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    1. The positives of digital life

    The greatest share of participants in this canvassing said their own experience and their observed experience among friends is that digital life improves many of the dimensions of their work, play and home lives. They cited broad changes for the better as the internet revolutionized everything, from the most pressing intellectual and emotional experiences to […]

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    Acknowledgments

    This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Amy Mitchell, Director, Journalism Research Katie Simmons, Associate Director, Research Katerina Eva Matsa, Associate Director, Research Laura Silver, Senior Researcher Elizabeth Grieco, Senior Writer Elisa Shearer, Research Analyst Danielle Alberti, Web Developer James Bell, Vice President, Global Strategy Caldwell […]

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    How Does Pew Research Center Measure the Religious Composition of the U.S.? Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

    Question 1: Measuring religious identity How does Pew Research Center measure the religious identity of survey respondents and the religious composition of the U.S.? Answer: Generally, we rely on respondents’ self-identification.  A key question we ask in many surveys is: “What is your present religion, if any? Are you Protestant, Roman Catholic, Mormon, Orthodox such […]

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    En Europe occidentale, l’opinion publique à l’égard des médias d’information est davantage divisée par des opinions populistes que par une idéologie gauche-droite

    En Europe occidentale, l’opinion publique concernant les médias d’information est divisée par des tendances populistes, plus que par des positions politiques de gauche et de droite. Telles sont les constatations d’une nouvelle étude du Pew Research Center menée au Danemark, en France, en Allemagne, en Italie, aux Pays-Bas, en Espagne, en Suède et au Royaume-Uni.

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    1. Concerns about human agency, evolution and survival

    A clear majority of the responses from these experts contained material outlining certain challenges, fears or concerns about the AI-infused future. The five most-often mentioned concerns were: 1) the use of AI reduces individuals’ control over their lives; 2) surveillance and data systems designed primarily for efficiency, profit and control are inherently dangerous; 3) displacement […]

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    1. Nationalism, immigration and minorities

    Europe’s religious landscape is changing: The Christian share of the population is declining while the religiously unaffiliated population is increasing. In addition, Muslim populations in Western European countries continue to grow in both absolute and percentage terms due to immigration, relatively high fertility rates, and a relatively young population. Jewish populations, meanwhile, appear to be […]

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    3. Concerns about the future of people’s well-being

    About half of the people responding in this study were in substantial agreement that the positives of digital life will continue to outweigh the negatives. However, as in all great technological revolutions, digital life has and will continue to have a dark side. Roughly a third of respondents predicted that harms to well-being will outweigh […]

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    Theme 5: Tech can’t win the battle. The public must fund and support the production of objective, accurate information. It must also elevate information literacy to be a primary goal of education

    A large share of respondents said that technology alone can’t work to improve the information environment. Among these respondents, most pointed out two areas of concern: 1) The need for better funding of and support for journalism that serves the common good. The attention economy of the digital age does not support journalism of the […]

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    Methodology

    Data in this study came from two main data sources: 1) analysis of Facebook posts from a set of 30 science-related pages based on data downloaded from the public Facebook Graph API from Jan. 1, 2014 to June 30, 2017, and 2) human content analysis coding by Pew Research Center staff of a random selection […]