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reportSep 20, 2012

Appendix 1: Methodology

This is the third time the Pew Forum has measured restrictions on religion around the globe.8 This report, which includes data through the year ending in mid-2010, follows the same methodology as the Pew Forum’s December 2009 report, “Global Restrictions on Religion,” and its August 2011 report, “Rising Restrictions on Religion,” with one major difference: […]
reportMar 18, 2012

Mobile Devices and News Consumption: Some Good Signs for Journalism

The migration of audiences toward digital news advanced to a new level in 2011 and early 2012, the era of mobile and multidigital devices. More than three-quarters of U.S. adults own laptop or desktop computers, a number that has been stable for some years.1 Now, in addition, 44% of adults own a smartphone, and the number of tablet owners grew by about 50% since the summer of 2011, to 18% of Americans over age 18.
reportDec 20, 2011

Social networking booming in Egypt, Russia, survey finds
reportAug 23, 2012

The Master Narratives by Sector

The way the candidates’ character and biography are portrayed was largely consistent across different media sectors, but there were some striking exceptions-and those came from cable news and radio talk. To a great extent, moreover, these ideological media are playing offense rather than defense-that is, spending considerably more time attacking the candidate they oppose than […]
presentationJan 12, 2012

The Rise of the e-Patient

Director Lee Rainie presented to physicians, administrators, and staff at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California on January 12 on understanding social networking and online health information seeking.
short readsNov 11, 2011

Teens and Social Networks

More than nine-in-ten teens (93%) who use social media have an account on Facebook, making it the dominant social media site in this age demographic.
reportDec 20, 2011

Global Digital Communication: Texting, Social Networking Popular Worldwide

Cell phones are owned by large majorities of people in major countries around the world, and they are used for much more than just phone calls. In particular, texting is widespread in both wealthy nations and the developing world. Social networking is also popular in many nations around the globe.
reportFeb 3, 2012

Why most Facebook users get more than they give

The effect of Facebook “power users” on everybody else
reportFeb 16, 2012

Health, Technology, and Communities of Color

As mobile, social tools spread throughout the population, people are connecting with each other. Why not harness those tools for health?
reportFeb 2, 2012

The Facebook Fascination on Social Media

With Facebook’s IPO filing, this special edition of the New Media Index examines the conversation about the company among bloggers and tweeters during the past three years.