Publications

short readsMar 12, 2014

How U.S. tech-sector jobs have grown, changed in 15 years

How many people work in the U.S. tech sector? A simple question with a complicated answer.
short readsMar 12, 2014

Data Feed: Two takes on Obama’s approval, 4.2 million in ACA plans, adoption rates of new technologies

A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.
reportMar 12, 2014

Will Ukraine Crisis Hasten Decline of Russia’s Global Image?

Regardless of what happens in the coming days and weeks in Ukraine, it is already apparent that the crisis has taken its toll on some key players in the court of international opinion: Russia, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Western solidarity and U.S. President Barack Obama.
reportMar 12, 2014

Let’s Sit This One Out

As Europe and the United States struggle to come up with a unified response to Russia’s military encroachment in Ukraine, one of their biggest challenges may be to convince their publics to take any strong action at all.
short readsMar 12, 2014

U.S. Catholics more hopeful than expectant of changes to church teachings

Many Catholics would like to see changes on specific church doctrines but they are less certain that those changes will happen, even under Pope Francis.
featureMar 11, 2014

World Wide Web Timeline

A timeline of the major milestones and small moments that have shaped the Web since 1989.
reportMar 11, 2014

Predicting the future on the Web’s 25th anniversary

Asked to predict how technology will change over the next decade, hundreds of experts agree that trends now underway will make the internet more important even as it becomes less visible in daily life.
short readsMar 11, 2014

The Next America on ‘The Daily Show’

Pew Research Center’s Paul Taylor appeared on “The Daily Show” Monday night to discuss his new book, The Next America: Boomers, Millennials, and the Looming Generational Showdown.
short readsMar 11, 2014

Data Feed: The U.S. and Ukraine, the big cost of small change, an ‘ambient’ internet in our future

A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.
short readsMar 11, 2014

Americans split on deportations as Latinos press Obama on issue

The White House is under pressure from Democrats and Latino leaders to ease deportations, as the number of unauthorized immigrants sent home neared 2 million under the Obama administration. Last week, National Council of La Raza President Janet Murguía called the president the “deporter-in-chief.”