Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Overall, the decade-long trend in newspaper job losses continues. According to the annual American Society of Newspaper Editors survey, the number of full-time newsroom jobs in 2012 (the last year for which complete data are available) slipped to 38,000. That is the lowest number since the society began counting in 1978. In the decade from […]
A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.
The State of the News Media report uses a host of different methodologies from data aggregation to original survey work to content analysis to first-person interviews. The wealth of methods helps provide the clearest sense of what is occurring around each research question.
It has long been clear in the research community that people’s willingness to discuss political issues depends on their access to news and on the social climate for discussion. This study explores people’s willingness to share their opinions on and offline about an important political issue. The report is built on Pew Research Center survey […]
Video from the Pew Research Center’s “Generations in the Next America” event held on March 7, 2014.
A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.
One of the biggest political puzzles of 2014 is why the public remains so bearish about the economy, and in turn critical of Barack Obama’s stewardship of it, given clear signs that economic indicators are improving. An analysis by Andrew Kohut.
A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.
An influx of new investments from the tech world and philanthropy signify a pivot in the way we support journalism financially.
A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers. Politics Hillary Clinton: How she’s fared in the polls, Politico Interactive: State of the states 2014, Stateline – Pew Charitable Trusts The 2014 ballot boxes, The Economist Economics U.S. consumer spending in December highest since 2008, Gallup Waging […]
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