---
title: "Acknowledgments"
description: "This is a Pew Research Center report from the Pew-Knight Initiative, a research program funded jointly by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Find related reports online at https://www.pewresearch.org/pew-knight. Primary researchers Colleen McClain, Research Associate          Monica Anderson, Director, Internet and Technology Research   Risa Gelles-Watnick, Former Research Analyst       Research team Jeffrey […]"
date: "2024-06-12"
authors:
  - name: "Colleen McClain"
    job_title: "Senior Researcher"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/colleen-mcclain/"
  - name: "Monica Anderson"
    job_title: "Director, Internet and Technology Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/monica-anderson/"
  - name: "Risa Gelles-Watnick"
    job_title: "Former Research Analyst"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/risa-gelles-watnick/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2024/06/12/politics-across-platforms-acknowledgments/"
categories:
  - "Facebook"
  - "Instagram"
  - "Politics Online"
  - "TikTok"
  - "Twitter (X)"
datasets:
  - name: "American Trends Panel Wave 144"
    url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/dataset/american-trends-panel-wave-144/"
---

# Acknowledgments

This is a Pew Research Center report from the Pew-Knight Initiative, a research program funded jointly by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Find related reports online at [https://www.pewresearch.org/pew-knight](https://www.pewresearch.org/pew-knight/).

**Primary researchers**

Colleen McClain, *Research Associate *
Monica Anderson, *Director, Internet and Technology Research *
Risa Gelles-Watnick, *Former Research Analyst *

**Research team**

Jeffrey Gottfried, *Associate Director, Internet and Technology Research *
Michelle Faverio, *Research Analyst*
Eugenie Park, *Research Assistant*
Olivia Sidoti, *Research Assistant*

**Editorial and graphic design**

Kaitlyn Radde, *Associate Information Graphics Designer*
Rebecca Leppert, *Copy Editor*
Jenn Hatfield, *Writer/Editor*

**Communications and web publishing**

Haley Nolan, *Communications Manager*
Talia Price, *Communications Associate*
Sara Atske, *Digital Producer*

In addition, the project benefited greatly from the guidance of Pew Research Center’s methodology team: Courtney Kennedy, Ashley Amaya, Andrew Mercer, Dorene Asare-Marfo, Anna Brown, Arnold Lau and Dana Popky. This project also benefited from input by the following Center staff: Elisa Shearer, Katerina Eva Matsa, Michael Lipka, Naomi Forman-Katz, Jacob Liedke, Sarah Naseer, Aaron Smith and Jocelyn Kiley.

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