Presentation

Generations Online: Charts

Jan 28, 2009Sydney Jones, Susannah Fox

This is a series of charts related to the "Generations Online in 2009" report released on Jan. 28, 2009.

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Media Mention

From business to entertainment: What different generations do online

Sharon Jayson, USA Today

Jan 28, 2009

Teens and young adults seem to live online, but a new report by the Pew Research Center finds that other generations are catching up: Generation X primarily uses the Internet for shopping and banking; Baby Boomers for travel reservations; and the 70-...

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Report

Online Banking 2006

Jun 14, 2006Susannah Fox, Jean Beier

Online banking is holding steady as a mainstream internet activity, growing along with internet use generally, though not accelerating as have some other forms of online activities.

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Presentation

The New Media Ecology: How the Internet is Changing Consumer Behavior and Expectations

May 9, 2006Lee Rainie

Lee Rainie describes the changes introduced into the consumer world by the internet, the cell phone, and other technology devices. And he covers some of the major implications of those changes for organizations and businesses that deal with consumers...

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Data Set

December 2005, Online News and User-generated Content

Dec 31, 2005

This dataset was the basis for the March 2006 "Online News" report. Data from this survey is also featured in the "Home Broadband Adoption 2006" report, "Online Banking 2006," and "Finding Answers Online in Sickness and in Health."

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Media Mention

A.T.M.'s Pick Up Web Site Tricks

Bob Tedeschi , The New York Times

Mar 7, 2005

"Those ubiquitous A.T.M.'s are about to get considerably smarter. Wells Fargo, the Bank of America and other financial institutions are giving their painfully low-tech A.T.M.'s a dose of Internet technology aimed at speeding transactions, reducing p...

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Report

Online Banking 2005

Feb 9, 2005Susannah Fox

Fifty-three million American adults, or 44% of internet users and one-quarter of all adults, now say they use online banking.

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Data Set

November-December 2004 Tracking

Nov 30, 2004

The data set contains questions about blogging, health issues online, along with tracking questions.

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Media Mention

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

Report

America's Online Pursuits

Dec 22, 2003Mary Madden, Lee Rainie

This report analyzes the responses of more than 64,000 Americans to phone surveys in the past three years. It finds that 63% of U.S. adults now are online and many of them have built Internet use into their lives in practical ways.

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