aspx
  6. Women Surpass Men as E-Shoppers During the Holidays (Author: Lee Rainie. Release date: January 1, 2002) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Press-Releases/2002/Women-surpass-men-as-eshoppers-during-the-holidays.aspx
  7. The Music Downloading Deluge (Authors: Mike Graziano and Lee Rainie. Release date: April 24, 2001) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2001/The-Music-Downloading-Deluge.aspx
  8. Downloading Free Music: Internet music lovers don’t think it’s stealing (Authors: Amanda Lenhart and Susannah Fox. Release date: September 28, 2000) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2000/Downloading-Free-Music.aspx
  9. 13 Million Americans “Freeload” Music on the Internet (Authors: Lee Rainie, Susannah Fox, and Amanda Lenhart. Release date: June 8, 2000) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2000/13-Million-Americans-Freeload-Music-on-the-Internet.aspx

Demographics

  1. Internet Use by Region in the U.S. (Author: Tom Spooner.  Release date: August 27, 2003) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2003/Internet-Use-by-Region-in-the-US.aspx
  2. The Ever-Shifting Internet Population (Author: Amanda Lenhart. Release date: April 16, 2003) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2003/The-EverShifting-Internet-Population-A-new-look-at-Internet-access-and-the-digital-divide.aspx
  3. Asian-Americans and the Internet (Author: Tom Spooner.  Release date: December 12, 2001) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2001/AsianAmericans-and-the-Internet.aspx
  4. Wired Seniors (Author: Susannah Fox. Release date: September 9, 2001) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2001/Wired-Seniors.aspx
  5. Hispanics and the Internet (Authors: Tom Spooner and Lee Rainie. Release date: July 25, 2001) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2001/Hispanics-and-the-Internet.aspx
  6. Teenage Life Online (Authors: Amanda Lenhart, Lee Rainie, and Oliver Lewis. Release date: June 20, 2001) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2001/Teenage-Life-Online.aspx
  7. African Americans and the Internet (Authors: Tom Spooner and Lee Rainie. Release date: October 22, 2000) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2000/AfricanAmericans-and-the-Internet.aspx
  8. New Internet Users (Author: John B. Horrigan. Release date: September 25, 2000) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2000/New-Internet-Users.aspx
  9. Who’s Not Online (Author: Amanda Lenhart. Release date: September 21, 2000) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2000/Whos-Not-Online.aspx

Internet Evolution

  1. Counting on the Internet: Most expect to find key information online (Authors: John B.  Horrigan and Lee Rainie. Release date: December 29, 2002) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2002/Counting-on-the-Internet-Most-find-the-information-they-seek-expect.aspx
  2. Use of the Internet at Major Life Moments (Authors: Nathan Kommers and Lee Rainie. Release date: May 8, 2002) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2002/Use-of-the-Internet-at-Major-Life-Moments.aspx
  3. Getting Serious Online:  As Americans gain experience, they use the Web more at work, write emails with more significant content, and pursue more serious activities (Authors: John B. Horrigan and Lee Rainie. Release date: March 3, 2002) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2002/Getting-Serious-Online-As-Americans-Gain-Experience-They-Pursue-More-Serious-Activities.aspx
  4. The Dot-com Meltdown and the Web (Authors: Lee Rainie, Tom Spooner, Bente Kalsnes, and Sharon Nof. Release date: November 14, 2001) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2001/The-dotcom-meltdown-and-the-Web.aspx
  5. Time Online: Why some people use the Internet more than before and some use it less (Authors: Susannah Fox and Lee Rainie. Release date: July 16, 2001) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2001/Time-Online.aspx
  6. More Online, Doing More: 16 million newcomers gain Internet access in the last half of 2000 (Authors: Lee Rainie and Dan Packel. Release date: February 18, 2001) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2001/More-Online-Doing-More.aspx

