Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
About About the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project is one of seven projects that make up the Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan, nonprofit “fact tank” that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. The Project produces reports […]
The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project is an initiative of the Pew Research Center, a nonprofit “fact tank” that provides information on the issues, attitudes, and trends shaping America and the world. The Pew Internet Project explores the impact of the internet on children, families, communities, the work place, schools, health care […]
Texting volume is up while the frequency of voice calling is down. About one in four teens say they own smartphones.
Game mechanics like rewards and feedback loops are gaining ground in digital life and many experts think they will spread widely to key domains like education and health by 2020. Others worry about a darker side.
21% of adults have read an e-book in the past year; Those who own e-book reading devices read more books and prefer to buy books rather than borrow them
Technology use and gadget ownership The changing reading habits chronicled in our recent reports are intrinsically tied to the new formats and devices on which people read. In our late 2011 national survey, we found that younger Americans have high levels of ownership of mobile devices like cell phones and laptops, especially compared with adults ages 65 […]
The project would like to thank its research partners, Cable in the Classroom and the Family Online Safety Institute for their generous support of this project. About the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project is one of seven projects that make up the Pew […]
Scott Keeter is director of survey research of the Pew Research Center. In this role he serves as the chief survey methodologist for the center, providing guidance to all of the Pew Research Center’s projects.
Compared with the general public, fewer Asian Americans say religion is very important in their lives, while more say religion is either not too important or not at all important to them. There are, however, big differences among Asian-American religious groups on this measure. When it comes to views on the importance of religion, one […]