Tag archive: Pew

Are you sitting down? Ok, good — because you mind is about to be blown. According to a newly-released study from Pew Internet Research, two-thirds of all Americans who use social networks do so to stay in touch with current friends and/or family. And half say re-connecting with old friends is a “major reason” for using social networks. Shocking, isn't it? Connecting with family as a reason to use social networks — which, for… Read More

According to a recently released study by Pew Internet, thirty-one percent of Americans would rather communicate through texting on a mobile phone rather than speaking with someone over the same phone. Young adults are the most common group that prefers this method of communication and the average of the survey group was about 110 texts per day while the median of that group clocked in at about 50 texts per day. One in ten young adults between… Read More

When you spend as much time online as we do, you think that every person who goes on the Internet watches online videos, at one point or another. Surprisingly, that's just not true. According to a newly released study from Pew Research, 71 percent of web surfers use video sharing sites like YouTube and Vimeo. That's up from last year's staggeringly low total of 66 percent, and 33 percent in 2006, the first year Pew polled such… Read More

A new report from The Pew Internet & American Life Project confirms our suspicions: while Americans are increasingly likely to get news from their tablets and smartphones, few are actually willing to pay for the privilege. According to the study, almost half (47 percent) of American adults are likely to use their mobile devices to get at least some of their local news and information. Practical, real-time information is most popular. For… Read More

A recent Pew study surveyed more than 3,000 American adults last year to reveal favorite gadgets among age groups. While the results aren’t terribly surprising, they do reinforce the slipping popularity of the PC. While more than 50 percent of every generation (excluding those 75 and older) own desktops, cell phones are monumentally more pervasive all around. Game consoles are gaining on laptops with 18-to-34 year olds, and actually outrank… Read More

A new Pew Internet study of teen and video games has come up with some pretty interesting results. Instead of isolating them, the majority of teens actually play with friends rather than alone, making them more social, the BBC reports. The survey gathered responses from 1,102 teens aged between 12-17. It was no surprise that the vast majority (99% of boys, 94% of girls) had played some form of video game, wqith the most popular… Read More

The buzz in recent tech news may be all about up-and-coming uses for the Internet like Web 2.0 applications, social networking, and cloud computing, but as it turns out, the real hot property is none other than simple search engines. A new study conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project shows that use of search engines has spiked significantly in the last six years [PDF], due in part to broadband adoption. According to Pew,… Read More