TV still the top source for election results, but digital platforms rise
Nearly nine-in-ten voters who followed the 2016 returns (88%) did so on TV, while 48% used online platforms; 21% used social networks such as Twitter and Facebook.
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Nearly nine-in-ten voters who followed the 2016 returns (88%) did so on TV, while 48% used online platforms; 21% used social networks such as Twitter and Facebook.
Exposure to a range of new ideas and viewpoints that many social media users encounter can occasionally cause people to change their minds about political issues or candidates.
A Pew Research Center analysis of the most visited pages in each language in 2015 tells a story about how the various versions are used.
Hispanics are more likely than whites or blacks to categorize themselves as gamers.
For many Americans, one device isn’t enough.
Six-in-ten app downloaders have chosen not to install an app when they discovered how much personal information the app required in order to use it.
Thanks to texting and social media, teens today have many more ways to reach out to a crush than in the analog days of using the family telephone and passing notes in the hallways.
Some 73% of online men use social media, on par with the 80% of online women who say they do so. But there are still some gender differences on specific platforms.
Overall, 16% of registered voters follow candidates for office, political parties, or elected officials on a social networking site.
Our latest report focuses on how teens develop and sustain friendships in the digital age, including where they meet, communicate and spend time with friends.
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