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46% of internet users post original photos & videos online; 41% curate photos & videos they find elsewhere on the web and post on image-sharing sites. Women are more likely than men to use Pinterest; Instagram & Tumblr attract equal shares of both.

Amy Mitchell, Deputy Director of the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism, answers questions about PEJ's report on the emergence of YouTube as a major platform for viewing news.

News is becoming a major part of what Americans watch on YouTube. In the last 15 months, a third of the most searched terms on the video sharing site were news related. A new study by the Project for Excellence in Journalism explores the character of news on YouTube.

Shooting, sharing, streaming and chatting: social media using teens are the most enthusiastic users of many online video capabilities

Young adults heard more about the viral video against Joseph Kony and were more likely to learn about it through social media than other sources

Americans are increasingly going online for no particular reason except to have fun or to pass the time.

Fully 71% of online Americans use video-sharing sites such as YouTube and Vimeo. Rural internet users have caught up to others in their use of these sites, and minorities are more likely than whites to visit them.

An overview of Pew Internet's latest findings about technology adoption, with an emphasis on mobile use, social networks, and gaming.

Nearly two thirds of internet users have paid to download or access some kind of online content, ranging from music to games to news articles.

65% of internet users have paid to access or download some kind of digital content. Music and software are the most common kinds of content purchased.