Publications

The 10-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon was a prominent topic on blogs, Twitter and YouTube last week. Bloggers and Tweeters also engaged in some serious speculation about the upcoming edition of the iPhone.

Senior research staff answer questions from readers relating to all the areas covered by our seven projects, ranging from polling techniques and findings, to media, technology, religious, demographic and global attitudes trends.

Overview Amid continued worries about the health of the nation’s economy and persistent unemployment, the debate in Washington over President Obama’s jobs legislation topped the public’s news interest last week. Nearly a quarter of the public (23%) says they followed the back and forth over Obama’s proposal more closely than any other news last week, […]

Survey Details: Conducted May, 2010 File Release Date: 21 Sep 2011

A plurality of Americans (43%) say one reason that the U.S. has not suffered another major attack since 9/11 is that the government has done a good job in its anti-terrorist efforts, but others (35%) say the country has been lucky.

In the last year, Spanish-language media tended to fare better overall than their mainstream English-language counterparts, and some of the biggest growth was in television. Univision led the way with 1.9 million primetime viewers, making it the fifth-largest U.S. network.

More than eight-in-ten American adults own cell phones and about three-quarters of them send and receive text messages. Text messaging users send or receive an average of 41.5 messages on a typical day.

The net worth of households in the U.S. fell sharply from 2005 to 2009, declining by 28%. But the drop in household wealth affected minorities disproportionately.

Barack Obama continues to run even with a generic Republican candidate in the 2012 general election, after holding a big lead in May. Obama is backed by 43% and the Republican by 40%. The margin of error is 3.5 points.

Senior Fellow Jim Jansen is speaking at Advance 2011: Rediscovering the consumer.