Despite broad concerns about cyberattacks, outages and privacy violations, most experts believe the Internet of Things will continue to expand successfully the next few years.- 24274Murphy2025-03-20
Read an interview with Director of Journalism Research Amy Mitchell, who helped author the study.- 25362Murphy2025-03-20
Most Americans say that online harassment is a major problem, and many look to a host of institutions to curtail online abuse.- 25905Murphy2025-03-20
Read a Q&A with Maeve Duggan, Pew Research Center research associate, on our survey examining online harassment in the United States.- 26265Murphy2025-03-20
Among women who have experienced any form of online harassment, 35% say they found their most recent incident to be “extremely” or “very” upsetting.- 27772Murphy2025-03-20
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.- 26992Murphy2025-03-20
Although manufacturing jobs have fallen over the past three decades, improved productivity has kept manufacturing output rising – contrary to what many Americans believe. But over the past few years, productivity growth has been sluggish at best.- 21477Murphy2025-03-20
An analysis of online searches in 2015 and 2016 opens a window into the path and timing of migrant flows from Middle East to Europe.- 28701Murphy2025-03-20
Seven-in-ten U.S. adults say it is it likely that their own phone calls and emails are being monitored by the government.- 24558Murphy2025-03-20
About one-in-four Americans who have been harassed online say an acquaintance was behind their most recent incident.- 20745Murphy2025-03-20
Although Americans expect certain positive outcomes from developments in automation, they are worried and concerned about the implications of these technologies for society as a whole.- 24904Murphy2025-03-20
Many experts say lack of trust won't hinder increased public reliance on the internet. Some expect trust to grow as tech and regulatory changes arise; others think it will worsen or maybe change entirely.- 26236Murphy2025-03-20
Many Americans say they'd benefit from help in finding trustworthy information online, and about eight-in-ten adults say public libraries can help.- 21283Murphy2025-03-20
Although Americans tend to have a positive view of technology overall, this survey finds that the continuing march of new technologies is causing them concern.- 21563Murphy2025-03-20
As of August 2017, 43% of Americans report often getting news online, just 7 points lower than the 50% who often get news on television.- 22635Murphy2025-03-20
Today, 67% of U.S. adults get at least some news on social media. Twitter, YouTube and Snapchat serve as sources of news for more of their users, though Facebook still leads as a source of news for Americans.- 22165Murphy2025-03-20
Read 10 key findings from recent Pew Research Center reports about today’s digital news media landscape.- 21657Murphy2025-03-20
In the U.S., four-in-ten women and roughly a quarter of adults ages 65 and older say they play video games at least sometimes.- 28469Murphy2025-03-20
A global median of 75% want their news media to be unbiased when covering political issues, yet many say the news media do a poor job of reporting on political issues fairly.- 26986Murphy2025-03-20
Among the trends reshaping the U.S. workplace, more Americans see outsourcing of jobs, more immigrant workers and imports as negative rather than positive forces when it comes to their livelihoods.- 22440Murphy2025-03-20
Read key findings from an analysis that looks into the public's interest in guns as potential consumer products, rather than as a subject of general interest.
A majority of Americans say they use YouTube and Facebook, while use of Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok is especially common among adults under 30.