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Most X users say their recent experiences using the platform have been mostly positive or neutral.

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The share of news influencers in our sample with a Bluesky account roughly doubled in the four months after Election Day 2024, from 21% beforehand to 43% by March.

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A TikTok user records a video outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 17, 2025. (Kent Nishimura/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

The share of Americans who perceive TikTok as a national security threat has also dipped – from 59% in 2023 to 49% now.

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reportJul 15, 2010

Well Known: Twitter; Little Known: John Roberts

Overview An overwhelming proportion of Americans are familiar with Twitter, the online information-sharing network. Perhaps more surprisingly, a large majority also knows that children who are born to illegal immigrants in the United States are automatically U.S. citizens. Yet the public continues to struggle in identifying political figures, foreign leaders and even knowing facts about […]
reportJul 13, 2010

Mobile, Social Health at the National Library of Medicine

Speaking to the senior staff of the National Library of Medicine last week was like going before the best kind of murder board. Our jumping-off point was the Pew Internet Project’s latest research on internet penetration, mobile use, and the socia…
reportJul 9, 2010

Millennials will make online sharing in networks a lifelong habit

Tech experts generally believe that today’s tech-savvy young people will retain their willingness to share personal information online even as they get older and take on more responsibilities.
reportJul 2, 2010

The future of social relations

Most experts surveyed in the latest Pew Internet/Elon University study say social benefits of Internet use far outweigh negatives; some say it robs time, exposes private information, engenders intolerance.
presentationJun 27, 2010

Four or More: The New Demographic

This presentation highlights new research on teens, young adults and social media use while also identifying a new leading edge group that deserves the same attention: those who own four or more internet-connected devices.
presentationJun 24, 2010

How Media Consumption Has Changed Since 2000

Consumption of news, information and entertainment has radically changed, and not just online. In this talk, Director Lee Rainie presents the latest data and trends.
reportJun 17, 2010

Patient Communities… at Walgreens?

I concluded a recent speech with a challenge: If chronically ill patients can find ways to connect and learn from each other, why can’t your organizations find ways to connect and learn from them? One executive’s positive reaction surprised even m…
presentationJun 15, 2010

Public Health: What’s Digital got to do with it? | Digital Capital Week

A panel discussion focused on digital innovation and public health. Update: Video of the event is now available.
presentationJun 15, 2010

News Consumption 2010: Portable, Participatory and Personal

This talk highlights how today’s changing information ecology, specifically the increasing use of social media and mobile technologies, has altered the way consumers access and interact with news and information.
presentationJun 10, 2010

“How do [they] even do that?” A Pew Internet guide to teens, young adults, mobile phones and social media

This talk confirms, complicates or debunks common wisdom around teens and young adults and their use and attitudes towards technologies. Amanda looks at how teens and young adults use mobile phones and social networks, and charts their changing re…

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Republicans and Democrats on X differ over the site’s politics and their experiences

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Fewer Americans now support TikTok ban, see the platform as a national security threat than in spring 2023

Well Known: Twitter; Little Known: John Roberts

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