Short Reads

Four-in-ten Americans who get news from social media say inaccuracy is the thing they dislike most about it – an increase of 9 percentage points since 2018.

We asked researchers how they used the newest generation of large language models to analyze roughly 24,000 podcast episodes.

In most countries surveyed, around nine-in-ten or more adults are online. In South Korea, 99% of adults use the internet.

More than half of Americans (53%) say America’s sport is football – about twice the share who say it’s baseball (27%).

Around seven-in-ten U.S. adults (68%) say they ever use Facebook, a share that has remained relatively flat since 2016.

More than half of U.S. adults (56%) said that widespread use of brain chips to enhance cognitive function would be a bad idea for society.

Black adults in upper-income families are about twice as likely as those in lower-income families to say they are extremely or very happy.

Seven-in-ten Americans say elected officials should avoid heated or aggressive language because it could encourage some people to take violent action.

With our shift to using NPORS for studying topics like the digital divide, Americans can now respond by mail or online. This change in approach sets us up to continue studying tech adoption long into the future.

Nearly a month into the new year, most people who made New Year’s resolutions have stuck with them, although 13% say they have not kept any of them.