Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Aaron Smith is director of Data Labs at Pew Research Center. Much of his recent research focuses on the impact of technology on workforce and economic issues, Americans’ attitudes towards the sharing and gig economy, and the potential impact of advancements in workforce automation. He has also conducted studies examining the impact of the digital […]
The digital technology revolutions that have swept over the American population have affected arts organizations as well. Alongside advances in computing, broadband connectivity, and mobile phones has been the development of social media networks like Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest, photo-sharing services like Flickr and Instagram, video sites like YouTube and Vimeo, check-in apps like Foursquare, […]
Mobile Activities and “Sexting” Participation in cell phone “sexting” among adults has not changed since May 2010 For the second time in a survey of adults, we asked in our spring 2012 survey about “sexting” behavior — that is, sending, receiving, or forwarding suggestive photos or videos of oneself or another person using one’s cell […]
This research was developed to understand more fully the unique opportunities and challenges facing today’s middle and high school teachers in training students how to write and “do research” in a rapidly evolving digital environment. In particular, the study was designed to explore teachers’ assessments of students’ research and writing habits, the broad impacts of […]
Using both focus groups and a non-scientific sample of people who volunteered to participate in Pew Internet surveys, we asked library staff members from around the country about their thoughts on many of the library services discussed in this report. This section includes some of their comments on library services for parents and children, including […]