Cell phone ownership hits 91% of adults
For the first time, Pew Internet has found that cell phone ownership among adults has exceeded 90%.
Smartphone Ownership 2013
56% of American adults now own a smartphone of some kind; Android and iPhone owners account for half of the cell phone user population. Higher income adults and those under age 35 lead the way when it comes to smartphone ownership.
The Self-Tracking Data Explosion
Susannah Fox will present data from the first national survey related to self-tracking for health.
Wash. Post: How the Internet is changing the Muslim world’s view of the West
Among Muslims, Internet Use Goes Hand-in-Hand With More Open Views Toward Western Culture
A new Pew Research analysis finds that Muslims around the world who use the internet are much more likely than other Muslims to have a favorable opinion of Western movies, music and television and are somewhat more likely to see similarities between Islam and Christianity.
Internet adoption becomes nearly universal among some groups, but others lag behind
Most Americans ages 18 and older use the internet at least occasionally.
Most military, business leaders call Chinese hacking a serious problem for U.S.
Almost nine in 10 retired military leaders said cyber attacks from China are a serious problem for the United States.
Technology use by different income groups
Session focused on identifying and using appropriate technologies to conduct research on low-income populations.
In a digital age, parents value printed books for their kids
Parents who have young children at home are a relatively tech-savvy group. They are more likely than other adults to have computers, internet access, smartphones, and tablet computers. They are also more likely than adults without children to read e-books. But as parents adapt new reading habits for themselves on electronic devices, the data show that print books remain important when it comes to their children.
Citizen eyewitnesses provide majority of top online news videos in Oklahoma tornado disaster
In recent years, natural disasters around the world have been chronicled by a new kind of visual journalism, often produced by citizen eyewitnesses and posted to the video sharing site YouTube. These videos represent a way of “crowdsourcing” a dramatic breaking news event, frequently before professional journalists can arrive on the scene.
