How Teens Do Research in the Digital World
A survey of Advanced Placement and National Writing Project teachers finds that teens’ research habits are changing in the digital age
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Read our research on:
Search results for: “social networking”
-
-
Section 1: Survey Comparisons and Benchmarks
For the past few decades, telephone survey researchers have faced increasing difficulty contacting Americans and getting reluctant people to cooperate. Surveyors also face the challenge of adequately covering the U.S. population at a time of growing cell phone use. More than a third of households can be reached only on a cell phone, thus making […]
-
Section 2: Views of Government Regulation
In general, more Americans say that government regulation of business is harmful than say it is necessary to protect the public. At the same time, when asked about regulations in specific areas, such as food safety and environmental protection, there is broad support for strengthening regulations or keeping current regulations as they are now rather […]
-
Cell phone ownership
Overall cell ownership steady since 2009 According to the Pew Internet Project’s 2011 teen survey, three quarters (77%) of teens have a cell phone, a figure that is similar to the 75% of teens who owned a cell phone in September 2009 and up dramatically from the 45% of teens who were cell owners in […]
-
References
Hampton, K.N., L.S. Goulet, L. Rainie, and K. Purcell, Social Networking Sites and Our Lives: How People’s Trust, Personal Relationships, and Civic and Political Involvement are Connected to Their Use of Social Networking Sites and Other Technologies. 2011, Pew Research: Washington, D.C. Available from: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2011/Technology-and-social-networks.aspx. Barabasi, A.L., Linked: The New Science of Networks. 2002, Cambridge, […]
-
Teens, Smartphones & Texting
Texting volume is up while the frequency of voice calling is down. About one in four teens say they own smartphones.
-
Section 1: Campaign Interest and News Sources
The 2012 presidential campaign is drawing significantly less interest than the 2008 campaign from Democrats and younger people. According to the Pew Research Center’s News Interest Index surveys over the course of January, 30% of Democrats have been following election news very closely, down from 42% in January 2008, during the primary contest between Barack […]
