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    14 striking findings from 2014

    In 2014, Pew Research Center published more than 150 reports and some 600 blog posts. Here are 14 facts we found particularly striking, as they illustrate some major shifts in our politics, society, habits or families.

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    Legacy Outlets Drive the News Agenda, but Specialty Providers Diversify the Ecosystem

    A close examination of five consecutive days of coverage in Denver, Macon and Sioux City suggests that the large, legacy daily news providers still delivered the vast amount of reporting, but the providers beyond those—especially in Denver’s larger media landscape—added a second layer of vibrancy not found in the smaller cities. Indeed, Denver’s constellation of […]

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    How social media is reshaping news

    Pew Research Center has gathered a lot of data over the past year on how social media networks are shaping news consumption and distribution.

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    Local News Interest High Across the Board; Specific Habits Vary

    This section of the study reports on findings from three original public opinion surveys, one from each of the three metro areas being studied—Denver, Macon and Sioux City. These surveys probe residents about their news habits, civic engagement and attitudes about the city and the media that serve it. Because each city received its own customized […]

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    About This Report and Survey

    This report is the latest in a sustained effort throughout 2014 by the Pew Research Center’s Internet Project to mark the 25th anniversary of the creation of the World Wide Web by Sir Tim Berners-Lee (The Web at 25). It includes the responses of hundreds of experts to a question about the likelihood of major cyber […]

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    I-News Network, Rocky Mountain PBS and KUSA-TV

    Laura Frank’s idea for a multimedia investigative network in Colorado was born in February 2009, the day the Rocky Mountain News closed. An experienced investigative reporter who led a small team at ‘the Rocky,’ she wanted to keep doing what she did best and also cushion the abrupt end of the paper’s contributions in Denver, […]

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    About This Report and Survey

    This report is the latest in a sustained effort throughout 2014 by the Pew Research Center to mark the 25th anniversary of the creation of the World Wide Web by Sir Tim Berners-Lee (The Web at 25). The report covers experts’ views about what much faster bandwidth speeds might produce as new Internet activities. Over the […]

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    Section 2: Social Media, Political News and Ideology

    The advent of social media has opened up new ways for people with similar interests to find, share and talk about news – including news about politics – with friends and colleagues. Facebook is now a widely-used source for news about government and politics. Nearly half (48%) of the panelists say they accessed news about […]

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    Social Media and the ‘Spiral of Silence’

    Facebook, Twitter, and other platforms did not provide new outlets for the discussion of the Snowden-NSA revelations. People who thought their social media friends disagreed with them were less likely to discuss the issues in person and online.