Technology & Media Use

  1. Consumption of Information Goods and Services in the United States (Author: John B. Horrigan. Release date: November 23, 2003) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2003/Consumption-of-Information-Goods-and-Services-in-the-US.aspx
  2. Broadband Adoption at Home (Author: John B. Horrigan. Release date: May 18, 2003) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2003/Broadband-Adoption-at-Home.aspx
  3. Search Engines (Author: Susannah Fox. Release date: July 3, 2002) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2002/Search-Engines.aspx
  4. The Broadband Difference (Authors: John B. Horrigan and Lee Rainie. Release date: June 23, 2002) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2002/The-Broadband-Difference-How-online-behavior-changes-with-highspeed-Internet-connections.aspx

Health

  1. Internet Health Resources (Authors: Susannah Fox and Deborah Fallows. Release date: July 16, 2003) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2003/Internet-Health-Resources.aspx
  2. Vital Decisions: How Internet users decide what information to trust when they or their loved ones are sick (Authors: Susannah Fox and Lee Rainie. Release date: May 22, 2002) Available at:  https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2002/Vital-Decisions-A-Pew-Internet-Health-Report.aspx
  3. Exposed Online: Why the new federal health privacy regulation doesn’t offer much protection to Internet users (Authors: Angela Choy, Zoe Hudson, Joy Pritts, and Janlori Goldman. Release date: November 19, 2001) Available at:  https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2001/Exposed-Online-The-federal-health-privacy-regulation-and-Internet-user-impacts.aspx
  4. The Online Health Care Revolution (Authors: Susannah Fox and Lee Rainie. Release date: November 26, 2000) Available at:  https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2000/The-Online-Health-Care-Revolution.aspx

Family, Friends & Communities

  1. Holidays Online (Authors: Lee Rainie and John B. Horrigan. Release date: January 7, 2003) Available at:  https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2003/Holidays-Online-2002.aspx
  2. Parents Online (Authors: Katherine Allen and Lee Rainie. Release date: November 17, 2002) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2002/Parents-Online.aspx
  3. Cyberfaith:  How Americans pursue religion online (Author: Elena Larsen. Release date: December 23, 2001) Available at:  https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2001/CyberFaith-How-Americans-Pursue-Religion-Online.aspx
  4. Online Communities: Networks that nurture long-distance relationships and local ties (Author: John B. Horrigan. Release date: October 31, 2001) Available at:  https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2001/Online-Communities.aspx
  5. Holidays Online: Emails and e-greetings outpace e-commerce (Author: John B. Horrigan. Release date: December 31, 2000) Available at:  https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Press-Releases/2001/The-Holidays-Online-Esocializing-outpaces-ecommerce.aspx
  6. Wired Churches, Wired Temples (Author: Elena Larsen. Release date: December 20, 2000) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2000/Wired-Churches-Wired-Temples.aspx
  7. Tracking Online Life: How women use the Internet to cultivate relationships with family and friends (Authors: Lee Rainie, Susannah Fox, John B. Horrigan, Amanda Lenhart and Tom Spooner. Release date: May 10, 2000) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2000/Tracking-Online-Life.aspx

Major News Events

  1. The Internet and the Iraq War (Authors: Lee Rainie, Susannah Fox, and Deborah Fallows. Release date: April 1, 2003) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2003/The-Internet-and-the-Iraq-war.aspx
  2. One Year Later: September 11 and the Internet (Authors: Lee Rainie, Susannah Fox, and Mary Madden. Release date: September 5, 2002) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2002/One-year-later-September-11-and-the-Internet.aspx
  3. The Commons of the Tragedy: How the Internet was used by millions after the terror attacks to grieve, console, share news, and debate the country’s response (Authors: Lee Rainie and Bente Kalsnes. Release date: October 10, 2001) Available at:  http://www.authoring.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2001/The-Commons-of-the-Tragedy-How-the-Internet-was-used-by-millions-after-the-terror-attacks.aspx
  4. How Americans Used the Internet After the Terror Attack (Author: Lee Rainie. Release date: September 15, 2001) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2001/How-Americans-Used-the-Internet-After-the-Terror-Attack.aspx
  5. Risky Business: Americans see greed, cluelessness behind dot-coms’ comeuppance (Author: John B. Horrigan. Release date: March 16, 2001) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2001/Risky-Business-Americans-see-greed-cluelessness-behind-dotcoms-comeuppance.aspx
  6. Olympics Online:  The old media beat the new media (Author: Tom Spooner. Release date: October 4, 2000) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Press-Releases/2000/Olympics-Online-Old-Media-Beat-the-New-Media.aspx
  7. The Love Bug: Few take an online sick day due to virus (Authors: John B. Horrigan and Susannah Fox. Release date: May 19, 2000) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2000/The-Love-Bug-Few-Take-an-Online-Sick-Day-Due-to-Virus.aspx

