Emerging Technology

A majority of American adults went online in 2008 to keep informed about political developments and to get involved with the election.

Lee Rainie's speech at the Integrated Media Association meeting was a hit on Twitter.

This speech pulls together Pew Internet findings and analysis about how people get news and relate to news items in the digital age.

How can museums and libraries adjust to the new media ecosystem?

The world that libraries and other organizations face can be seen as a new information ecosystem to which they can adapt.

This speech pulls together Pew Internet Project data about how people's use of the internet and cell phones has fundamentally changed the "information ecosystem" in 10 ways.

Voters expect that the level of public engagement they experienced with Barack Obama during the campaign, much of it occurring online, will continue into the early period of his new administration.

Do people consider the internet itself a kind of social ally? Not directly, but they often treat the internet as they would a helpful friend.

A survey of experts shows they expect major tech advances as the phone becomes a primary device for online access, voice-recognition improves, and the structure of the Internet itself improves. They disagree about whether this will lead to more soci...

A survey of internet leaders, activists and analysts shows they expect major tech advances as the phone becomes a primary device for online access, voice-recognition improves, artificial and virtual reality become more embedded in everyday life.