Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your WorldTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsSee our research on: | | | In late 2016, Oxford Dictionaries selected “post-truth” as the , defining it as “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.”The 2016 Brexit vote in the United Kingdom and the tumultuous U.S. presidential election highlighted how the digital age has affected news and cultural narratives. New information platforms feed the ancient...…Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your WorldTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsSee our research on: | | | In late 2016, Oxford Dictionaries selected “post-truth” as the , defining it as “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.”The 2016 Brexit vote in the United Kingdom and the tumultuous U.S. presidential election highlighted how the digital age has affected news and cultural narratives. New information platforms feed the ancient...WW…

Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your WorldMy AccountMoreWhen it comes to where Americans place their trust as they gather information before making an important decision, a big majority (81%) say they rely a lot on their own research – many more than say they rely a lot on friends and family (43%) or professional experts (31%), according to a 2018 Pew Research Center survey. Some 15% also say they rely on their own research “a little” as they make major decisions.The 96% of those in the survey who said they rely on their own research a lot or a little were asked to explain in their own...…Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your WorldMy AccountMoreWhen it comes to where Americans place their trust as they gather information before making an important decision, a big majority (81%) say they rely a lot on their own research – many more than say they rely a lot on friends and family (43%) or professional experts (31%), according to a 2018 Pew Research Center survey. Some 15% also say they rely on their own research “a little” as they make major decisions.The 96% of those in the survey who said they rely on their own research a lot or a little were asked to explain in their own...WW…

Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your WorldTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsSee our research on: | | |The share of Americans who say they watch television via cable or satellite has plunged from 76% in 2015 to 56% this year, according to a new Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults. Some 71% of those who do not use cable or satellite services say it’s because they can access the content they want online, while 69% say the cost of cable and satellite services is too high and 45% say they do not often watch TV.Pew Research Center regularly studies...…Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your WorldTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsSee our research on: | | |The share of Americans who say they watch television via cable or satellite has plunged from 76% in 2015 to 56% this year, according to a new Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults. Some 71% of those who do not use cable or satellite services say it’s because they can access the content they want online, while 69% say the cost of cable and satellite services is too high and 45% say they do not often watch TV.Pew Research Center regularly studies...WW…