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short readsFeb 13, 2019

7 things we’ve learned about computer algorithms

Pew Research Center released several reports in 2018 that explored the role and meaning of algorithms in people’s lives today.
reportJan 16, 2019

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Facebook user survey The analysis in this report is based on a nationally representative survey conducted from Sept. 4 to Oct. 1, 2018, among a sample of 963 U.S. adults ages 18 years and older who have a Facebook account. The margin of error for the full sample is plus or minus 3.4 percentage points. […]
reportMay 9, 2019

Share of U.S. adults using social media, including Facebook, is mostly unchanged since 2018

The share of U.S. adults who say they use certain online platforms or apps is statistically unchanged from where it stood in early 2018 despite a long stretch of controversies over privacy, fake news and censorship on social media.
reportMay 13, 2019

2. More people are comfortable discussing politics in person than on their phones or via social media

Some people in the 11 countries surveyed stand out for their comfort discussing politics in a variety of venues – whether face-to-face, via mobile phone or on social media. In general, those who identify with a political party, younger people and those with higher levels of education tend to be more comfortable discussing political news […]
reportOct 28, 2019

About this canvassing of experts

The expert predictions reported here about the impact of the internet over the next 50 years came in response to questions asked by Pew Research Center and Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center in an online canvassing conducted between July 4, 2018, and Aug. 6, 2018. This is the 10th Future of the Internet study […]
reportMar 7, 2019

Mobile Connectivity in Emerging Economies

Access to mobile phones and social media is common across emerging economies. People around the world see certain benefits from these technologies, yet there are also concerns about their impact on children.
short readsMay 10, 2019

It’s more common for white, older, more-educated Americans to have spoken with local journalists

Overall, about two-in-ten Americans say they have ever spoken with or been interviewed by a local journalist.
data essaySep 5, 2019

The challenges of using machine learning to identify gender in images

This essay on the lessons we learned about deep learning systems and gender recognition is one part of a three-part examination of issues relating to machine vision technology.
reportFeb 5, 2019

2. In emerging economies, smartphone adoption has grown more quickly among younger generations

As smartphone ownership has increased in both advanced and emerging economies, the growth has often been uneven. Age, gender, education levels and income all contribute to who owns a smartphone – though, often, age is the key factor associated with ownership. In advanced and emerging economies alike, younger people are much more digitally connected than […]
reportFeb 5, 2019

Appendix D: Defining internet users

Previous Pew Research Center Global Attitudes surveys have calculated internet use based on the share of the public who either report using the internet at least occasionally or who say they own a smartphone. These individuals were the only ones who were asked whether they used social media or not. This year, however, everyone was […]

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