Black and Hispanic Americans remain less likely than White adults to say they own a traditional computer or have high-speed internet at home. | Continue reading
Research and data on State of the News Media (Project) from the Pew Research Center | Continue reading
Today’s active duty military is smaller and more racially and ethnically diverse than in previous generations. More women are officers. | Continue reading
A majority worries that the evolution of artificial intelligence by 2030 will continue to be primarily focused on optimizing profits and social control. Still, a portion celebrate coming AI breakthroughs that will improve life. | Continue reading
U.S. adults explain – in their own words – what they think cancel culture means. | Continue reading
In general, the regular audiences for most television and print news outlets tend to be older than the public as a whole. Yet there are some notable | Continue reading
U.S. adults explain – in their own words – what they think cancel culture means. | Continue reading
Americans say the public’s trust has been declining in both the federal government and in their fellow citizens. But most say this can be turned around. | Continue reading
In possibly the first survey of its kind, in 1983, polling firm Louis Harris & Associates asked U.S. adults if they had a personal computer at home | Continue reading
Americans with lower incomes are particularly likely to have concerns related to the digital divide and the digital “homework gap.” | Continue reading
As more states continue to legalize marijuana, 91% of U.S. adults say either that marijuana should be legal for medical and recreational use. | Continue reading
Today, 25% of adults ages 65 and older report never going online, compared with much smaller shares of adults under the age of 65. | Continue reading
68% of the public does not want Donald Trump to remain a major political figure in the future. | Continue reading
Americans turn to a wide range of media outlets for political and election news, but Fox News and CNN stand out as especially common sources. | Continue reading
Donald Trump's four-year tenure in the White House revealed extraordinary fissures in American society but left little doubt that he is a figure unlike any other in the nation’s history. | Continue reading
Social media activity by members of Congress changed in notable ways following the rioting at the Capitol by supporters of President Trump. | Continue reading
Roughly four-in-ten Americans have experienced online harassment, with half of this group citing politics as the reason they think they were targeted. Growing shares face more severe online abuse such as sexual harassment or stalking | Continue reading
As robots, automation and artificial intelligence perform more tasks and there is massive disruption of jobs, experts say a wider array of education and skills-building programs will be created to meet new demands. | Continue reading
Another significant group of these experts made the case that people will adopt products and services tied to the Internet of Things because it is their | Continue reading
About 55.7% of the U.S. voting-age population cast ballots in the 2016 presidential election, placing America behind most of its OECD peers. | Continue reading
24% of U.S. adults overall say their faith has become stronger because of the coronavirus pandemic; just 2% say their faith has become weaker. | Continue reading
Everyone knows that our genes predispose us to be tall or short, blue-eyed blonds or brown-eyed brunettes, smart or not-so-smart. Now new research finds that, to a surprisingly large degree, our genes also shape our political beliefs and orientation. | Continue reading
Just one-in-ten Americans say social media sites have a mostly positive effect on the way things are going in the U.S. today. | Continue reading
Entering the peak of the the 2020 election season, social media platforms are firmly entrenched as a venue for Americans to process campaign news and engage in various types of social activism. But not all Americans use these platforms in similar ways. | Continue reading
Across 14 advanced nations, a median of 61% say China has done a bad job in handling the coronavirus outbreak. And at least seven-in-ten in each of these countries have little or no confidence in President Xi Jinping. | Continue reading
Across 14 advanced nations, a median of 61% say China has done a bad job in handling the coronavirus outbreak. And at least seven-in-ten in each of these countries have little or no confidence in President Xi Jinping. | Continue reading
Majorities in four of the seven states that enacted strict new abortion laws in 2019 say abortion should be illegal in all or most cases. | Continue reading
The share of 18- to 29-year-olds living with their parents has become a majority since U.S. coronavirus cases began spreading early this year. | Continue reading
Assessments of national economies have seen swift downturns in many countries, and few see improvements anytime soon. | Continue reading
Public trust in the government remains near historic lows. Only 17% of Americans today say they can trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (3%) or “most of the time” (14%). | Continue reading
Republicans are far more likely than Democrats to say major tech companies favor the views of liberals over conservatives. At the same time, partisans differ on whether social media companies should flag inaccurate information on their platforms. | Continue reading
About half of U.S. adults lived in middle-income households in 2018, according to our new analysis of government data. | Continue reading
Roughly half of Americans think social media companies should be regulated more than they are now, our survey found. | Continue reading
While declining shares give police forces positive marks for their use of force, treatment of racial groups and officer accountability, there is little support for cuts in spending on local policing. | Continue reading
About 55.7% of the U.S. voting-age population cast ballots in the 2016 presidential election, placing America behind most of its OECD peers. | Continue reading
Amid the back-and-forth between Twitter and President Trump, here are facts about Americans’ attitudes toward social media companies. | Continue reading
Twitter users are younger, more likely to identify as Democrats, more highly educated and have higher incomes than U.S. adults overall. | Continue reading
About six-in-ten Americans believe social distancing measures are helping a lot to slow the spread of coronavirus in the nation. | Continue reading
The coronavirus outbreak has brought privacy and surveillance concerns to the forefront. Here's what Americans think about those issues. | Continue reading
Despite some broad federal guidelines, claimants still face a hodgepodge of different state rules governing how they can qualify for benefits. | Continue reading
Republicans are more negative than Democrats toward China, though unfavorable ratings have climbed among both parties. | Continue reading
About half the experts we canvassed predict technology will weaken democracy by 2030, while a third expect technology to strengthen it. | Continue reading
About half the experts we canvassed predict technology will weaken democracy by 2030, while a third expect technology to strengthen it. | Continue reading
The use of at-home DNA testing kits has raised concerns about whether consumers are comfortable with the use of their data by police. | Continue reading
A 56% majority of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents who use Twitter describe their political views as liberal or very liberal. | Continue reading
The ability to keep personal information from being searchable online is at the crux of the debate around the "right to be forgotten." | Continue reading
54% of U.S. teens say they spend too much time on their cellphones, and two-thirds of parents express concern over their teen's screen time. But parents face their own challenges of device-related distraction | Continue reading
Almost a quarter of U.S. children under 18 live with one parent and no other adults, more than three times the share of children around the world who do so. | Continue reading