Majorities of adults say they would be open to participating in some parts of the process of identifying and isolating coronavirus victims, but others are reluctant to engage fully with public health authorities.- 23169Murphy2025-03-20
Some of Americans’ pandemic adaptations have relied on technology, including adults working from home and students learning online.- 21014Murphy2025-03-20
More than eight-in-ten U.S. adults say they get news from a smartphone, computer or tablet “often” or “sometimes.”- 21385Murphy2025-03-20
About half of U.S. adults say they get news from social media “often” or “sometimes,” and this use is spread out across a number of different sites. Facebook stands out as a regular source of news for about a third of Americans.- 25770Murphy2025-03-20
In preelection tweets about the U.S., lawmakers abroad focused on how the election will affect bilateral ties and trade.- 28493Murphy2025-03-20
Americans inhabited different information environments, with wide gaps in how they viewed the election and COVID-19.- 27548Murphy2025-03-20
Roughly four-in-ten Americans have experienced online harassment, with half of this group citing politics as the reason they think they were targeted. Growing shares face more severe online abuse such as sexual harassment or stalking- 26754Murphy2025-03-20
The share of Americans who say they watch television via cable or satellite has plunged from 76% in 2015 to 56% this year.- 24946Murphy2025-03-20
Social media activity by members of Congress changed in notable ways following the rioting at the Capitol by supporters of President Trump.- 27688Murphy2025-03-20
The share of U.S. adults who now report that they go online “almost constantly” has risen to 31%, up from 21% in 2015.- 26484Murphy2025-03-20
Today, 25% of adults ages 65 and older report never going online, compared with much smaller shares of adults under the age of 65.- 26369Murphy2025-03-20
43% of those who report experiencing harassing behavior online say that they consider their most recent experience to be “online harassment.”- 27414Murphy2025-03-20
Democrats are about 10 percentage points or more likely than Republicans to say they ever use Instagram, Twitter, WhatsApp, LinkedIn or Reddit.- 22437Murphy2025-03-20
Voting members of the 116th Congress collectively produced more than 2.2 million tweets and Facebook posts in 2019 and 2020.- 22567Murphy2025-03-20
A majority of Americans say they use YouTube and Facebook, while use of Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok is especially common among adults under 30.- 24329Murphy2025-03-20
About one-fifth of those Americans who have experienced online harassment say they believe they were targeted because of their religion.- 23542Murphy2025-03-20
Only 9% of adult social media users say they often post or share things about political or social issues on social media.- 28463Murphy2025-03-20
Three-quarters of U.S. adults who have recently faced some kind of online harassment say it happened on social media.- 27717Murphy2025-03-20
Some 49% of U.S. adults say Donald Trump’s accounts should be permanently banned from social media, while half say they should not be.- 23160Murphy2025-03-20
A plurality of experts think sweeping societal change will make life worse for most people. Still, a portion believe things will be better in a ‘tele-everything’ world.- 28066Murphy2025-03-20
Algorithms can save lives, make things easier and conquer chaos. But experts worry about governmental and corporate control of the data, and how algorithms can produce biased results and worsen digital divides.
Majorities of Americans see at least some risk from food produced using hormones, antibiotics, pesticides or artificial ingredients; half the public says that foods with genetically modified ingredients are worse for one's health than foods without.
