Mary Madden

n the days after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast region and knocked out cell phone towers and landline telephone service, citizens, local community organizations, government agencies and news outlets turned to the internet as a communi...

Today's American teens live in a world enveloped by communications technologies; the internet and cell phones have become a central force that fuels the rhythm of daily life.

In an effort to bring some clarity to the policy debate around spyware, the Anti-Spyware Coalition has attempted to nail down a solid definition for the offending software.

Our surveys shed light on public and elite attitudes about free online file sharing and copyright.

Our surveys now show that one in four internet users have tried their hand at online auctions, and that the absolute number of online auction participants has been growing along with the overall internet population.

With all of the niche topics we research here at the Pew Internet Project, we often need to take a step back and look at the larger picture of how internet use is changing people’s everyday lives.

Some 55% of adult internet users have looked for "how-to," "do-it-yourself" or repair information online.

Last week we posted updates to three of the Latest Trends tables on our website.

The number of people who make charitable donations online has roughly doubled since 2002, but there's plenty of room for growth.

Despite the rapturous speed with which the news of the newly elected Pope disseminated in digital bits and bytes throughout the world today, the source that first announced the breaking story was the same brick-and-mortar reporter we’ve relied on ...