Dinnertime is still when families can connect with each other — but a rising number are also connected online during dinner. And that may be getting in the way. Despite the bustle of the modern world, most Americans report that they dinner as a family frequently, and most say doing […] Read more »
CNN Poll: Three out of four adults think Facebook is making society worse
Roughly three-quarters of adults believe Facebook is making American society worse, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds, with about half saying they know somebody who was persuaded to believe in a conspiracy theory because of the site’s content. Americans say, 76% to 11%, that Facebook makes society worse, […] Read more »
Are analog clocks on the way out?
Despite an increasingly digital world, old fashioned analog clocks — the kinds with moving hands — can still be found in most American households in 2021, if not in great numbers. Seven in 10 Americans have at least one analog clock in their home, but fewer than half have two, […] Read more »
What People Around the World Like – and Dislike – About American Society and Politics
As Pew Research Center surveys have documented, the United States’ global reputation has shifted dramatically over the past two decades, often improving or declining depending on who is in the White House and the foreign policies they pursue. At the same time, many other factors have continued to shape how […] Read more »
How the phone call is disappearing from our lives and polling
… It used to be that polls I wrote about were conducted all by phone with live interviewers calling landlines. That’s no longer the case. A majority of Americans no longer have landlines. As a millennial, I am one of those Americans who only own cell phones. Pollsters still call […] Read more »
67% of Americans perceive a rise in extreme weather, but partisans differ over government efforts to address it
Two-thirds of Americans say extreme weather events across the country have been occurring more often than in the past. Far fewer say they’re happening about as often (28%), and only 4% say they are happening less often, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. The findings come amid reports […] Read more »