The Tablet Revolution and What it Means for the Future of News
About half (53%) of tablet owners get news on their tablet every day, making it one of the most popular uses of the device.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
About half (53%) of tablet owners get news on their tablet every day, making it one of the most popular uses of the device.
Nearly half (47%) of American adults get at least some local news and information via their smartphones or tablet computers.
The rapid adoption of broadband connections (the blue lines in this chart) is one of the revolutionary changes that occurred in media and communication in the last decade. In the inaugural survey of the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project in 2000, a tiny fraction of Americans had high-speed, always-on broadband connections in […]
A majority of adults who use Facebook interact with the website at least daily.
Far more young adults are able to identify the founder of Facebook (63%) than name the speaker of the House (21%).
Among internet users, 7% of adults friended a candidate or political group on a social networking site or followed them on Twitter.
Among adults who go online, 8% use Twitter.
Among adult internet users who engaged with a political campaign on Twitter or a social networking site, more supported Republican congressional candidates than Democratic candidates.
More than half of online adults use Wikipedia — which celebrates its 10th anniversary this Saturday — to look for information.
Young adults are just as likely to check their email as their Facebook account on a typical day; older adults still favor email.
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