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Methodology https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2013/10/03/the-2016-presidential-media-primary-is-off-to-a-fast-start/ The 15 newspapers included in this search were USA Today, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Daily News (New York), The New York Post, The Washington Post, Chicago Sun-Times, The Denver Post, Chicago Tribune, The Dallas Morning News, NewsDay, The Houston Chronicle, Tampa Bay Times, The Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ) and Star Tribune […]
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2013/10/02/on-twitter-dueling-views-on-the-shutdown-and-obamacare/ Methodology This analysis employed media research methods that combined Pew Research’s content analysis rules with computer coding software developed by Crimson Hexagon. This report is based on examinations of more than 1.5 million tweets. Crimson Hexagon is a software platform that identifies statistical patterns in words used in online texts. Researchers enter key terms […]
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) recently released the findings of its latest Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, conducted in July 2012. It found 58% of all American adults ages 18 and older had engaged in “voluntary reading” within the past year.