report | Sep 28, 2005

Online Safety

OnGuard Online is a new site for consumers who want to protect their computers from software intrusions.

presentation | Sep 24, 2005

Broadband Adoption at Home: Growing but Slowing

This presentation shows recent trends in home broadband adoption and shows why the growth rates of the recent past are not likely to continue. The pool of remaining dial-up users are older, lower income, and less engaged with the internet than dia...

report | Sep 7, 2005

Professors and the internet

There is interesting, new research about college faculty use of the internet and their judgment about its impact on their students.

report | Sep 2, 2005

From the VCR to the Internet—some things never change

There’s the old saw that if you can’t program your VCR (or now maybe DVD or even TIVO?) you should just hand the remote to the nearest child. Recent data collected by the Pew Internet Project suggest that the same is true when it comes to the inte...

report | Aug 26, 2005

Firefox Users

Internet users who have Mozilla's Firefox browser are more likely than other internet users to say they started using a different browser to block unwanted software (like spyware).

report | Aug 24, 2005

Teens Who Don’t Use the Internet

Even with an overwhelming majority of teens online, there are about three million youth between ages 12 and 17 who do not use the internet. What about the 13% of teens who aren’t online?

report | Aug 22, 2005

Dr. Mom Goes Online

Many parents go online to get information about their kids' upcoming surgical procedures.

report | Aug 18, 2005

Adult Content Online

A profile of those who say they have sampled porn online.

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report | Jan 13, 2021

The State of Online Harassment

Roughly four-in-ten Americans have experienced online harassment. Growing shares face more severe online abuse such as sexual harassment or stalking.

report | Jul 28, 2020

Parenting Children in the Age of Screens

Two-thirds of parents in the U.S. say parenting is harder today than it was 20 years ago, with many citing technologies, like social media or smartphones, as a reason.

report | Nov 15, 2019

Americans and Privacy Online

Majorities of U.S. adults believe their personal data is less secure now, that data collection poses more risks than benefits, and that it is not possible to go through daily life without being tracked.