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reportJun 19, 2012

Chapter 7: Religious Affiliation, Beliefs and Practices

[84. numoffset=”84″ This chapter is an adaptation of the overview of a larger report by the Pew Forum: “Asian Americans: A Mosaic of Faiths,” available at https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/Asian-Americans-A-Mosaic-of-Faiths.aspx.]This chapter is an adaptation of the overview of a larger report by the Pew Forum: “Asian Americans: A Mosaic of Faiths,” available at https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/Asian-Americans-A-Mosaic-of-Faiths.aspx. As their numbers rise, […]
reportJan 30, 2012

The rise of in-store mobile commerce

During the holiday season, 25% of cell owners used their phone inside stores to gather price comparisons; 24% used them to look up online reviews.
reportFeb 3, 2012

References

Hampton, K.N., L.S. Goulet, L. Rainie, and K. Purcell, Social Networking Sites and Our Lives: How People’s Trust, Personal Relationships, and Civic and Political Involvement are Connected to Their Use of Social Networking Sites and Other Technologies. 2011, Pew Research: Washington, D.C. Available from: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2011/Technology-and-social-networks.aspx. Barabasi, A.L., Linked: The New Science of Networks. 2002, Cambridge, […]
reportAug 22, 2012

Chapter 7: Income and Wealth, by Income Tier

Overview This chapter examines trends in the well-being of lower-, middle- and upper-income groups through the prisms of income and wealth.[38. numoffset=”38″ The trends in income in this report are based on pre-tax household income reported in the Current Population Survey. Some researchers have amended the data to account for non-cash benefits, tax transfers and […]
reportDec 23, 2011

The civic and community engagement of religiously active Americans

Those who are active in religious organizations are more involved with all kinds of civic and other organizations, devote more time to organizational activities, and think more highly of their communities and their fellow citizens.
reportJun 19, 2012

Chapter 6: Political and Civic Life

More so than the general public, Asian Americans prefer an activist government, approve of President Obama’s job performance, are satisfied with the direction of the country and identify with the Democratic rather than the Republican Party. However, their political views are similar to those of the general public on two high-profile social issues—homosexuality and abortion. […]
reportMay 10, 2012

Bloggers Discuss Barack Obama’s Dating Life

An article that focused largely on the president’s relationships with some old girlfriends inspired bloggers to weigh in on both Obama and the article last week. On YouTube, protests in Malaysia calling for fair elections dominated the week’s most popular news videos.
reportMar 12, 2012

Main findings

Social networking sites and politics Social networking sites have become places where political conversation, debate, and proselytizing occur, especially during campaign seasons. These new arenas of political discussion have drawn attention among political activists and have been a major focus of activity particularly since the campaign of Barack Obama aggressively embraced them in the 2008 […]
reportFeb 3, 2012

Why most Facebook users get more than they give

The effect of Facebook ‘power users’ on everybody else
reportApr 4, 2012

The rise of e-reading

21% of Americans have read an e-book. The increasing availability of e-content is prompting some to read more than in the past and to prefer buying books to borrowing them.