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Senior research staff answer questions from readers relating to all the areas covered by our seven projects, ranging from polling techniques and findings, to media, technology, religious, demographic and global attitudes trends.

Just under half (46%) of cell phone and tablet users who have downloaded apps say they have paid for an app at some point.

The share of cell phone owners who download apps nearly doubles in two years, but just 46% of downloaders have paid for an app.

Key findings from a survey report on tablet news consumption by the Project for Excellence in collaboration with the Economist Group.

The most detailed study to date probes who tablet users are, how they get news and how willing they are to pay for it. See the report, infographic or slideshow.

Director Lee Rainie lectured at New York University about the impact of digital technologies on the ways that people get advertising and relate to corporations.

Search and email remain the two online activities that are nearly universal among adult internet users.

Adoption rate of e-readers surges ahead of tablet computers

An interview with Senior Fellow Jim Jansen, recorded at the “Buying & Selling EContent” Conference, about paying for online content. (With downloadable audio and transcript)

Trends that are revolutionizing how people consume information and reshaping the public’s expectations about information access and immersion.