Presentation

Teens and technology

Mar 23, 2006Lee Rainie

This is a discussion of the eight realities of technology and social experience that are shaping the world of today's teens and twenty-somethings.

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Report

Surfing for Fun

Feb 15, 2006Deborah Fallows

About 40 million Americans were browsing the web just for fun or to pass the time on a typical day in December 2005.

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Tech-savvy teen girls
Older girls are `power users' among wired youngsters, a study finds

Chris Cobbs, Orlando Sentinel

Jul 28, 2005

"While working a part-time job at an engineering firm, Edgewater High School senior Michelle Tyrlik scrimped and saved for seven months so she could fulfill a longtime dream: to buy her own laptop.

"My parents didn't help me buy it, and it's the first...

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Infographic

The tasks of everyday life and the internet

Aug 11, 2004

While nearly all Internet users conducted some of their day-to-day activities online in 2004, most still defaulted to the traditional offline ways of communicating, transacting affairs, getting information and entertaining themselves.

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The Internet and Daily Life

Aug 11, 2004Deborah Fallows

The vast majority of online Americans say the Internet plays a role in their daily routines and that the rhythm of their everyday lives would be affected if they could no longer go online. Yet, despite its great popularity and allure, the Internet st...

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Poll: More in U.S. Getting Caught Up in the Net

Richard J. Dalton Jr. , Newsday

Dec 23, 2003

E-commerce "transactions are the fastest growing activities online," said Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project. "When people take the plunge and give their credit card to a Web site ... that is an enormous vote of confiden...

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More in: Shopping, Search, Work, Religion, Politics, News, Music, Health, Government, Education, Gaming, Banking, Generations, Race and Ethnicity , Women and Men, Email

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Games Students Play

Misha Davenport, Chicago Sun-Times

Jul 7, 2003

College students are doing more than just hitting the books. According to a new national study for the Pew Internet & American Life Project, nearly two-thirds of college students are spending time playing computer and video games.

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Study Surprise: Video Games Enhance College Social Life

Mike Snider, USA TODAY

Jul 7, 2003

Virtually every college student in a Pew Internet & American Life Project survey, out today, said they had played a computer or video game at some point in their lives, and two out of three said they still play them at least occasionally.

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Reading, Writing, and PS2 Video Games a Staple of College, Survey Says

Jennifer Beauprez, The Denver Post

Jul 7, 2003

The pervasive nature of the technology among young people provides a glimpse into the future of entertainment, said Steve Jones, senior research fellow at Pew.

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Report

Let the games begin: Gaming technology and college students

Jul 6, 2003Steve Jones

This is a report of a study of college students’ use of electronic, video and online games. Seventy percent of college students surveyed reported playing games at least once in a while. The academic and social impacts of gaming are discussed.

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