Pew Research Center
How Americans Have Used — and Struggled With — the Internet During the Pandemic
Pew Research Center released a sweeping report looking at how Americans have used the internet in the pandemic, how reliant they were on digital tools, and some of the struggles they have had as they tried to conduct many of the work-related, educational, social and community activities of their lives online. The headlines from the survey included:
The Internet and the Pandemic
Results from a new survey of US adults reveal the extent to which people’s use of the internet has changed during the COVID-19 pandemic, their views about how helpful technology has been for them and the struggles some have faced. The vast majority of adults (90%) say the internet has been at least important to them personally during the pandemic, the survey finds. The share who say it has been essential – 58% – is up slightly from 53% in April 2020.
About half of Americans use social media to follow COVID-19 vaccine news (Pew Research Center)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Tue, 08/24/2021 - 13:49How Americans view government restriction of false information online (Pew Research Center)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Wed, 08/18/2021 - 11:3756 percent of Americans support more regulation of major technology companies (Pew Research Center)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Tue, 07/20/2021 - 16:25Members of Congress–especially Republicans–are increasingly discussing China on social media (Pew Research Center)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Wed, 07/14/2021 - 12:5856 percent of Americans oppose the right to sue social media companies for what users post (Pew Research Center)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Thu, 07/01/2021 - 13:56Analysis | Internet Ads Are a Popular Tax Target for Both Parties (Pew Research Center)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 06/08/2021 - 12:3334% of lower-income home broadband users have had trouble paying for their service amid COVID-19
Some 15% of home broadband users in the US say they have had trouble paying for their high-speed internet service during the coronavirus outbreak. That includes 34% of those with household incomes of less than $30,000 a year. A quarter of home broadband users with annual household incomes ranging from $30,000 to just under $50,000 say they have had trouble doing so in the pandemic, as have roughly one-in-ten (8%) with household incomes ranging from $50,000 to $74,999. There are also differences by Americans’ educational attainment.