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Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online According to the Pew Research Center’s ongoing Internet & American Life Project, around 25 percent of Americans now own a tablet. The report also showed that the tablet devices are not only overtaking e-readers, but are also eating away the market share for traditional printed books. Pew found that while e-readership ownership is now at 19 percent, one in four Americans are in possession of their very own tablet computer....

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online According to a survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, reading is experienced differently depending on whether people are located in urban, suburban or rural communities. Pew said that 78 percent of Americans age 16 and older said they read a book in the past 12 months. According to the survey, 80 percent of urban and 80 percent of suburban residents are particularly likely to have read at least...

Enid Burns for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online If you're reading this news story on a smartphone or tablet, you're probably not the only one. As many as 45% of American adults own a smartphone, and many of those American adults use those smartphones or other devices to read and take part in news. That's according to two reports released by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. "Smartphone Ownership Update: September 2012" released by Pew Internet & American Life...

Each of the Five Major Regions of the World Experiences Increase; U.S. Also Up WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Even before the recent turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa - including attacks on U.S. embassies and the killing of an American ambassador - the region was experiencing increasing hostilities and tensions involving religion. A new report by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life finds that as of mid-2010 the Middle...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Technology is helping to make us more creative, and a new survey by Pew Research Center shows that nearly half of Internet users publish their creativity online for the world to see. Pew's Internet & American Life Project found that 46 percent of Internet users post original photos and videos they have created themselves online, while 41 percent re-post images and videos they find from other places on the Internet. The...

But Catholic Voters Back Obama on Social Issues WASHINGTON, Aug. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the provision of President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act that offers free contraception to women on employer health care plans goes into effect, though many religious institutions have a one-year reprieve. Catholics who are aware of U.S. bishops' concerns about restrictions on religious liberty - including the contraceptive mandate - generally agree with the bishops'...

Only About Half Identify Obama as Christian WASHINGTON, July 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Most voters continue to say it is important for a president to have strong religious beliefs. But voters have limited awareness of the religious faiths of both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama. And there is little evidence to suggest that concerns about the candidates' respective faiths will have a meaningful impact in the fall elections. The latest national survey by the Pew Research...

WASHINGTON, July 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As their numbers rise, Asian Americans have been largely responsible for the growth of non-Abrahamic faiths in the U.S., particularly Buddhism and Hinduism. Counted together, Buddhists and Hindus now account for about the same share of the U.S. public as Jews (roughly 2%). At the same time, most Asian Americans belong to the country's two largest religious groups: Christians and people who say they have no particular religious...

Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Reporting the world’s news is big business and many large news corporations work tirelessly to get their stories out to the world, yet with no reporters, no high-tech equipment, and no satellite feeds, one company is emerging as a significant and important source for news, quickly catching up to networks such as Fox News, according to a new report released by the Pew Research Center. Founded in 2005, video-hosting website...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com Although seniors previously spent most of their life without the Internet, over half of them have decided to adapt to life in a world driven by technology, according to new research. The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project found that 53 percent of American adults aged 65 and older use the Internet or email. Internet and email is not the only thing some 65 and older adults in America choose to do in their spare time.  Pew found that...