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reportJun 8, 2023

Asian Americans Hold Mixed Views Around Affirmative Action

About half of Asian adults who have heard of affirmative action (53%) say it is a good thing, 19% say it is a bad thing, and 27% say they don’t know whether it is good or bad. However, about three-quarters of all Asian adults (76%) say race or ethnicity should not factor into college admissions decisions.
decodedFeb 25, 2021

Contending with the 80/20 rule when studying online behavior

The Pareto principle, or “80/20 rule,” holds that in many systems, a minority of cases produce the majority of outcomes.
short readsJul 16, 2020

Posts mentioning ‘Black lives matter’ spiked on lawmakers’ social media accounts after George Floyd killing

236 members (45%) of the 116th Congress have mentioned “Black lives matter” on Facebook or Twitter dating back as far as Jan. 1, 2015.
reportNov 17, 2022

1. Religious beliefs about Earth and the environment

Many Americans view the Earth in religious terms in at least some way. For example, seven-in-ten say the Earth is sacred, including 43% who say this is the case because God created it. Even among religiously unaffiliated Americans, two-thirds say the Earth is sacred, although they are much more likely to attribute this to the […]
reportFeb 16, 2021

8. Religion and politics

Overall, Black Americans are more likely than the larger U.S. public to both say it is important for sermons to touch on political topics, and to hear sermons that actually do. And Black Americans differ from White adults in the United States in that there’s little link between their party identification and their levels of […]
short readsDec 11, 2020

Social media continue to be important political outlets for Black Americans

These platforms have served as venues for political engagement and social activism for many years, especially for Black Americans.
reportFeb 24, 2023

2. Expert essays on human agency and digital life

Most respondents to this canvassing wrote brief reactions to this research question. However, a number of them wrote multilayered responses in a longer essay format. This essay section of the report is quite lengthy, so first we offer a sampler of a some of these essayists’ comments. What follows is the full set of essays […]
short readsOct 15, 2020

23% of users in U.S. say social media led them to change views on an issue; some cite Black Lives Matter

The share of social media users who say they have changed their views on an issue has increased since we last asked this question in 2018.
reportAug 30, 2022

1. Black Americans are pessimistic about their position in U.S. society

During the national reckoning sparked by George Floyd’s murder in 2020, a significant share of Black Americans expected the increased focus on issues of racial inequality to lead to changes that would improve the lives of Black people. Roughly a year and a half later, nearly two-thirds (64%) of all Black adults, including those who […]
short readsJun 10, 2020

#BlackLivesMatter surges on Twitter after George Floyd’s death

#BlackLivesMatter was used roughly 47.8 million times on Twitter – an average of just under 3.7 million times per day – from May 26 to June 7.

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#BlackLivesMatter surges on Twitter after George Floyd’s death

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