Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Updated February 3, 2014 As with many social and political controversies in the United States, the battle over evolution has been largely fought in courtrooms. This has been particularly true in the last 50 years, as courts have been repeatedly asked to rule on efforts to restrict or change the way public schools teach about evolution […]
The internet and cell phones have become central components of modern family life.
This Pew Internet & American Life Project report is based on the findings of a The Networked Workers Survey. The Networked Workers Survey, sponsored by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, obtained telephone interviews with a nationally representative sample of 2,134 adults living in continental United States telephone households, including 1,000 self-identified full-time and […]
The authors of this report would like to thank Craig Wacker, Connie Yowell, and Benjamin Stokes at the MacArthur Foundation, as well as the scholars and researchers who gave us feedback on the survey instrument, the report and the research arena as a whole: Craig Anderson, Sasha Barab, Linda Burch, Lance Bennett, Brad Bushman, Rana […]
Once he takes office, President-elect Barack Obama will have to navigate a world that has grown highly critical of the United States. Since 2001, the Pew Global Attitudes Project has documented a decline in America’s international image amid widespread opposition to U.S. foreign policy.
Game playing is universal, diverse, often involves social interaction, and can cultivate teen civic engagement
Many say communications technologies are a mixed blessing as they see the boundaries between work and home life blur
Spring Tracking Survey 2008 Final Topline, 5/19/08 Data for April 8 – May 11, 2008 Princeton Survey Research Associates International for the Pew Internet & American Life Project Sample: n = 2,251 adults, age 18 and olderInterviewing dates: 04.08.08 – 05.11.08 Margin of error is plus or minus 2 percentage points for results based on total […]