---
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, Senior ResearcherJeffrey Gottfried, Associate Director, Internet and Technology ResearchEugenie Park, Research AnalystMichelle Faverio, Research Associate          Olivia […]"
date: "2026-10-14"
authors:
  - name: "Colleen McClain"
    job_title: "Senior Researcher"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/colleen-mcclain/"
  - name: "Jeffrey Gottfried"
    job_title: "Associate Director, Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/jeffrey-gottfried/"
  - name: "Eugenie Park"
    job_title: "Research Analyst"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/eugenie-park/"
  - name: "Michelle Faverio"
    job_title: "Research Associate"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/michelle-faverio/"
  - name: "Olivia Sidoti"
    job_title: "Research Analyst"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/olivia-sidoti/"
  - name: "Monica Anderson"
    job_title: "Director, Internet and Technology Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/monica-anderson/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2026/10/14/online-communities-acknowledgments/"
categories:
  - "Friendships"
  - "Internet & Technology"
  - "Politics Online"
  - "Social Media"
---

# 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, *Senior Researcher*
Jeffrey Gottfried, *Associate Director, Internet and Technology Research*
Eugenie Park, *Research Analyst*
Michelle Faverio, *Research Associate* * *
Olivia Sidoti, *Research Analyst*
Monica Anderson, *Director, Internet and Technology Research*

#### Research team* *

William Bishop, *Research Associate *

#### Editorial and graphic design

Sharon McGill, *Information Graphics Designer*
Mia Hennen, *Editorial Assistant*

#### Communications and web publishing

Haley Nolan, *Communications Manager*
Ethan Charlip, *Communications Associate*
Sara Atske, *Digital Producer*

In addition, the project benefited greatly from the guidance of Pew Research Center’s methodology team: Ashley Amaya, Scott Keeter, Andrew Mercer, Dorene Asare-Marfo, Anna Brown, Arnold Lau and Dana Popky. In addition to the primary researchers, Skyler Seets and Samuel Bestvater contributed to the open-end analysis. This project also benefited from feedback by Pew Research Center staff David Kent, Jocelyn Kiley, Katerina Eva Matsa, Juliana Menasce Horowitz, Sahana Mukherjee, Elisa Shearer, Aaron Smith, and former Pew Research Center staff Courtney Kennedy.

The Center gained invaluable advice throughout the questionnaire development process from Amanda Lenhart. It also benefited from feedback on the draft questionnaire by Tawfiq Ammari, assistant professor at Rutgers School of Communication and Information in the Library and Information Science Department. The feedback shared for this project is solely that of the reviewers and does not express the views, policies or positions of their respective employers.

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