Opinion Today
March 4, 2023
Fewer Americans Want U.S. Taking Major Role in World Affairs Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup Sixty-five percent of Americans prefer the U.S. to take the leading (20%) or a major role (45%) in world affairs. This is down from 69% in 2019 and 72% as recently as 2017.
Most say the invention of the internet was good for humanity; not so for social media Taylor Orth, YouGov Americans are far more negative about how social media has affected society than they are about the internet or smartphones, a new YouGov poll finds. While at least three in five Americans say that the invention of the internet (64%) or smartphone (62%) have overall been positive developments for humanity, just 38% say the same about the invention of social media.
