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short readsJan 9, 2020

70% of Americans say U.S. economic system unfairly favors the powerful

Seven-in-ten U.S. adults say the U.S. economic system unfairly favors powerful interests. Less than a third say the system is generally fair.
reportJun 13, 2019

Mobile Technology and Home Broadband 2019

Note: For the latest survey data on home broadband adoption and smartphone use, see “Mobile Technology and Home Broadband 2021” As the share of Americans who say they own a smartphone has increased dramatically over the past decade – from 35% in 2011 to 81% in 2019 – a new Pew Research Center survey finds that […]
data essaySep 5, 2019

The challenges of using machine learning to identify gender in images

This essay on the lessons we learned about deep learning systems and gender recognition is one part of a three-part examination of issues relating to machine vision technology.
short readsDec 5, 2019

People around the globe are divided in their opinions of China

Negative views of China predominate in the U.S., Canada and Western Europe. China also receives unfavorable marks from many neighbors in the Asia-Pacific region.
short readsAug 27, 2019

Most Americans say science has brought benefits to society and expect more to come

A strong majority of the American public thinks of science as having a positive effect on society, and most expect continued benefits to accrue from science in the years ahead.
short readsJul 29, 2019

Americans have become much less positive about tech companies’ impact on the U.S.

Negative views of technology companies’ impact on the country have nearly doubled since 2015, from 17% to 33%.
reportAug 22, 2019

Acknowledgments

This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Laura Silver, Senior Researcher Christine Huang, Research Assistant Kyle Taylor, Research Analyst Sara Atske, Assistant Digital Producer James Bell, Vice President, Global Strategy Peter Bell, Design Director Shawnee Cohn, Communications Manager Stefan Cornibert, Communications Manager Claudia Deane, Vice President, […]
reportNov 20, 2019

4. Obstacles to using phones

Individuals face many potential hardships when trying to access mobile technology. As discussed in previous chapters, these can range from limited access to electricity to low literacy to financial constraints or some combination of these and other factors. Given this complexity, we wanted to understand who experiences which types of problems using mobile phones and […]
short readsJan 15, 2020

Renewable energy is growing fast in the U.S., but fossil fuels still dominate

Solar and wind power use has grown rapidly in the past decade, but as of 2018 those sources accounted for under 4% of all energy used in the U.S.
reportNov 20, 2019

3. Mobile owners: What they struggle to do

In every country surveyed, a majority of people own mobile phones, and, in most countries, mobile phone ownership is nearly ubiquitous. Across the 11 countries surveyed, a median of 89% say they own phones, compared with a median of 7% who share phones and 6% who don’t own or share phones. While phone owners clearly […]

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Search results for: “technology”

Mobile Technology and Home Broadband 2019

The challenges of using machine learning to identify gender in images

People around the globe are divided in their opinions of China

Most Americans say science has brought benefits to society and expect more to come

4. Obstacles to using phones

Renewable energy is growing fast in the U.S., but fossil fuels still dominate

3. Mobile owners: What they struggle to do