Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
When asked whether social media is a good or bad thing for democracy in their country, a median of 57% across 19 countries say that it is a good thing. In almost every country, close to half or more say this, with the sentiment most common in Singapore, where roughly three-quarters believe social media is […]
This survey was conducted among 1,127 adults between March 15 and March 29, 2021, by the Social Research Centre using Life in Australia™, a nationally representative mixed-mode panel of randomly recruited and selected Australians. Panelists participated via self-administered web surveys (95.7% of respondents) as well as via interviewer-administered telephone surveys (4.3% of respondents). The margin […]
Given the challenges of survey research detailed above, it is worth considering other approaches to measuring news consumption – especially when it comes to getting news online. One possibility is so-called “passive” data, in which respondents’ online activity is recorded automatically by a computer tracker. Several vendors now offer these types of panels: They recruit […]
In addition to understanding the experiences and attitudes of gig workers, this survey also examines the consumer side of using online platforms to do things like ordering food or requesting rides. Beyond personal usage, Americans also weigh in on ride-hailing companies and their drivers – including whether drivers are or should be considered employees or […]
The next two sections of this report include hundreds of additional comments from experts, organized under the six most common themes in these experts’ responses. The remarks of many of the experts already quoted in the earlier pages of this report also tie into these themes. This section covers the three themes that emerged among […]
The analysis in this report is based on telephone interviews conducted Sept. 22-28, 2020, among a national sample of 1,007 adults, 18 years of age or older, living in the United States (301 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 706 were interviewed on a mobile phone, including 487 who had no landline telephone). […]
A median of 7% across the 11 countries surveyed say they do not own a phone but do use someone else’s regularly. Although there are relatively few sharers in each country, they face the challenge of relying on others for their connectivity. Many individuals who share a mobile device report struggling financially with owning and […]