http://www.pewinternet.org/ The Pew Internet and American Life Project aims to be an authoritative source for timely information on the Internet's growth and societal impact, through research that is scrupulously impartial. en-us webmaster@pewinternet.org http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/254/presentation_display.asp In this presentation, Amanda discusses the Teens, Video Games and Civics report in-depth. She covers the basic demographics of teen gamers and the game-playing habits of American youth, as well as the social nature of game play and the relationship between game play and a teen's engagement in the civic, political and social life of his or her community.]]> Family, Friends and Community 2008-11-02 http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/253/presentation_display.asp The internet has changed people's expectations of their relationship with health professionals. One possible next step is the concept of participatory medicine.]]> Health 2008-10-27 http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/252/presentation_display.asp Follow the link below to the text of John Horrigan's keynote speech to the Progress & Freedom Foundation's Aspen Summit. The Summit's theme was "unlocking innovation" and the speech talks about what user behavior tells us about the current climate for innovation.]]> Internet Evolution 2008-08-22 http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/251/presentation_display.asp Three "thermometers" of access show the disparities among various groups when it comes to internet access, cell phone use, and broadband access at home. ]]> Demographics 2008-07-09 http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/250/presentation_display.asp This presentation covers basic internet connectivity statistics before launching into a discussion of the major online safety issues. Broken down into issues of online contact vs online content, the talk shares data on online stranger contact, sexual victimization and cyberbullying and exposure.]]> Family, Friends and Community 2008-06-30 http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/249/presentation_display.asp People say the Chinese internet is mostly an entertainment network. But looking at what happened online during the aftermath of the Sichuan earthquake reveals a Chinese internet with a depth and soul and much, much more. ]]> Major News Events 2008-06-13 http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/244/presentation_display.asp This presentation pulls together Pew Internet Project research about teenagers' online activities, their behavior on social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace, and their Web 2.0 content creation activities. It covers the threats posed by cyberbullying, and stranger contact on the internet. and suggests that a new kind of competence we call "self literacy" is useful in the digital age. ]]> Technology and Media Use 2008-06-10 http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/246/presentation_display.asp In this presentation, Mary Madden and Susannah Fox discuss the rise of participatory medicine within the context of key internet demographics and emerging online trends. ]]> Health 2008-06-10 http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/243/presentation_display.asp At the request of the Internet Safety Task Force, Amanda Lenhart presented the Pew Internet Project's most recent data on online stranger contact, cyberbullying, the steps that teens take to ensure (or not) their online privacy and the ways in which parents monitor and regulate the home computing environment.]]> Family, Friends and Community 2008-04-30 http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/241/presentation_display.asp This speech discusses the challenges and opportunities for the science community associated with more and more people turning to the internet for news and information about science.]]> Technology and Media Use 2008-04-28