Media & Communication: Research Guide

Religion & Public Life A weekly digest of the Center’s latest research on religion and public life in the U.S. and around the world ·Subscribe↗ Media mentions Bishop Boxie shares faith journey from practicing law to becoming youngest U.S. bishop Aug. 22 – EWTN News In the news California couple confront their surrogate in a […]

Today, 42% of U.S. adults say they don’t use cash for any purchases in a typical week. This is up from 24% in 2015.

About seven-in-ten U.S. adults (72%) say it’s extremely or very important that a doctor or other healthcare provider tells them if they’re using AI in their healthcare.

The American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview Data in this report comes from Wave 195 of the American Trends Panel (ATP), Pew Research Center’s nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. The survey was conducted from June 22 to 28, 2026. A total of 3,488 panelists responded out of 4,069 who were sampled, for […]

This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Find related reports online at pewresearch.org/science. Primary research team Eileen Yam, Director, Science and Society ResearchGalen Stocking, Associate Director, Science and Society ResearchBrian Kennedy, Senior ResearcherGiancarlo Pasquini, Former Research AssociateEmma Kikuchi, Research AnalystIsabelle Pula, Former Research Assistant Editorial and […]

Americans use chatbots for a host of health-related reasons, from helping make diagnoses on their own to learning more about information they may have gotten from a doctor. Nearly all chatbot health users find this AI information helpful.

Key takeaways: At a time of public debate and high-profile cases of chatbot use for social and mental health, a new Pew Research Center survey finds that, on balance, Americans say chatbots do more to hurt than help people who use them for loneliness, depression or stress. But sizable shares of Americans are unsure of […]

For the first time in over 20 years, a majority of South Koreans have an unfavorable opinion of the U.S.

Weekly Roundup The latest findings from Pew Research Center · Subscribe ↗ From our research The number of South African refugees admitted to the U.S. so far in fiscal year 2026 – the most ever.

Eight – that’s the total number of stories Apple News has shared from right-leaning outlets whose headlines touted wins for President Donald Trump, Republicans and conservatives in the last nine and a half months. MRC Marketing Graphic Rather than provide balance, Apple News has consistently promoted stories from left-leaning outlets. Since the Media Research Center began tracking Apple News data in early November 2025, it has…

The Briefing ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: ???? Featured story ABC and its parent company, Disney, are suing the Federal Communications Commission, alleging that an early review of the network’s broadcast licenses is retaliation for its programming and that […]

In a random sample of 10,000 webpages collected in July 2026, one-in-ten show signs of being written or substantially edited by AI.

Data collection To get a better picture of the prevalence of AI-authored content across the internet, we used webpage data sampled from Common Crawl, a nonprofit organization that collects and maintains a large web archive stretching back to 2008. Roughly once a month, Common Crawl completes a “crawl” of the observable internet, creating a snapshot […]

The Briefing ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: ???? Featured story ABC and its parent company, Disney, are suing the Federal Communications Commission, alleging that an early review of the network’s broadcast licenses is retaliation for its programming and that […]

As the left and right try to define their opposition ahead of November’s midterm elections, the media are clearly taking sides. According to a new NewsBusters analysis, the media has condemned conservatives and Republicans 86 percent of the time when they compare Democrats to communists or jihadists. However, when liberals compare Republicans to Nazis and fascists, only five percent of such analogies were rebuked.For this study, NewsBusters analyzed all news programming from PBS, MS NOW, and…

MRC Original A new analysis by the Media Research Center found that the top five newspapers and magazines most promoted by Apple News and Google News have exclusively endorsed Democratic presidential candidates in every election since 1988, marking the latest evidence of the rampant bias plaguing these influential digital news gatekeepers. Microsoft’s MSN, another powerful news aggregator, has followed suit by promoting news outlets…

Religion & Public Life A weekly digest of the Center’s latest research on religion and public life in the U.S. and around the world ·Subscribe↗ Media mentions This secular congressman is urging Democrats to fight Christian nationalism Aug. 19 – The Washington Post * Senate hopeful Talarico touts his faith. Texas Republicans call it blasphemy […]

Only 35.5% of U.S. teens ages 16 to 19 worked this summer, up slightly from 2025 but far below the more than half who worked most summers before 2000.

About half of Americans say they're more concerned than excited about AI, and young adults' concern is rising.

If you were paying attention, you would notice a glaring case of two logically incoherent media narratives at play. Specifically, skyrocketing inflation under Biden during a midterm election year was considered a “transitory” blip, but a more tempered inflation rate under Trump during another midterm election year, despite a major war, was cast as setting the economy on the precipice of a complete disaster. MRC Graphic According to…

U.S. refugee admissions have dropped sharply in Trump's second term, with just over 10,000 so far in fiscal 2026, down from about 38,000 in fiscal 2025.

Weekly Roundup The latest findings from Pew Research Center ·Subscribe↗ From our research The share of U.S. parents with kids under 18 who are highly confident the childhood vaccine schedule is safe, according to a fall 2025 survey. Another 27% are somewhat confident, while 24% are not too or not at all confident.

Google News highlighted opinion pieces that overwhelmingly pushed a leftist narrative and are negative toward right-leaning policies, politicians and people. MRC Graphic The best description for the majority of the opinion pieces Google News chose to feature since November of 2025 is anti-Trump. Selected headlines tell the tale better than any deeper analysis could. For example, from The New York Times and featured by Google News on…

The Briefing ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: ???? Featured story The top editor of Forbes was fired after failing to disclose a $6 million payment from the founder of a company that does business with the publication, igniting questions […]

Hispanic, Black, and Asian adults are more likely than White adults to get health information from social media and turn to health and wellness influencers.

Indians and Pakistanis tend to name the other country as their top threat, and each side doubts the other's commitment to good relations.

We asked adults in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka how they view other South Asian countries. Only Sri Lanka receives more positive than negative ratings from the other three publics.

This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Jacob Poushter, Associate Director, Global Attitudes ResearchSneha Gubbala, Research AnalystWilliam Miner, Research Analyst Julia Armeli, Research AssistantPeter Bell, Associate Director, Design and UXEthan Charlip, Communications AssociateJanakee Chavda, Associate Digital ProducerLaura Clancy, Research AnalystJonathan Evans, Senior ResearcherMoira Fagan, Research AssociateSofia […]

About Pew Research Center’s Spring 2026 Global Attitudes Survey Results for the survey are based on face-to-face interviews conducted under the direction of Gallup and Langer Research Associates. The results are based on national samples, unless otherwise noted. Read more about our international survey methodology and country-specific sample designs. Some, but not all, of our […]