The Internet and Religion: The Great Disruption
How Americans use digital technology and their implications for religious institutions.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Read our research on:
Fact Sheets: Tech Adoption Trends
-
-
short reads
Plurality of Americans support current level of defense spending
A plurality of Americans say defense spending should be kept at current levels.
-
short reads
Just 28% of Republicans believe GOP advocates its principles well
A minority of Republicans believe that their party is doing a good job in standing up for its traditional positions of smaller government, tax-cutting and conservative social values.
-
short reads
Data Feed: Marijuana gains in Ohio, Maryland; more jobs for law-school grads; women’s commuting patterns
A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.
-
report
Pakistan Mustn’t Surrender
-
short reads
More hate crimes motivated by victims’ ethnicity
In about half of the cases of reported hate crimes, victims believed their ethnic background motivated the offender.
-
short reads
Chart of the Week: How metro areas drive the U.S. economy
A handful of metropolitan areas generate the bulk of U.S. economic activity.
-
short reads
Data Feed: Clinton’s public image, consumer spending and education, cat bites and depression
A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.
-
short reads
Q/A: How Pew Research mapped the conversations on Twitter
A conversation with Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Research Internet Project, about the project’s new report on mapping Twitter conversations.
-
short reads
Behind Facebook’s WhatsApp purchase: A global appetite for texting
A median of 78% of mobile phone owners in emerging countries used their devices for texting.