How the Internet, including some critical applications like email and instant messaging, changes the workplace and the work/life divide.

Networked Workers

9/24/2008 | Report  | Mary Madden Sydney Jones

The majority of employed adults (62%) use the internet or email at their job, and many have cell phones and Blackberries that keep them connected even when they are not at work.

Working Americans express mixed views about the impact of technology on their work lives. On the one hand, they cite the benefits of increased connectivity and flexibility that the internet and all of their various gadgets afford them at work. On the other hand, many workers say these tools have added stress and new demands to their lives.
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Digital Footprints

12/16/2007 | Report  | Mary Madden Susannah Fox Aaron Smith Jessica Vitak

Internet users are becoming more aware of their digital footprint; 47% have searched for information about themselves online, up from just 22% five years ago.
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The Internet’s Growing Role in Life’s Major Moments

4/19/2006 | Report  | John Horrigan Lee Rainie

60 million Americans say that the internet helped them make big decisions or negotiate their way through major episodes in their lives.
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Email at work

12/8/2002 | Report  | Deborah Fallows

Contrary to the popular perception that American workers are buried in email, most workers find their experience with email at work very manageable, and they’re happy with the way email helps them do their jobs.
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Online Job Hunting

7/17/2002 | Memo  | Angie Boyce Lee Rainie

Fifty-two million Americans have looked online for information about jobs, and more than 4 million do so on a typical day.
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Wired Workers

9/3/2000 | Report  | Lee Rainie

Some 38 million full-time workers have Internet access at work, and though access multiplies the possibilities for goofing off, seventy-two percent of that 38 million say that Internet access at work has improved their ability to do their jobs.
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