2014

reportFeb 23, 2014

Pakistan Mustn’t Surrender
short readsFeb 21, 2014

More hate crimes motivated by victims’ ethnicity

In about half of the cases of reported hate crimes, victims believed their ethnic background motivated the offender.
short readsFeb 21, 2014

Chart of the Week: How metro areas drive the U.S. economy

A handful of metropolitan areas generate the bulk of U.S. economic activity.
short readsFeb 21, 2014

Data Feed: Clinton’s public image, consumer spending and education, cat bites and depression

A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.
short readsFeb 20, 2014

Q/A: How Pew Research mapped the conversations on Twitter

A conversation with Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Research Internet Project, about the project’s new report on mapping Twitter conversations.
short readsFeb 20, 2014

Behind Facebook’s WhatsApp purchase: A global appetite for texting

A median of 78% of mobile phone owners in emerging countries used their devices for texting.
reportFeb 20, 2014

Mapping Twitter Topic Networks: From Polarized Crowds to Community Clusters

People connect to form groups on Twitter for a variety of purposes. The networks they create have identifiable contours that are shaped by the topic being discussed, the information and influencers driving the conversation, and the social network structures of the participants.
reportFeb 20, 2014

Couples, the Internet, and Social Media

As technology becomes more deeply integrated into people’s lives, couples are feeling both the positive and negative effects of digital communications tools in their relationships.
short readsFeb 20, 2014

The six types of Twitter conversations

Have you ever wondered what a Twitter conversation looks like from 10,000 feet?
short readsFeb 20, 2014

American unions membership declines as public support fluctuates

Though unions retain much public support, the share of American workers who actually belong to one has been falling for decades and is at its lowest level since the Great Depression

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Pakistan Mustn’t Surrender

More hate crimes motivated by victims’ ethnicity

Chart of the Week: How metro areas drive the U.S. economy

Data Feed: Clinton’s public image, consumer spending and education, cat bites and depression

Behind Facebook’s WhatsApp purchase: A global appetite for texting

Mapping Twitter Topic Networks: From Polarized Crowds to Community Clusters

Couples, the Internet, and Social Media

American unions membership declines as public support fluctuates