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Pew Research: Institutional Trust
webCredibility Rating
4/5
High(4)High quality. Established institution or organization with editorial oversight and accountability.
Rating inherited from publication venue: Pew Research Center
Pew Research is a frequently cited empirical source for public opinion on AI and technology governance; useful for grounding policy arguments in measured public attitudes rather than assumptions.
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Summary
Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank providing data and analysis on public attitudes toward technology, AI, governance, media, and society. It conducts large-scale surveys tracking American and global opinions on AI adoption, institutional trust, news habits, and emerging technology risks. Its AI-focused research tracks public perception of AI benefits and harms over time.
Key Points
- •Tracks multi-year trends in public attitudes toward AI, including perceptions of risk, benefit, and usage patterns across demographics
- •57% of U.S. adults lack confidence in journalists to act in the public interest, relevant to AI misinformation concerns
- •Global surveys show people are generally more concerned than excited about AI's effects on daily life across 25 countries
- •Provides empirical baselines for understanding how public trust and institutional legitimacy shape AI governance debates
- •Covers teen AI usage: 64% use chatbots, ~30% daily, relevant to deployment and societal impact research
Cited by 4 pages
| Page | Type | Quality |
|---|---|---|
| International AI Coordination Game Model | Analysis | 59.0 |
| AI Risk Public Education | Approach | 51.0 |
| Automation Bias (AI Systems) | Risk | 56.0 |
| Epistemic Learned Helplessness | Risk | 53.0 |
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## Latest Publications
- short readsMar 19, 2026
55% of Americans say they would prefer to live in a community where houses are larger and farther away from amenities – compared to 44% who say the opposite.
- reportMar 19, 2026
Nine-in-ten Americans say having an affair is wrong. Republicans and Democrats differ sharply on the morality of abortion and homosexuality.
- featureMar 17, 2026
Explore how Americans spend their time by gender and across age groups.
- short readsMar 16, 2026
In many other surveyed countries, about half of adults or more see gambling as immoral. This includes 89% in Indonesia, 83% in India and 71% in Italy.
- short readsMar 13, 2026
The federal workforce shrank by 10.3% in 2025, losing nearly 238,000 workers. Among major agencies, the Education Department and USAID had the steepest cuts.
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## Politics & Policy
reportJan 29, 2026
Only 27% of Americans say they support all or most of Trump’s policies – down since last year, with the change coming entirely among Republicans.
[All Politics & Policy research >](https://www.pewresearch.org/topic/politics-policy/)
## Features
[All Features >](https://www.pewresearch.org/formats/feature/)
## Artificial Intelligence
short readMar 12, 2026
Drawing on five years of Pew Research Center surveys, here are 13 findings about how Americans use and view AI, and where they see promise and risk.
short readMar 12, 2026
More Americans say data centers have a negative effect on the environment, home energy costs and people’s quality of life nearby than say they have a positive effect.
reportFeb 24, 2026
Just over half of U.S. teens say they’ve used chatbots for help with schoolwork, and 12% say they’ve gotten emotional support from these tools. Teens tend to view AI’s future impact on their lives more positively than negatively.
reportDec 9, 2025
Roughly one-in-five U.S. teens say they are on TikTok and YouTube almost constantly. At the same time, 64% of teens say they use chatbots, including about three-in-ten who do so daily.
reportOct 15, 2025
Most adults across 25 countries are aware of AI, and people are generally more concerned than excited about its effects on daily life.
[All Artificial Intelligence Research >](https://www.pewresearch.org/topic/internet-technology/emerging-technology/artificial-intelligence/)
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