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reportMay 13, 2012

U.S.-China Security Perceptions Project 2012 General Public Survey Data

U.S. General Public Survey Conducted April 30 – May 13, 2012
reportMay 12, 2012

Facebook: A Profile of its ’Friends’

For years, the Pew Internet & American Life Project has been polling people who use social media, asking how they use it and what they get out of it. The results paint an interesting picture of what kind of people use sites such as Facebook, who they are connected to and how they manage their privacy.
reportMay 11, 2012

Three-quarters of smartphone owners use location-based services

74% of smartphone owners use their phone to get real-time location-based information, and 18% use a geosocial service to “check in” to certain locations or share their location with friends
reportMay 11, 2012

Three-quarters of smartphone owners use location-based services

74% of smartphone owners use their phone to get real-time location-based information, and 18% use a geosocial service to “check in” to certain locations or share their location with friends.
reportMay 10, 2012

Egyptians choose Saudi Arabia over Turkey as model: poll
reportMay 10, 2012

Egypt to air first televised presidential debate
reportMay 10, 2012

Bloggers Discuss Barack Obama’s Dating Life

An article that focused largely on the president’s relationships with some old girlfriends inspired bloggers to weigh in on both Obama and the article last week. On YouTube, protests in Malaysia calling for fair elections dominated the week’s most popular news videos.
presentationMay 10, 2012

Learning in the digital age

Lee Rainie will give the keynote presentation titled “Learning in the Digital Age: Where Libraries Fit In” at the 21st Annual Minitex ILL Conference in Minnesota.
reportMay 9, 2012

Public Attention Focused on U.S. Economy

Overview Americans followed news about the nation’s economy more closely than any other news last week amid new signs the pace of the recovery has slowed. A quarter of the public (25%) says their top story was reports about the condition of the U.S. economy, while 18% say they followed news about the 2012 presidential […]
short readsMay 9, 2012

Strong Support for Gay Marriage Now Matches Strong Opposition

For the first time in Pew Research Center surveys, there is as much strong support as strong opposition to gay marriage, with 22% of the public coming down on each side.