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Pew: 60% of U.S. Twitter users have ‘taken a break’ from the platform in the past year

A new study by Pew Research Center paints a picture of a pause in Twitter usage by U.S. adults, but the data doesn’t necessarily point the finger at Elon Musk’s takeover of the social medi

33% of US TikTok users say they regularly get their news on the app, up from 22% in 2020

Earlier this summer, a Google exec admitted that TikTok was eating into its core Search business, particularly among younger users. But that’s not all TikTok is now being used for, a new Pew Res

Study finds half of Americans get news on social media, but percentage has dropped

A new report from Pew Research finds that around a third of U.S. adults continue to get their news regularly from Facebook, though the exact percentage has slipped from 36% in 2020 to 31% in 2021. Thi

A quarter of US adults now get news from YouTube, Pew Research study finds

Around a quarter of U.S. adults, or roughly 26%, say they get news by watching YouTube videos, according to a new study from Pew Research Center, which examined the Google-owned video platform’s

Three-quarters of Americans lack confidence in tech companies’ ability to fight election interference

A significant majority of Americans have lost faith in tech companies’ ability to prevent the misuse of their platforms to influence the 2020 presidential election, according to a new study from

Just 6% of US adults on Twitter account for 73% of political tweets… and they disapprove of Trump

A small number of prolific U.S. Twitter users create the majority of tweets, and that extends to Twitter discussions around politics, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center out today.

A majority of U.S. teens are taking steps to limit smartphone and social media use

It’s not just parents who are worrying about their children’s device usage. According to a new study released by Pew Research Center this week, U.S. teens are now taking steps to limit the

Majority of U.S. adults still think the internet is ‘mostly’ good for society – but that number is falling

A growing number of U.S. adults no longer view the internet as a largely “good thing” for society, according to a new report from Pew Research Center out today. To be clear, a sizable majo

79 percent of Americans now shop online, but it’s cost more than convenience that sways them

Eight in 10 Americans are now shopping online, according to a new study from Pew Research out this morning. That’s 79 percent of U.S. consumers who shop on the web or their phones, up from just

Most Americans Support FBI Over Apple, Finds Pew

Pew Research Center <a target="_blank" href="http://www.people-press.org/2016/02/22/more-support-for-justice-department-than-for-apple-in-dispute-over-unlocking-iphone/">has released</a> a study on th

In Emerging Markets, Internet Blamed For Having Negative Impact On Morality

A new study out this morning from Pew Research takes a deep dive into the impact that Internet access is having on emerging markets, especially in terms of how it’s shaping public opinion. Today

Pew Finds One-Third Of Americans Have Made Privacy Changes, Post-Snowden

File it under 'chilling effects': A new report by the Pew research centre suggests a sizable minority of people in the U.S. have changed their behavior and use of technology to try to avoid online gov

38% Of People Who Are “Single And Looking” Have Used A Dating Site Or App, Says Pew

One in 10 Americans have used a dating site or app, including 38% of people who currently describe themselves as "single and looking," according to <a target="_blank" href="http://pewinternet.org/Repo

Study: 37% Of U.S. Teens Now Use Video Chat, 27% Upload Videos

Video chat is still something quite a few people don't feel comfortable with. For U.S. teens, however, it is quickly becoming a pretty routine way of communicating with each other. According to a <a h

Report: One In Five U.S. Adults Does Not Use The Internet

Internet adoption among U.S. adults increased rapidly from the mid-90s to about 2005. Since then, though, the number of adult Internet users has remained almost stable at around 78%. The Pew Internet

The Video Phone Comes Of Age: One Fifth Of American Adults Have Made A Video Call

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/picturephone.jpeg"> The idea of video phone calls goes back to at least 1969 when AT&T developed it's famous Picturephone which went nowh

Pew Research: More People Got Their News Online Yesterday Than From A Print Newspaper

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/online-news-pew.png"> The Pew Research Center, which regularly surveys U.S. consumers about their media consumption habits, put out a <a href