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reportMar 13, 2014

People In Many Countries Think Belief In God Essential To A Moral Life
reportMar 13, 2014

Pew Research: More than two-thirds of Americans are actively engaged with public libraries

A wide-ranging look at Americans’ lives examines the way people use books, technology, and public libraries as part of the social and information landscape in the digital age
reportMar 13, 2014

Godless: 85% of French say faith in God not necessary for morals
short readsMar 13, 2014

Controversy over new Israeli law highlights growing ultra-Orthodox population

Ultra-Orthodox Jews have been at the center of a controversy in Israel over whether they should be subject to the draft. Their counterparts in the U.S. tend to be more insular than other Jews.
reportMar 13, 2014

Worldwide, Many See Belief in God as Essential to Morality
reportMar 13, 2014

From Distant Admirers to Library Lovers–and beyond

A new typology of Americans’ public engagement with public libraries, which sheds light on broader issues around the relationship between technology, libraries, and information resources in the United States.
short readsMar 13, 2014

Data Feed: Online news engagement, rebounding retail sales, firmer Obamacare support

A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.
reportMar 13, 2014

Social, Search and Direct

Direct visitors to 26 top news sites—those who type in the news outlet’s URL or have the address bookmarked—are far more engaged with that news than users who arrive from Facebook or a search engine, according to a new analysis of online traffic data.
reportMar 12, 2014

India’s Upstart Party Preaches Anticorruption
short readsMar 12, 2014

What would you name today’s youngest generation of Americans?

Generations typically span about 20 years, so the oldest Millennials, now 33, may not have much in common with today’s very youngest Americans.