Patriotic Participation
Something important is afoot in the land when people are able to access and share "industrial strength" information instead of being satisfied with the "consumer strength" information previously offered to them.
Internet Safety Town Hall
On June 30th, Amanda participated in an Internet Safety Town Hall for educators
Home Broadband 2008
Some 55% of all adult Americans now have a high-speed internet connection at home. The percentage of Americans with broadband at home has grown from 47% in early 2007.
55% of adult Americans have home broadband connections
There was no growth in broadband adoption among poorer families or blacks, while growth was strong among rural residents, older Americans, and those in households earning $20,000 to $40,000
The Future of the Pew Internet Project
July 1 marks the first day of our new two-year grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts.
Teens, Online Stranger Contact & Cyberbullying: What the research is telling us
This presentation covers basic internet connectivity statistics before launching into a discussion of the major online safety issues. Broken down into issues of online contact vs online content, the talk shares data on online stranger contact, sex...
Anthropology of YouTube
The Library of Congress invited Michael Wesch to deliver the third of four "Digital Natives" lectures. Wesch, creator of the world-famous YouTube video, "The Machine is Us/ing Us," presented the "Anthropology of YouTube" to a packed, fascinated ...
Participatory Medicine at NIH
I always suspect that audience members have as much to share as I have to say. So when Mary Madden and I received an invitation to speak at the Na...
Campaign ’08 Online
Lee Rainie appeared on the NewsHour to discuss the findings.
China’s earthquake and internet
People say the Chinese internet is mostly an entertainment network. But looking at what happened online during the aftermath of the Sichuan earthquake reveals a Chinese internet with a depth and soul and much, much more.
