How Do Americans Engage With News Online?
Most Americans chat privately about news online, but only about a quarter post publicly.
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What Do Health and Wellness Influencers Post About?
Just over half of health and wellness content on social media focuses on healthy living, while about a third discusses medical topics. And 38% of posts have a product or service promotion.
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Why Americans Identify as Republicans and Democrats – and Why They Don’t
Many don’t consider themselves Republicans or Democrats. Instead, they’re independents or something else – though they often “lean” toward a major party.
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What Do Australians Think About Social Media Restrictions for Kids?
About eight-in-ten Australian adults support restricting access to social media for kids. This includes 51% who strongly support it.
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Across the Globe, People Increasingly Say Social Media Is Harming Democracy
Most think social media leads to manipulation and division, but they also say it informs people and gives them a voice in politics.
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From cash to credit, how Americans’ payment methods have changed in the past decade
Since 2015, the share of Americans who say they use cash for all or almost all of their purchases in a typical week has fallen by half, from 24% to 12%.
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Can AI Stand In for Human Survey-Takers? Not Really
Synthetic surveys using digital twins do a poor job estimating the public mood and are especially error-prone for some subgroups, including Republicans and Black adults.
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How urban, suburban and rural Americans engage in society
Urban, suburban and rural Americans engage in public life at similar rates but differ in some of the specific activities they do.
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How Pew Research Center is – and is not – using AI in our work
In this post, we’ll share our current guidelines for the internal use of artificial intelligence and potential areas of experimentation.
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Americans’ views of China have warmed in recent years
Americans’ feelings toward China have warmed since 2021, though views remain mostly cold, with sharp partisan and generational divides.
