Lee Rainie

A growing number of Americans rely solely on a cell phone for their telephone service, and many more are considering giving up their landline phones. This presents a challenge to the kind of public opinion polling done by the Pew Internet & Ameri...

Lee Rainie describes the changes introduced into the consumer world by the internet, the cell phone, and other technology devices. And he covers some of the major implications of those changes for organizations and businesses that deal with consum...

60 million Americans say that the internet helped them make big decisions or negotiate their way through major episodes in their lives.

How people use their cell phones in emergencies and to fill in their free time.

This is a discussion of the eight realities of technology and social experience that are shaping the world of today's teens and twenty-somethings.

Blogs are part of the bigger story about dramatic change in people's information environments. This presentation on health-related blogs focuses on their implication for health providers in communicating with patients and caregivers.

New data about use of computers and the internet in other countries.

Lee Rainie appeared with Esther Dyson on the Kojo Nnamdi show on NPR, speaking about the future of the Internet. The program can be accessed here.

Only 16% of single American adults are actively looking for dating partners.

Lee Rainie appeared on The Diane Rehm Show on NPR on January 12, 2006, speaking about the future of TV.