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short readsJun 23, 2016

It’s official: Minority babies are the majority among the nation’s infants, but only just

The U.S. is projected to have no racial or ethnic group as its majority within the next several decades, but that day apparently is already here for the nation’s youngest children.
reportJul 11, 2016

Research in the Crowdsourcing Age, a Case Study

How scholars, companies and workers are using Mechanical Turk, a ‘gig economy’ platform, for tasks computers can’t handle.
short readsSep 12, 2016

Already-low voter satisfaction with choice of candidates falls even further

Voter satisfaction with choice of candidates at lowest point in decades: 63% of registered voters say they are not too or not at all satisfied.
reportJul 11, 2016

2. The size of the Mechanical Turk marketplace

How many people and organizations use Mechanical Turk? The answer is difficult to determine precisely because key information about the users is proprietary. However, the size of each group can be inferred from a collection of different data sources. How many people are working specifically on Mechanical Turk? A 2015 World Bank report estimated Amazon’s […]
reportJul 20, 2016

Methodology

Data sources Unless otherwise noted, all estimates for Hispanics come from Pew Research Center’s National Survey of Latinos, while estimates for whites and blacks are derived from other Pew Research Center surveys. Questions about technology have been modified over time. Prior to 2015, internet and email use were asked as two separate questions. Internet use […]
reportJul 11, 2016

4. Turkers in this canvassing: young, well-educated and frequent users

For academics who are unable to conduct large, representative surveys of the American public because of cost, Mechanical Turk offers an alternative. However, the research community is actively debating the validity of surveys and experiments posted on the site. A number of academic studies have compared the composition of Mechanical Turk survey respondents to the […]
reportJun 15, 2016

Methodology

The State of the News Media report uses a range of different methodologies to study the health of the U.S. news industry, including custom analysis of news audience behavior, secondary analysis of industry data and direct reporting to solicit information unavailable elsewhere. State of the News Media 2016 industry data The State of the News […]
reportJul 26, 2016

Acknowledgments

This report is made possible by the Pew Charitable Trusts. This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Find related reports online at pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/science Primary research team Lee Rainie, Director, Internet, Science, Technology Research Alan Cooperman, Director, Religion Research Cary Funk, Associate Director, Research Greg Smith, Associate […]
short readsAug 4, 2016

Venezuelan asylum applications to U.S. soar in 2016

As political and economic unrest roils Venezuela, U.S. asylum applications filed by Venezuelans so far in fiscal 2016 have jumped 168% compared with the same time period a year earlier.
reportAug 2, 2016

References

Connor, Phillip and Jens Manuel Krogstad. 2016. “Europe sees rise in unaccompanied minors seeking asylum, with almost half from Afghanistan.” Washington, D.C.: Pew Research Center, May. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2016/05/10/eu-unaccompanied-minors/ Connor, Phillip and Jens Manuel Krogstad. 2016. “About six-in-ten Syrians are now displaced from their homes.” Washington, D.C.: Pew Research Center, June. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2016/06/13/about-six-in-ten-syrians-are-now-displaced-from-their-homes/ Connor, Phillip and Jens Manuel […]