Plus, views of U.S. institutions, America's incarceration rate falls, digital divides persist between rural, suburban and urban areas
August 21, 2021 The latest findings from Pew Research Center · Subscribe ↗
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 Amid rising concerns over misinformation, Americans are now a bit more open to the idea of the U.S. government taking steps to restrict false information online. Roughly half of U.S. adults (48%) say the government should take steps to restrict such misinformation, even if it means losing some freedom to access and publish content. That is up from 39% three years ago, with Democrats driving much of the increase. Meanwhile, a majority of the public continues to favor technology companies taking steps to restrict online misinformation.  Republicans are critical of how several major institutions – from large corporations and technology companies to universities and K-12 public schools – are affecting the United States. And in many cases, GOP assessments have taken a sharp negative turn in the past few years. As in the past, some of the widest partisan differences are in views of colleges and universities. About three-quarters of Democrats say colleges and universities have a positive effect on the way things are going in the country today, but only about a third of Republicans say the same.  The U.S. incarceration rate fell in 2019 to its lowest level since 1995, according to recently published government statistics. At the end of 2019, there were just under 2.1 million people behind bars in the U.S., including 1.43 million under the jurisdiction of federal and state prisons and roughly 735,000 in the custody of locally run jails. That amounts to a nationwide incarceration rate of 810 inmates for every 100,000 adult residents, down nearly 20% since 2008. Still, the U.S. incarcerates a larger share of its population than any other country. Rural Americans have made large gains in adopting digital technology over the past decade, with sharp increases in smartphone and tablet ownership. Around seven-in-ten rural Americans (72%) now also say they have a broadband internet connection at home, up from 63% in 2016. However, rural adults remain less likely than suburban adults to have home broadband and less likely than urban adults to own a smartphone, tablet computer or traditional computer. From our research77% The share of Democrats who say K-12 public schools have a positive effect on the way things are going in this country, compared with 42% of Republicans. | |
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