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    IV. Participation in the Census

    A large majority (85%) of Hispanics say they have already sent in their 2010 Census form or definitely will do so. This expressed intention to participate among Latinos is up from the 65% who said they definitely will participate in the census in a Pew Research survey in early March and the 47% who said […]

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    The Return of the Multi-Generational Family Household

    The multi-generational American family household is staging a comeback — driven in part by the job losses and home foreclosures of recent years, but more so by demographic changes that have been gathering steam for decades.

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    News Coverage of the 2010 Census

    Stories about the 2010 Census account for a growing — albeit small — fraction of U.S. news coverage, according to statistics compiled by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism.

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    Teens and Mobile Phones

    Text messaging rises sharply among teens and is now their most frequent form of communication with friends; 72% of those ages 12-17 now are texters and the average young text user exchanges 1,500 texts per month.

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    Public Remains Focused on Health Care Reform

    Summary of Findings Americans say they tracked news about the newly enacted health care reform law more closely than other major news stories last week, though the health care debate did not dominate coverage as it had during the final votes in Congress late last month. Close to half the public (48%) followed news about […]

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    New Media, Old Media

    The stories and issues that gain traction in social media differ substantially from those that lead in the mainstream press. But they also differ greatly from each other. Across a year-long study of blogs, Twitter and YouTube, the three platforms shared the same top story just once. What are the stories and issues that dominate in theses platforms? And what media outlets tend to provide those stories? A new year-long study by report offers answers.

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    2010 Census Early Response Rate

    The Census Bureau has rolled out the first set of numbers showing the 2010 Census mail participation rate for communities, states and the nation.

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    Amid Disasters, Bloggers Look to Score Some Partisan Political Points

    The blogosphere was focused on two major news events last week, the failed bombing attempt in Times Square and the spreading oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. And in both instances, the conversation included a lot of partisan finger pointing. The oil spill was also among two of the most viewed news videos on YouTube while Twitter remained more fixated on Apple.