Platforms & Services

17% of cell phone owners do most of their online browsing on their phone, rather than a computer or other device. Most do so for convenience, but for some their phone is their only option for online access.

Director Lee Rainie shared recent survey findings and other research about the rise of e-books, their impact on people’s reading habits, and the way that library patrons are hoping to avail themselves of e-book borrowing. He also explored general ...

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.

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...

How mobile/social tools are changing the way Americans give to and interact with organizations

A 5-minute video overview of peer-to-peer health care.

Pew Internet asked two questions about "self-tracking" in 2010 - how should we expand this area of our research?

For the first time, half of American adults ages 65 and older are online.

Amanda Lenhart spoke about how teens use technology and about youth social and emotional experiences in social media spaces.

The percentage of adults online who use Twitter on a typical day has doubled since May 2011.