The Future of Apps and Web
The Web Is Dead? No. Experts expect apps and the Web to converge in the cloud; but many worry that simplicity for users will come at a price.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
The Web Is Dead? No. Experts expect apps and the Web to converge in the cloud; but many worry that simplicity for users will come at a price.
In this section of the report, we discuss some of the key issues that relate to teens’ privacy practices and risks to their online safety. We present findings on certain behaviors that teens engage in that may, depending on the circumstances, serve as protective measures or have risky implications for the sanctity of their online […]
This study aims to understand the social and emotional climate that teens experience in spaces where they can interact with others online. There has been considerable concern among parents, teachers, policy makers, and advocates about the nature and intensity of online social encounters among teens. In this research, we pay particular attention to teens’ experiences […]
Overview Negative opinions about the performance of news organizations now equal or surpass all-time highs on nine of 12 core measures the Pew Research Center has been tracking since 1985. However, these bleak findings are put into some perspective by the fact that news organizations are more trusted sources of information than are many other […]
Roadblocks and Opportunities What will it take to bring this to the next level? Let’s go over the roadblocks: pockets of people who are truly offline, which mostly describes people age 70 and older or those living with chronic disease or disability people who see no reason to engage in their health, who are not […]
How Facebook Saved a Life Previous research by the Pew Internet Project identified something we call “The Mobile Difference.” When you hand someone a smartphone they are more likely to share, to create, to forward, to record and upload a video, to update their status – to participate, not just consume. And when we talk […]