Pew Internet Logo

Press Resources

Media Mentions

Selected news stories about the Pew Internet Project and articles citing our data.

  • Net users learn to live with spam

    "Net users are as annoyed as ever about spam, but seem to be getting used to it, says a report.

    The poll of US net users by the Pew Internet and American Life Project found that 52% of people complain that junk mail is a big problem.

    Read More

  • Inboxes clogged despite spam law

    "Like mosquitoes or taxes, spam is a fact of life. That's the bad news.

    The good news? Like most facts of life, we're getting used to it.

    "It's kind of like getting wrong numbers on the phone, or telemarketers," said Dean Mattson,...

    Read More

  • Net users adjusting to torrent of spam

    "E-mail spam might be a blight that is gumming up electronic commerce and personal mailboxes alike, but just as with death and taxes, the public seems to be growing accustomed to its inevitability.

    Ferris Research estimated in a recent s...

    Read More

  • 'Podcasts' Catching on with iPod Owners - Survey

    "The home-brewed audio programs known as "Podcasts" are catching on with people who own iPods or other digital-music players, according to a survey released on Sunday. Twenty-nine percent of U.S. adults who own MP3 players like Apple Co...

    Read More

  • Who's liable for actions of people who share?

    "Singer-songwriter Janis Ian has lived through vinyl albums, cassette tapes, eight-track cartridges, compact discs and now, digitized music that is swapped illicitly or bought on the Internet.

    The Internet, including the unauthorized son...

    Read More

  • Pew: File swappers use iPods, IM to trade tunes

    "Recording industry lawsuits against file swappers and P-to-P (peer-to-peer) software companies may be forcing Internet users onto informal networks to exchange songs and videos, according to a new study by the Pew Internet & American Life Proj...

    Read More

  • Your kids may not want you to know what they do online

    "About two-thirds of American youths between the ages of 12 and 17 say they do things online they wouldn't want their parents to know about.

    The statistic was included in a report issued last week by the Pew Internet & American Life Proj...

    Read More

  • Protecting Teens On The Web

    "Most parents of teenagers who go online say they set time limits on the kids' Internet activity. They also try to monitor it, in part by placing computers in common areas.

    That's according to a new study by the Pew Internet and American...

    Read More

  • Search Engines Build a Better Mousetrap

    "Google has so firmly staked out its place as the Internet search-engine leader that it has even earned a place as a verb in the English lexicon.

    Paradoxically, because of its very popularity, there may be no better time to try something...

    Read More

Explore Questions

iPoll

Search the Pew Internet database of questions

DATA POINT

77%

of Americans say free access to computers and the internet is a “very important” service of libraries.

Pew Internet Logo

Copyright 2013

The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project is one of seven projects that make up the Pew Research Center. The Center is supported by The Pew Charitable Trust.