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short readsSep 11, 2019

Key findings about the online news landscape in America

The share of Americans who prefer to get their news online is growing. More Americans get news on social media than from print newspapers.
reportFeb 16, 2021

Faith Among Black Americans

Today, most Black adults say they rely on prayer to help make major decisions, and view opposing racism as essential to their religious faith.
reportNov 15, 2019

1. How Americans think about privacy and the vulnerability of their personal data

For more recent findings on data privacy, read our 2023 report “How Americans View Data Privacy.” Americans have had a variety of ways of thinking about privacy over the centuries. Though the word “privacy” is not used in the Constitution, the idea that citizens are “to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against […]
reportNov 15, 2019

3. Public knowledge and experiences with data-driven ads

Today, it is possible for companies, advertisers and other organizations to take users’ personal data from a variety of sources to create detailed profiles based on someone’s likes, preferences and other characteristics. This survey finds the majority of Americans have heard or read about this concept, and those who have think all or most companies […]
reportNov 15, 2019

Americans and Privacy: Concerned, Confused and Feeling Lack of Control Over Their Personal Information

Majorities of U.S. adults believe their personal data is less secure now, that data collection poses more risks than benefits, and that it is not possible to go through daily life without being tracked.
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.
data essayOct 5, 2020

In U.S. and UK, Globalization Leaves Some Feeling ‘Left Behind’ or ‘Swept Up’

Focus groups held across the two nations reveal the degree to which Americans and Britons see common challenges to local and national identity.
reportAug 22, 2019

Appendix A: How smartphone and social media use relate to social network diversity

Regularly interacting with people of different religious views is the dichotomous dependent variable, where 1 denotes someone who frequently or occasionally interacts with people who hold different religious views than they do, and 0 means they rarely or never do so. The independent, or predictor, variables include age, gender, education level, income level and whether […]
reportOct 9, 2019

Americans and Digital Knowledge in 2019

A majority of U.S. adults can answer fewer than half the questions correctly on a digital knowledge quiz, and many struggle with certain cybersecurity and privacy questions
reportDec 12, 2019

3. Factors beyond party affiliation also connect with trust in the news media

Other factors beyond partisan dynamics are linked with Americans’ assessments of the news media – though perhaps not as dramatically. Two additional areas stand out in this analysis: trust of others overall and demographic characteristics. Americans who are more trusting of others overall extend that trust to the news media High trusters – those with […]

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Search results for: “social media”

1. How Americans think about privacy and the vulnerability of their personal data

3. Public knowledge and experiences with data-driven ads

Americans and Privacy: Concerned, Confused and Feeling Lack of Control Over Their Personal Information

In U.S. and UK, Globalization Leaves Some Feeling ‘Left Behind’ or ‘Swept Up’

Americans and Digital Knowledge in 2019

3. Factors beyond party affiliation also connect with trust in the news media