Libraries, patrons, and e-books
12% of e-book readers have borrowed an e-book from a library. Those who use libraries are pretty heavy readers, but most are not aware they can borrow e-books.
It Ain’t Heavy, It’s My Smartphone: American teens and the infiltration of mobility into their computing lives
Amanda Lenhart spoke at the 2012 Lawlor Summer Seminar in Minneapolis, where she discussed the rise in smartphone ownership among youth, the demographics of mobile phone ownership and the changes wrought as youth begin to have access anytime, anyw...
Mobile Philanthropy
How mobile/social tools are changing the way Americans give to and interact with organizations
Video: peer-to-peer health care
A 5-minute video overview of peer-to-peer health care.
Unpacking self-tracking
Pew Internet asked two questions about "self-tracking" in 2010 - how should we expand this area of our research?
Libraries 2020: Imagining the library of the (not too distant) future
Associate Director Kristen Purcell shares Pew Internet's latest data on mobile, social networking, and e-reading in her keynote address for the 2012 State University of New York Librarians Association Annual Conference in New York City.
Older adults and internet use
For the first time, half of American adults ages 65 and older are online.
Health Datapalooza
Susannah Fox will serve as a "white hat" advisor to participants in the Health Data Initiative Forum.
Presentation: Teens, Kindness and Cruelty on Social Network Sites
Amanda Lenhart spoke about how teens use technology and about youth social and emotional experiences in social media spaces.
A Growing Number of Adults Online Use Twitter Daily
The percentage of adults online who use Twitter on a typical day has doubled since May 2011.
