Call it a mobile majority. At the start of 2015, 39 of the top 50 digital news websites have more traffic to their sites and associated applications coming from mobile devices than from desktop computers, according to Pew Research Center’s analysis of comScore data. CONT. Amy Mitchell, Pew Read more »
Teens, Social Media & Technology Overview 2015
24% of teens go online “almost constantly,” facilitated by the widespread availability of smartphones. Aided by the convenience and constant access provided by mobile devices, especially smartphones, 92% of teens report going online daily — including 24% who say they go online “almost constantly,” according to a new study from […] Read more »
Key Findings from the Q1 2015 CNBC All-America Economic Survey
Below are 10 key findings from the Q1 CNBC All-America Economic Survey, conducted from March 26-29 among 800 adults. CONT. Micah Roberts, Public Opinion Strategies Read more »
U.S. Smartphone Use in 2015
The traditional notion of “going online” often evokes images of a desktop or laptop computer with a full complement of features, such as a large screen, mouse, keyboard, wires, and a dedicated high-speed connection. But for many Americans, the reality of the online experience is substantially different. Today nearly two-thirds […] Read more »
Liberals and conservatives think about genomics in unexpected ways
… If politics doesn’t always explain why some people embrace scientific research and why others are skeptical, then what does? In an article recently published in The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, we find that the answer lies not just in our views on politics […] Read more »
Why digital natives prefer reading in print. Yes, you read that right.
… Textbook makers, bookstore owners and college student surveys all say millennials still strongly prefer print for pleasure and learning, a bias that surprises reading experts given the same group’s proclivity to consume most other content digitally. … “These are people who aren’t supposed to remember what it’s like to […] Read more »