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Pew Research Center makes the case-level microdata for much of its research available to the public for secondary analysis after a period of time. These datasets are listed below by collection date. A listing of our American Trends Panel datasets and religion datasets are also available. See this post for more information on how to use our datasets and contact us at info@pewresearch.org with any questions.
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The 2009 NCI data set totals 68,717 stories. The Index sample includes 55 outlets, every Monday through Sunday. These outlets come from the five main sectors of mainstream media – print, network TV, cable TV, online and radio.
PEJ offers topline data for additional content-based reports. The focus of these opportunistic studies ranged from how the media covered the Great Recession to President Obama’s first 100 days in office and more.
This data set contains questions about the internet’s role in navigating the economic recession, as well as questions about broadband and wireless internet usage. It was used in the reports “The Internet and the Recession”, “Home Broadband Adoption 2009”, “Wireless Internet Use”, “The Audience for Online Video Sharing Sites Shoots Up” and “The Internet as a Diversion”.
This dataset contains questions about Americans’ use of the internet to watch, download or share videos.
This data set contains questions about how people monitor and maintain their online identities. It was used in the reports “Reputation Management and Social Media” and “Twitter and Status Updating Fall 2009”.
This data set contains questions about citizens’ online interactions with government. It was used in the reports “Government Online” and “Neighbors Online”
This data set contains questions about people’s online news seeking behavior. It was used in the report “Understanding the Participatory News Consumer”.