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One-in-five Americans report sharing their religious faith on social networks like Facebook and Twitter in an average week, about the same percentage that tune in to religious talk radio, watch religious TV programs or listen to Christian rock music.
Digital technology is ubiquitous in American workplaces. Computers have colonized substantial portions of work activities from organizing the shipment of washing machines to assisting surgeons in operating rooms. There is a drumbeat of commentary about the impact digital tools has had. Some see these tools as increasing productivity and offering more flexibility for America’s workforce; […]
Americans’ lack of confidence in communications security is accompanied by low levels of trust in government and advertisers The backdrop for this lack of confidence in communications security is low levels of trust in key sectors that Americans associate with data collection and monitoring. While the surveillance practices of government agencies have been the focus […]
The advent of social media has opened up new ways for people with similar interests to find, share and talk about news – including news about politics – with friends and colleagues. Facebook is now a widely-used source for news about government and politics. Nearly half (48%) of the panelists say they accessed news about […]
A majority of Americans feel that their privacy is being challenged along such core dimensions as the security of their personal information and their ability to retain confidentiality.
Lee Rainie discusses what research is showing us about privacy strategies and statistics.
28% of registered voters use their cell phone to follow political news, and 16% follow political figures on social media.
As previous work from Pew Research has shown, most technology users feel positively connected to the services and devices that connect them to others. It is not, however, a relationship without tension. Many users sometimes feel stressed by their constant connectivity (for example when their cell phones distract or interrupt them) or vulnerable when they […]
Social media users who are interested in politics have different experiences on Facebook and Twitter, with four-in-ten Twitter users saying that at least half of the posts that they see are political, compared with about a quarter of Facebook users who say the same.
Compared with most other Jewish Americans, Orthodox Jews on average are younger, get married earlier and have bigger families. They also tend to be more religiously observant and more socially and politically conservative.
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