Social networking sites and politics
18% of users have shunned “friends” who have different ideas and 16% have found friends whose beliefs match their own
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
18% of users have shunned “friends” who have different ideas and 16% have found friends whose beliefs match their own
Lee Rainie was the morning keynote speaker at the Society for Scholarly Publishing’s conference on May 31, discussing how people use technology to gather, share, and create information.
Lee Rainie will discuss the Project’s latest findings about how people use the internet, smartphones, and social media tools to get news, share news, and create news.
85% of the adults who use social media report that people are usually kind on the sites. At the same time, 49% have witnessed mean and offensive behavior and they usually respond by ignoring it.
Director Lee Rainie will present findings on digital differences and money at the NYSE CFSI Financial Literacy Week Event
The new normal in the age of social media
Director Lee Rainie presented to physicians, administrators, and staff at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California on January 12 on understanding social networking and online health information seeking.
Experts expect more-efficient collaborative environments and new grading schemes; they worry about massive online courses, the shift away from on-campus life
Even though online Americans are more satisfied than ever with the performance of search engines, strong majorities have negative views of personalized search results and targeted ads
While many see promise in the future of data analysis, some fear that work with gigantic stores of information could lead to privacy abuses and mistaken forecasts
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