Social Media Seen as Mostly Good for Democracy Across Many Nations, But U.S. is a Major Outlier
Most think social media has made it easier to manipulate and divide people, but they also say it informs and raises awareness.
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Most think social media has made it easier to manipulate and divide people, but they also say it informs and raises awareness.
In April 2021, we followed up with many of the same parents surveyed in March 2020 on their children’s use of technology and social media.
The share of Americans who say they watch television via cable or satellite has plunged from 76% in 2015 to 56% this year.
A median of 77% across 34 countries surveyed use the internet at least occasionally or own an internet-enabled smartphone.
Although seniors tend to lag their younger counterparts in tech adoption, more seniors than those 18-29 describe their smartphone as liberating.
No research has compared app-based surveys with polls administered via Web browsers. Our new, experimental work compares the results of these two modes.
In November 2010, 8% of online adults used the platform. As of January 2014, 19% of online adults were using Twitter.
While half of Indian internet users regularly access social media sites, such as Facebook or Twitter, only about a third of these users share views about politics on these social networks.
Twitter’s announcement on Sept. 12 that it planned to go public with an initial public offering follows seven years of growth in the user of the social media platform.
Pew Research Center’s Amanda Lenhart and Lee Rainie took questions from readers about our “Teens and Tech” report in a Facebook chat conducted March 14, 2013.
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