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    Chapter 1.  Views of National Conditions and the Economy in Brazil

    Brazilians are deeply dissatisfied with the way things are going in their country. The country’s once-booming economy now receives overwhelmingly negative ratings, and concerns about rising prices, lack of employment opportunities, political corruption, crime, health care and the quality of schools are widespread. Views about the impact of last year’s massive protests against, among other […]

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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.

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    Main Analysis: Political Issues and the Spiral of Silence

    It has long been clear in the research community that people’s willingness to discuss political issues depends on their access to news and on the social climate for discussion. This study explores people’s willingness to share their opinions on and offline about an important political issue. The report is built on Pew Research Center survey […]

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    How Americans Feel About Religious Groups

    When asked to rate religious groups on a “feeling thermometer” ranging from 0 to 100, Americans rate Jews, Catholics and evangelical Christians warmly and atheists and Muslims more coldly.

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    On Pay Gap, Millennial Women Near Parity – For Now

    A new cohort of young women—members of the so-called Millennial generation—has been entering the workforce for the past decade. At the starting line of their careers, they are better educated than their mothers and grandmothers had been—or than their young male counterparts are now. But when they look ahead, they see roadblocks to their success.

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    Is the Mormon Church expanding the role of women?

    Pew Research Center surveys show that Mormons are more supportive of traditional gender roles for women, and against allowing women to be priests, but the Church is taking some steps to expand women’s roles.

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    Section 3: Political Polarization and Personal Life

    Liberals and conservatives are divided over more than just politics. Those on the opposite ends of the ideological spectrum disagree about everything from the type of community in which they prefer to live to the type of people they would welcome into their families. It is an enduring stereotype – conservatives prefer suburban McMansions while […]

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    U.S. Views of Technology and the Future

    Americans are largely optimistic about the long-term future of scientific progress, but concerned about some changes that might occur in the near future.