Tag: PEW

Released today, a new report from Pew Internet elucidates just how unwilling we are to pay for online news. In the State of the News Media 2010 report, Pew finds that while 71% of Internet users read their news online only 7% of all users would pay for the privilege. To put things into perspective, the report also notes that the total online advertising revenue dropped for the first time since ...

Just in case you had any doubt that the newspaper industry is in trouble (or needs to change the way it thinks about content and revenue), Pew has released a study showing that for the first time more Americans get their news from the internet than from traditional newspapers. To be fair, television still trumps them both. 70% of respondents said that they get most of their national and ...

Every now and again a study comes around that's so stunning it makes us wonder, "wait, somebody took the time to study this?" And now, for the findings from the Department of Obvious Research Pew Internet & American Life Project: girls who post photos online are more likely to be contacted by strangers than boys or girls without pictures. Shocking, but true. We suppose it's important for ...