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    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 […]

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    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 […]

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    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 […]

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    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 […]

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    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 […]

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    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.

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    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 […]

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    Methodology

    Website Analysis Methodology This study examined the campaign websites of presidential candidates Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders through an audit of design features, static content and original news items (news articles, press releases and videos) posted to their websites from May 1 through June 15, 2016. During this period, there were 220 original […]

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    Cable News: Fact Sheet

    Last updated June 2016 Cord cutters – people who once had a cable or satellite connection but no longer subscribe – are a present reality for the pay TV industry. But even with all the available platform choices, more viewers turned to cable news channels in 2015 than in 2014, causing a ratings bump not […]