Older adults and internet use
For the first time, half of American adults ages 65 and older are online.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
President Asif Ali Zardari and former Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani continue to be unpopular, while two of their political opponents garner positive reviews from the Pakistani public. Imran Khan, a former cricket star and leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party (PTI), receives favorable ratings from seven-in-ten respondents. Nawaz Sharif, another key opposition figure, is […]
About This Study Several people at the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism worked on the PEJ report “YouTube & the News: A New Kind of Visual Journalism.” Deputy Director Amy Mitchell and Senior Researcher Paul Hitlin wrote the report. Researcher Sovini Tan collected and coded the content. Monica Anderson built the graphics. […]
We were interested to know about how the rise of e-books has affected people’s library use and experiences, so we asked about ownership of library cards. Our national survey showed that 58% of Americans ages 16 and older said they had a library card. And it turns out that library card ownership bounces around by […]
The News Interest Index is a weekly survey conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press aimed at gauging the public’s interest in and reaction to major news events. The News Interest Index survey collects data from Thursday through Sunday to gauge public interest in the most covered stories of the […]
Washington, D.C. – The world’s 1.6 billion Muslims are united in their belief in God and the Prophet Muhammad and are bound together by such religious practices as fasting during the holy month of Ramadan and almsgiving to assist people in need. But they have widely differing views about many other aspects of their faith, […]
The public’s perceptions of the tone of news about the economy have changed little over the past month, but are far more negative than they were earlier this year. Currently, 55% say they have been hearing a mix of good and bad news about the economy these days, while 40% say the news has been […]
Overview For the second time in a decade, the believability ratings for major news organizations have suffered broad-based declines. In the new survey, positive believability ratings have fallen significantly for nine of 13 news organizations tested. This follows a similar downturn in positive believability ratings that occurred between 2002 and 2004. The falloff in credibility […]