When the survey was in the field in early January (Jan. 4-8), there had already been 13 debates among the GOP candidates, and another two occurred while the survey was taking place. Four-in-ten (40%) Americans say they have watched one or more of these debates. By the end of 2007, Republican candidates had held a […]
Two-thirds of online adults have a profile on a social networking site, and most restrict access to friends only. Two in three online adults (63%) say they currently maintain a profile on a social networking site, up from just 20% who said they had ever created a profile in 2006.[3.numoffset=”3″ The May 2011 Survey asks: […]
The biggest religion stories of 2011 involved tensions over Islam and questions about faith in presidential politics, especially Mormonism, according to an annual review of religion in the news.
What do teens do with their phones? A majority of teens exchange texts daily with others, and half exchange texts daily specifically with their friends. Fully 63% of all teens say they exchange text messages every day with people in their lives. Just 1% of teens say they text less than once a week, and […]
On blogs, PolitiFact’s decision to call out Democrats for lying about GOP plans for Medicare led to a heated political argument. And on YouTube, viewers were fascinated by the public outpouring from North Korean citizens following the death of Kim Jong Il.
Respondents’ thoughts There was a split verdict among experts about the scope and power of the gamification trend. Some 53% of the respondents to this survey said the use of game mechanics, feedback loops, and rewards to spur interaction and boost engagement, loyalty, fun, and/or learning will continue to gain ground between now and 2020. […]
If the last seven weeks have been a period in which news coverage was generally more negative for most candidates, the conversation on blogs shows the same basic trends. There, Perry and Cain have been the subject of increasingly negative attention, and Gingrich has seen some modest gains in the number of positive statements about […]