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reportMay 8, 2020

Dating and Relationships in the Digital Age

From distractions to jealousy, how Americans navigate cellphones and social media in their romantic relationships.
short readsSep 9, 2019

Millennials stand out for their technology use, but older generations also embrace digital life

Millennials have often led older Americans in their adoption and use of technology. But there has also been significant growth in tech adoption in recent years among older generations.
reportNov 20, 2019

4. Obstacles to using phones

Individuals face many potential hardships when trying to access mobile technology. As discussed in previous chapters, these can range from limited access to electricity to low literacy to financial constraints or some combination of these and other factors. Given this complexity, we wanted to understand who experiences which types of problems using mobile phones and […]
reportFeb 18, 2020

1. Answers that did not match the question were concentrated in opt-in polls

By their very nature, open-ended questions pose a greater cognitive challenge to respondents than closed-ended questions. As a result, answers to them also offer a more sensitive indicator of whether a respondent is sincere or not. This study included six open-ended questions: How would you say you are feeling today? When you were growing up, […]
reportFeb 21, 2020

5. Tech will have mixed effects that are not possible to guess now

When asked about how people’s uses of technology will affect core aspects of democracy in the next decade about 18% of the experts responding to this canvassing said they will not affect much change in core aspects of democracy and democratic representation. Fred Baker, board member of the Internet Systems Consortium and longtime leader in […]
reportAug 22, 2019

In Emerging Economies, Smartphone and Social Media Users Have Broader Social Networks

Smartphone users in emerging economies – especially those who use social media – tend to be more exposed to people with different backgrounds and more connected with friends they don’t see in person.
reportAug 22, 2019

Appendix B: About the focus groups

In each country, the groups were structured according to the following criteria: Group 1, “basic phone” – all participants either owned or shared a basic phone that could not connect to the internet and were 36 years old or older; Group 2, “younger, smartphone” – all participants owned or shared a smartphone and were under […]
short readsSep 3, 2019

Why survey estimates of the number of Americans online don’t always agree

How many U.S. adults use the internet? There are a lot of sources with answers to this question. Yet these different sources can be tricky to reconcile.
short readsDec 30, 2019

Our favorite Pew Research Center data visualizations of 2019

Our graphics team creates hundreds of charts, maps and other data visualizations every year. Here are some of our favorite graphics of 2019.
short readsAug 23, 2019

Most U.S. teens who use cellphones do it to pass time, connect with others, learn new things

Most cellphone-using teens say their phone is a way to pass time. Similarly large shares use their phone to connect with others or learn new things.

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