Pew Research Center
Americans 60 and older are spending more time in front of their screens than a decade ago
The amount of time that Americans ages 60 and older spend on their TVs, computers, tablets or other electronic devices has risen almost half an hour per day over the past decade, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data, even as screen time among younger people has more or less held steady. Those 60 and older – a group increasingly populated by aging Baby Boomers – now spend more than half of their daily leisure time, four hours and 16 minutes, in front of screens, mostly watching TV or videos.
Mobile Technology and Home Broadband 2019
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 the way many people choose to go online is markedly different than in previous years. Some highlights:
Many Americans Say Made-Up News Is a Critical Problem That Needs To Be Fixed
Many Americans say the creation and spread of made-up news and information is causing significant harm to the nation and needs to be stopped. Indeed, more Americans view made-up news as a very big problem for the country than identify terrorism, illegal immigration, racism and sexism that way.
Digital gap between rural and nonrural America persists
Rural Americans have made large gains in adopting digital technology over the past decade, but they generally remain less likely than urban or suburban adults to have home broadband or own a smartphone.
Men Appear Twice as Often as Women in News Photos on Facebook (Pew Research Center)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 05/23/2019 - 12:06Publics in Emerging Economies Worry Social Media Sow Division, Even as They Offer New Chances for Political Engagement (Pew Research Center)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 05/13/2019 - 12:10It’s more common for white, older, more-educated Americans to have spoken with local journalists (Pew Research Center)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 05/10/2019 - 11:10Share of US adults using social media, including Facebook, is mostly unchanged since 2018 (Pew Research Center)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 05/09/2019 - 12:51Digital divide persists even as lower-income Americans make gains in tech adoption
Even as many aspects of the digital divide have narrowed over time, the digital lives of lower- and higher-income Americans remain markedly different.