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Analysis and big-picture thinking on the trends changing how people work, create and connect.
Pew Research Center's autumn 2025 survey of US teens shows how social platforms and AI chatbots now sit side by side in daily life. Here is what the figures say, and what they cannot tell us.
UNESCO's global survey of 500 creators found that 62% do not systematically fact-check before sharing, while 73% want training. A plain reading of what the surveys say and what they cannot tell us.
In the UK, advertising rules for non-broadcast media are written and enforced by a system the industry funds but does not control. Here is how the ASA, CAP and ASBOF fit together, what sanctions exist and where the law steps in.
Ofcom describes media literacy as work to improve people's online skills, knowledge and understanding. A plain guide to what that covers, what the regulator says it does about it and how it connects to creators, ads and AI.
Kevin Kelly's essay argues that a creator may need only a thousand devoted fans to make a living. Here is what the essay actually says, how its arithmetic works, and where its own text and the wider picture set limits.
