According to an August 2021 survey, over half of adults in the United States considered social media to have a negative impact on people like themselves, the most of any technology surveyed. Smart technology was considered to have the most positive impact with 41 percent citing a positive impact on people like them, while NFTs (non-fungible tokens) were the most unknown among respondents, with 51 percent saying that they were unfamiliar with the term.
Effect of new technologies on society according to adults in the United States as of August 2021
Original question: "To what extent do you think the following have a positive or negative impact on people like you?"
Due to rounding, percentages may sum to 100% ±1%.
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Knight Foundation. (March 9, 2022). Effect of new technologies on society according to adults in the United States as of August 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310190/impact-new-technology-usa/
Knight Foundation. "Effect of new technologies on society according to adults in the United States as of August 2021." Chart. March 9, 2022. Statista. Accessed January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310190/impact-new-technology-usa/
Knight Foundation. (2022). Effect of new technologies on society according to adults in the United States as of August 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310190/impact-new-technology-usa/
Knight Foundation. "Effect of New Technologies on Society According to Adults in The United States as of August 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310190/impact-new-technology-usa/
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Effect of new technologies on society according to adults in the United States as of August 2021 [Graph], Knight Foundation, March 9, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310190/impact-new-technology-usa/
