A majority of Americans think children should be required to get vaccinated. Young adults more likely to say vaccinating kids should be a parental choice.- 27044Murphy2025-03-20
Nearly two-thirds of U.S. adults own a smartphone, up from 35% in 2011. Our new report analyzes smartphone ownership and owners' attitudes and behaviors.- 23355Murphy2025-03-20
Pew Research Center's new report examines the local news environment in three U.S. metropolitan areas of different population size and demographic makeup.- 22539Murphy2025-03-20
To arrive at the results regarding the tone or frame of discussion on social media, and specifically Twitter, Pew Research often uses computer coding- 29648Murphy2025-03-20
No research has compared app-based surveys with polls administered via Web browsers. Our new, experimental work compares the results of these two modes.- 29100Murphy2025-03-20
As more people around the world gain access to all the tools of the digital age, the internet will play a greater role in everyday life. And so far, people in emerging and developing nations say that the increasing use of the internet has been a good infl- 26605Murphy2025-03-20
On social media, hashtags have long been used as a shorthand way of organizing a conversation around an event or topic. One widely used hashtag over the- 28585Murphy2025-03-20
Our new report looks at how people perceive the internet’s impact on their lives, how many people access it and who they are, and what people do online.- 20820Murphy2025-03-20
Different demographic groups think differently about scientific issues. For example, those more likely to think genetically modified food is unsafe include women, African-Americans and Hispanics, and those without college degrees. Those more likely to say- 26443Murphy2025-03-20
In our survey of thousands of people across 32 emerging and developing nations, we found some notable data points that might have been lost in the fray.- 21546Murphy2025-03-20
Today, 60% of parents have checked their teenagers' profile on a social networking site.- 28700Murphy2025-03-20
And more think keeping up with local news has gotten easier than harder, according to our analysis of the media landscape in three U.S. cities.- 23642Murphy2025-03-20
Americans are turning to their mobile devices to help them get from one place to another; navigation while driving is especially popular.- 20335Murphy2025-03-20
President Obama's recent interviews with Buzzfeed and Vox, and his embrace of online news and social media more generally, stands in a long tradition of presidents employing novel communications technologies to speak to Americans directly.- 24100Murphy2025-03-20
Here's a rundown of what worked and what didn't in using Twitter for our research of three local news ecosystems.- 23034Murphy2025-03-20
54% of Americans say it would be difficult to find the tools and strategies that would enhance their privacy online and when using cellphones, according to a Pew Research Center report.- 27956Murphy2025-03-20
In a recent Pew Research survey, more respondents said communication skills were most important for children to have, followed by reading, math, teamwork, writing and logic. Science fell somewhere in the middle.- 29328Murphy2025-03-20
We wanted to analyze the role Facebook played as a means for people to hear about, discuss and share local news. But getting the data we needed wasn't easy.- 23514Murphy2025-03-20
Lee Rainie discusses the rise of the internet of things and how all the data it creates will enrich the picture we have about what is happening in communities and media.- 28541Murphy2025-03-20
In a few short years, the proliferation of mobile phone networks has transformed communications in sub-Saharan Africa. It has also allowed Africans to skip the landline stage of development and jump right to the digital age.- 24378Murphy2025-03-20
Algorithms can save lives, make things easier and conquer chaos. But experts worry about governmental and corporate control of the data, and how algorithms can produce biased results and worsen digital divides.
Majorities of Americans see at least some risk from food produced using hormones, antibiotics, pesticides or artificial ingredients; half the public says that foods with genetically modified ingredients are worse for one's health than foods without.
