communications and technology / http://backend.userland.com/rss ºÚÁÏÍø WebTeam According to a ºÚÁÏÍø survey, strong parent-teen bonds have a greater impact on teen mental health than social media usage. /poll/513248/parenting-mitigates-social-media-linked-mental-health-issues.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/513248/parenting-mitigates-social-media-linked-mental-health-issues.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 27 Oct 2023 08:00:00 GMT U.S. teens average nearly five hours a day on social media. Personality traits and parental restrictions greatly affect teen social media usage patterns. /poll/512576/teens-spend-average-hours-social-media-per-day.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/512576/teens-spend-average-hours-social-media-per-day.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 13 Oct 2023 05:00:00 GMT More American workers now than two years ago are worried that technology could soon make their job obsolete. College-educated workers have nearly caught up with non-college-educated workers in harboring this fear. /poll/510551/workers-fear-technology-making-jobs-obsolete.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/510551/workers-fear-technology-making-jobs-obsolete.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 11 Sep 2023 08:00:00 GMT Americans commonly use social media platforms and hold accounts with the most popular ones, though they infrequently post their own content. /poll/467792/social-media-users-inclined-browse-post-content.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/467792/social-media-users-inclined-browse-post-content.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 09 Jan 2023 09:00:00 GMT While sub-Saharan Africa remains one of the least connected parts of the globe, internet access grew substantially in five countries in the region between 2019 and 2021. /poll/394811/africa-online-internet-access-spreads-during-pandemic.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/394811/africa-online-internet-access-spreads-during-pandemic.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 14 Jul 2022 19:15:00 GMT Nearly three in five U.S. adults, up from 39% in 2015, believe they spend too much time on their smartphone. The increase was about equal by gender and age, though younger adults continue to be much more likely to say this. /poll/393785/americans-close-wary-bond-smartphone.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/393785/americans-close-wary-bond-smartphone.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 20 Jun 2022 08:00:00 GMT Republicans have lost significant confidence in big business and large technology companies over the past year. Democrats' confidence in big business, while still negative, has improved. /poll/352484/confidence-big-business-big-tech-wanes-among-republicans.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/352484/confidence-big-business-big-tech-wanes-among-republicans.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 19 Jul 2021 18:45:00 GMT Americans' views of large technology companies have become significantly more negative over the past 18 months, and the public's calls for increased government regulation of these businesses has risen. /poll/329666/views-big-tech-worsen-public-wants-regulation.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/329666/views-big-tech-worsen-public-wants-regulation.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 18 Feb 2021 09:00:00 GMT In a recent Google/ºÚÁÏÍø study, less than half of U.S. students, parents and educators said they were satisfied with the availability of computer science education. /opinion/gallup/320348/families-educators-dissatisfied-computer-science-access.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /opinion/gallup/320348/families-educators-dissatisfied-computer-science-access.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 01 Oct 2020 08:00:00 GMT