Public Policy

  1. The Internet and Emergency Preparedness (Author: Lee Rainie. Release date: August 31, 2003) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2003/The-Internet-and-Emergency-Preparedness.aspx
  2. Cities Online: Urban development and the Internet (Author: John B. Horrigan. Release date: November 20, 2001) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2001/Cities-Online-Urban-Development-and-the-Internet.aspx
  3. Fear of Online Crime: Americans support FBI interception of criminal suspects’ email and new laws to protect online privacy (Authors: Susannah Fox and Oliver Lewis. Release date: April 2, 2001) Available at:  https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2001/Fear-of-Online-Crime.aspx
  4. Trust and Privacy Online (Author: Susannah Fox. Release date: August 20, 2000) Available at:  https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2000/Trust-and-Privacy-Online.aspx

E-gov & E-politics

  1. Untuned Keyboards: Online campaigners, citizens and portals in the 2002 elections (Authors: Michael Cornfield, Lee Rainie, and John B. Horrigan. Release date: March 20, 2003) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2003/Online-campaigners-citizens-and-portals-in-the-2002-elections.aspx
  2. Modest Increase in Internet Use for Campaign 2002 (Authors: Andrew Kohut and Lee Rainie. Release date: January 5, 2003) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2003/Modest-increase-in-Internet-use-for-campaign-2002.aspx
  3. Digital Town Hall: How local officials use the Internet (Authors: Elena Larsen and Lee Rainie.  Release date: October 2, 2002) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2002/Digital-Town-Hall.aspx
  4. The Rise of the E-Citizen (Authors: Elena Larsen and Lee Rainie.  Release date: April 3, 2002) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2002/The-Rise-of-the-ECitizen-How-People-Use-Government-Agencies-Web-Sites.aspx
  5. Dot-Gov Goes Retail (Author: Judi Hasson and Graeme Browning. Release date: May 27, 2001) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2001/Dotgov-Goes-Retail.aspx
  6. Internet Election News Audience Seeks Convenience, Familiar Names (Authors: Andrew Kohut and Lee Rainie. Release date: December 3, 2000) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2000/Internet-Election-News-Audience-Seeks-Convenience-Familiar-Names.aspx

Education

  1. College Students and the Web (Authors: Lee Rainie, Max Kalehoff, and Dan Hess. Release date: September 15, 2002) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2002/College-Students-and-the-Web.aspx
  2. The Internet Goes to College: How students are living in the future with today’s technology (Author: Steve Jones. Release date: September 15, 2002) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2002/The-Internet-Goes-to-College.aspx
  3. The Digital Disconnect: The widening gap between Internet-savvy students and their schools (Authors: Douglas Levin and Sousan Arafeh. Release date: August 14, 2002) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2002/The-Digital-Disconnect-The-widening-gap-between-Internetsavvy-students-and-their-schools.aspx
  4. The Internet and Education (Authors: Amanda Lenhart, Maya Simon, and Mike Graziano. Release date: September 1, 2001) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2001/The-Internet-and-Education.aspx

Work

  1. Email at Work (Author: Deborah Fallows. Release date: December 8, 2002) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2002/Email-at-work.aspx
  2. Online Job Hunting (Authors: Angie Boyce and Lee Rainie. Release date: July 17, 2002) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2002/Online-Job-Hunting.aspx
  3. Wired Workers (Author: Lee Rainie. Release date: September 3, 2000) Available at: https://legacy.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2000/Wired-Workers.aspx