Pew Research Center
Among US Latinos, the internet now rivals television as a source for news
On a typical weekday, three-quarters of US Latinos get their news from internet sources, nearly equal to the share who do so from television. For years, TV was the most commonly used platform for news among U.S. Hispanics. In recent years, however, the share getting their news from TV has declined, from 92% in 2006 to 79% in 2016. Meanwhile, 74% of Hispanics said in 2016 that they used the internet – including social media or smartphone apps – as a source of news on a typical weekday, up from 37% in 2006.
Fewer Americans rely on TV news; what type they watch varies by who they are
Americans are relying less on television for their news. Just 50% of US adults now get news regularly from television, down from 57% a year prior in early 2016. But that audience drain varies across the three television sectors: local, network and cable. Local TV has experienced the greatest decline but still garners the largest audience of the three, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis.
Crossing the Line: What Counts as Online Harassment?
In an effort to examine more deeply where people “draw the line” when it comes to online harassment, the Pew Research Center conducted a survey in which respondents were presented with fictional scenarios depicting different types of escalating online interactions. The survey then asked them to indicate which specific elements of the story they considered to be harassment. Their answers indicate that Americans broadly agree that certain behaviors are beyond the pale.
Key trends shaping technology in 2017 (Pew Research Center)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 12/29/2017 - 12:1017 striking findings from 2017 including: D's and R's disagree now more than ever on the news media’s “watchdog” role (Pew Research Center)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 12/27/2017 - 12:33Sharing the News in a Polarized Congress
Political divides in the American news landscape do not end with Americans’ preferences for different news sources; rather, they extend to how members of the U.S. Congress communicate with constituents in the digital age. Between January 2015 and July 2017, nearly half (48%) of the links to national news outlets that members of Congress shared on Facebook were to outlets predominantly linked to by members of just one party, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis.
Pew Research: Nearly half of Americans use digital voice assistants, mostly on their smartphones (Pew Research Center)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 12/12/2017 - 11:50First-time internet users: Who they are and what they do when they get online
Decades after internet access became widely available, Pew Research Center surveys show that about a tenth of American adults (12%) remain offline. But what happens when some of them take the plunge and connect?
Fight for the Future, Pew Spar Over FCC Net Neutrality Docket Analysis
Fight for the Future (FFTF) called out Pew Research over mistakes and what it said were out of context characterizations and mischaracterizations in Pew's analysis of the Federal Communications Commission's network neutrality docket.