Pew Research Center

The Pew Research Center, engl. Pew Research Center, until 1995 Times Mirror Center for the People & the Press, is a research institute based in Washington, DC, named after the U.S. oil industrialist Joseph Newton Pew ( 1848-1912 ). The center retrieves information, opinions, and trends affecting the United States and the world. The organization was initially from the newspaper company Times Mirror Company (The Los Angeles Times, among others ); since 1996, financed by the non-profit The Pew Charitable Trusts. Since 2004, the Pew Research Center is part of The Pew Charitable Trusts.

The work includes seven so-called projects:

  • Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
  • Project for Excellence in Journalism
  • Pew Internet & American Life Project
  • Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
  • Pew Hispanic Center
  • Pew Global Attitudes Project
  • Social & Demographic Trends

The Pew Research Center is quoted by the press to substantiate global surveys on topics such as religiosity, self - assessment and external assessment of followers of different religions.

On 12 July 2012, a study on confidence in capitalism was released by the Pew Research Center. It has been demonstrated that the vast majority of people have lost faith in their governments and the free market economy.

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