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    Appendix B: Methodology for this report

    This report is part of the Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures population projections project that produced the 2015 report “The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050.” The figures described in this report, including estimated  births and deaths by religion and 2015 global population sizes, have not been previously reported. This report also presents results […]

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    The Fate of Online Trust in the Next Decade

    Many experts say lack of trust won’t hinder increased public reliance on the internet. Some expect trust to grow as tech and regulatory changes arise; others think it will worsen or maybe change entirely.

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    Theme 1: People crave connection and convenience, and a tech-linked world serves both goals well

    A lot is at stake as the Internet of Things rolls out, and many of its creators are betting that people will wear connected devices, appreciate smart appliances, drive in connected cars, thrive in smart cities, understand vastly more about a sensor-saturated world and build businesses around analytics-assisted supply chains. Disconnecting from the network would […]

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    3. Partisan language in congressional outreach

    Drilling down into the issues that arise most often when the nation’s legislators criticize the other party helps to reveal the arguments at the heart of a contentious Congress. What follows is a more systematic examination of how negative partisan speech fluctuates with the ebb and flow of political developments, as well as the specific […]

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    Methodology

    This is the eighth time Pew Research Center has measured restrictions on religion around the globe.[49. numoffset=”49″ See Methodology of Pew Research Center’s 2009 report “Global Restrictions on Religion” for a discussion of the conceptual basis for measuring restrictions on religion.] This report, which includes data for the year ending Dec. 31, 2015, generally follows […]

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    Theme 2: Learners must cultivate 21st‑century skills, capabilities and attributes

    Will training for the skills likely to be most important in the jobs of the future work be effective in large-scale settings by 2026? Respondents in this canvassing overwhelmingly said yes, anticipating improvements in such education will continue. However, when respondents answered the question, “Which of these skills can be taught effectively via online systems?” […]

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    The Future of Jobs and Jobs Training

    As robots, automation and artificial intelligence perform more tasks and there is massive disruption of jobs, experts say a wider array of education and skills-building programs will be created to meet new demands.

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    Theme 7: The need grows for algorithmic literacy, transparency and oversight

    The respondents to this canvassing offered a variety of ideas about how individuals and the broader culture might respond to the algorithm-ization of life. They noted that those who create and evolve algorithms are not held accountable to society and argued there should be some method by which they are. They also argued there is […]

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