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While newspapers have seen steep job losses from 2008 to 2020, digital-native news organizations have seen considerable gains.
Among 17 publics surveyed, those in Japan report the most negative assessment of how their country has handled the pandemic.
Explore a collection of fact sheets on key audience and economic indicators for eight sectors of the U.S. news media industry, including the Center’s latest releases on the digital news and Hispanic and Black media sectors.
Americans’ comfort levels with using gender-neutral pronouns to refer to someone have remained static since 2017.
With the economic recovery gaining momentum, unemployment among immigrants is about equal with that of U.S.-born workers.
Despite an uptick in positive views of the economy in some places, many say that children will be worse off financially than their parents.
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Pew Research Center now uses 1996 as the last birth year for Millennials in our work. President Michael Dimock explains why.
17% of the global population could be considered middle income in 2020. Most people were either low income (51%) or poor (10%).
The U.S. Black population is growing. At the same time, how Black people self-identify is changing, with increasing shares considering themselves multiracial or Hispanic.
The two primary sources of government crime statistics both paint an incomplete picture, though efforts at improvement are underway.
There is a rising number of atheists in the United States. Here are some key facts about atheists in the U.S. and around the world.
17% of the global population could be considered middle income in 2020. Most people were either low income (51%) or poor (10%).
We asked Americans: “What’s the first thing you think about when you think about China?” Here’s how they answered.
U.S. adults explain – in their own words – what they think cancel culture means.
Public trust in government remains low. Only about one-quarter of Americans say they can trust the government in Washington to do what is right u201cjust about alwaysu201d (2%) or u201cmost of the timeu201d (22%).
Publics disagree about whether restrictions on public activity, such as stay-at-home orders or mandates to wear masks in public, have gone far enough to combat COVID-19.
The challenges of a COVID-19 economy are clear for 2020 college graduates, who have experienced downturns in employment and labor force participation.
The U.S. receives relatively poor marks compared with other countries and organizations when it comes to dealing with the coronavirus outbreak.
Black and Hispanic Americans remain less likely than White adults to say they own a traditional computer or have high-speed internet at home.
About half of Americans see their identity reflected very well in the census’s race and ethnicity questions.
A record 23 million Asian Americans trace their roots to more than 20 countries in East and Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent.
The higher education pipeline suggests a long path is ahead for increasing diversity, especially in fields like computing and engineering.
Nearly two-thirds of Hindus (64%) in India say it is very important to be Hindu to be truly Indian, our survey found.
Unfavorable views of China also hover near historic highs in most of the 17 advanced economies surveyed.
Majorities across much of Western Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific region have a favorable view of the European Union.
A new survey of 16 publics finds a significant uptick in ratings for the U.S., with strong support for Joe Biden and several of his major policy initiatives. But many raise concerns about the health of America’s political system.
“Our goal is to make joining and participating in our survey panel just as appealing to rural conservatives as it is to urban progressives.”
The first video in Pew Research Center’s Methods 101 series helps explain random sampling – a concept that lies at the heart of all probability-based survey research – and why it’s important.
The second video in Pew Research Centeru0026#8217;s Methods 101 series helps explain question wording u2013 a concept at the center of sound public opinion survey research u2013 and why itu2019s important.
How does the way a poll is conducted influence the answers people give?
Our latest Methods 101 video explores some of the ways these surveys differ from traditional probability-based polls.
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Many Americans think declining trust in the government and in each other makes it harder to solve key problems. They have a wealth of ideas about whatu2019s gone wrong and how to fix it.
Majorities of Americans say the tone of political debate in the country has become more negative, less respectful, less fact-based and less substantive in recent years.
Nearly as many U.S. adults prefer to get local news online as through a TV set. And while Americans prize community connection from their local news providers, they are largely unaware of the financial challenges they face.
At a time of growing stress on democracy around the world, Americans generally agree on democratic ideals and values that are important for the United States.
Americans have broad exposure to guns, whether they personally own one or not. About seven-in-ten say they have fired a gun at some point and 42% currently live in a gun-owning household.
Americans are more worried than enthusiastic about using gene editing, brain chip implants and synthetic blood to change human capabilities
The U.S. Black population is growing. At the same time, how Black people self-identify is changing, with increasing shares considering themselves multiracial or Hispanic.
Born after 1996, the oldest Gen Zers will turn 23 this year. They are racially and ethnically diverse, progressive and pro-government, and more than 20 million will be eligible to vote in November.
Americans have broad exposure to guns, whether they personally own one or not. About seven-in-ten say they have fired a gun at some point and 42% currently live in a gun-owning household.
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 stalkingu003c/pu003e
Pope Francis made news recently by voicing his support for same-sex civil unions. The statement struck observers as a shift for the Vatican.
An estimated 870,000 Mexican migrants came to the U.S. between 2013-18, while an estimated 710,000 left the U.S. for Mexico during that time.
Republican support for allowing undocumented immigrants to remain legally in the United States has declined.
Latinos agree that the U.S. immigration system needs an overhaul; large shares say it requires major changes or needs to be completely rebuilt.u003c/pu003e
The unauthorized immigrant populationu2019s size and composition has ebbed and flowed significantly over the past 30 years. u003c/pu003e
The Biden administration is acting on a number of fronts to reverse Trump-era restrictions on immigration to the United States.
41% of U.S. adults say people should be able to sue social media companies for content that other users post on these companiesu2019 platforms.
Among U.S. social media users, 45% of Gen Z adults have interacted with content that focuses on the need for action on climate change.
Today around seven-in-ten Americans use social media to connect with one another, engage with news content, share information and entertain themselves. Explore the demographic patterns and trends shaping the social media landscape.u003c/pu003e
Around seven-in-ten U.S. adults (69%) say they ever use Facebook, a share that has not significantly changed since 2016.u003c/pu003e
Only 9% of adult social media users say they often post or share things about political or social issues on social media.u003c/pu003e
A majority of Americans say they use YouTube and Facebook, while use of Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok is especially common among adults under 30.
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