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Cultural organizations like theater companies, orchestras, and art museums are using the internet, social media, and mobile apps to draw in and engage audiences, provide deeper context around art, and disseminate their work beyond the stage and th...

Cultural organizations like theater companies, orchestras, and art museums are using the internet, social media, and mobile apps to draw in and engage audiences, provide deeper context, and disseminate their work beyond the stage and the gallery

Among tablet users, men are 11 percentage points more likely to say they get news on the devices than women.

About a third of all Americans have benefited from two or more entitlement programs over the course of their lives.

13% of those ages 16 and older have accessed library websites via mobile devices.

Democrats favor controlling gun ownership by 45 percentage points more than Republicans.

In 2013, downbeat domestic attitudes coupled with reticence about international engagement poses challenges for a world that still may need a strong United States.

About half of the public believes parents have a responsibility to provide financial assistance to an adult child if it’s needed.

In a survey this fall, the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project asked whether people had accessed the internet at a library in the previous 12 months. Some 26% of those ages 16 and older said they had.

23% of Americans ages 16 and older read an e-book in the past year, up from 16% the year before. The share who read a print book declined to 67%, from 72%.