Mary Madden

Former Senior Researcher

Publications
report | Feb 4, 2009

Five Years of Free Friendship Online

The social networking juggernaut Facebook turns five years old today, and the chatter online about the birthday ranges from congratulatory to cautionary.

report | Jan 21, 2009

The Annotated Inauguration

Yesterday's inauguration was the first to be fully digitized, annotated and archived online.

report | Oct 8, 2008

When vinyl starts to look good again

Our tracking data from the end of last year shows that the size of the music downloading audience is larger than ever. In the American adult population alone, some 37% of internet users say they download music files online and 7% do so on a typica...

report | Sep 24, 2008

Networked Workers

The majority of employed adults (62%) use the internet or email at their job, and many have cell phones and Blackberries that keep them connected even when they are not at work.

report | Sep 12, 2008

Podcasting into the Cloud

Today we released new data that helps to trace the outline of the cloud in "cloud computing."

report | Aug 28, 2008

Podcast Downloading 2008

As gadgets with digital audio capability proliferate, podcast downloading continues to increase. Currently, 19% of all internet users say they have downloaded a podcast.

presentation | Jun 10, 2008

Participatory Medicine at NIH

In this presentation, Mary Madden and Susannah Fox discuss the rise of participatory medicine within the context of key internet demographics and emerging online trends.

report | May 23, 2008

Old media and new media blur just a little more

In what could be considered a further blurring of traditional media and new forms of digital media, this weekend's cover story in the New York Times Magazine features the intimate autobiographical account of Emily Gould, blogger and former Gawker ...

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