Technology Policy Issues

Food safety, drug safety, and pregnancy information are among eight new topics included in our survey, which finds that 80% of internet users gather health information online.

People living with disability are less likely than other adults in the U.S. to use the internet: 54%, compared with 81%. The first question many people ask when they hear that is, Why? The second is, What can be done? The third is, or should be, W...

People living with disability are less likely than other adults to use the internet.

Major trends in how different generations of Americans use the internet

Those in households earning over $75,000 are different from other Americans in their tech ownership and use.

In this talk, presented to the Family Online Safety Institute's annual conference in November 2010, senior research specialist Amanda Lenhart discussed the safety issues that arise as mobile phones become the communications hub for American teens.

Overview The federal government continues to get positive marks for efforts to reduce the threat of terrorism, but many Americans say luck is a big reason why the United States has not suffered a major attack at home since Sept. 11, 2001. About seven-in-ten (69%) say the government is doing very (15%) or fairly well […]

In a year-long study of tech media, Apple proved to be the most-covered technology company, besting Google, Twitter, Facebook and Microsoft.

Trends in technology use and adoption among African-Americans and Latinos

Aaron Smith will speak at CAPAF’s Internet Advocacy Roundtable to discuss how to best use social media to engage and mobilize diverse constituencies.