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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 Cary Funk, Director, Science and Society Research Jeffrey Gottfried, Senior Researcher Amy Mitchell, Director, Journalism Research Brian Kennedy, Research Associate […]

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    Methodology

    This is the ninth time Pew Research Center has measured restrictions on religion around the globe.[75. numoffset=”75″ 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, 2016, generally follows the […]

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    Theme 1: The information environment will not improve. The problem is human nature

    Misinformation and “fake news” have been around for as long as people have communicated. But today’s instant, low-budget, far-reaching communications capabilities have the potential to make the problem orders of magnitude more dangerous than in the past. Mankind has always lied, and always will; which is why the winners of wars get to write the […]

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    Appendix B: Synthetic population dataset

    Several of the adjustment approaches used in this study require a dataset that is highly representative of the U.S. adult population. This dataset essentially serves as a reference for making the survey at hand (e.g., the online opt-in samples) more representative. When selecting a population dataset, researchers typically use a large, federal benchmark dataset such […]

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    5. Key experts’ thinking about digital life and individuals’ well-being in the next decade

    Following is a collection of comments by several of the many top analysts who participated in this canvassing: We will soon interact with digital technologies less frenetically Kenneth Cukier, senior editor at The Economist, wrote, “Many people are frazzled by the always-on internet, but this is a feature of our embryonic understanding of how to […]

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    Appendix A: References

    Asylum Information Database. 2017. “Germany country report.” Brussels, Belgium: European Council of Refugees and Exiles, March. Asylum Information Database. 2017. “Belgium country report.” Brussels, Belgium: European Council of Refugees and Exiles, February. Collins, Katie. 2016. “Inside Germany’s repurposed buildings that house refugees.” San Francisco, CA: CNET, October. Connor, Phillip. 2017. “The digital footprints of Europe’s […]

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    Methodology

    Media coverage of President Donald Trump and his administration is based on data collected from Jan. 21 to April 30, 2017. This time frame begins the day following the inauguration of Trump and includes all weekdays through his 100th day in office. The study is not an analysis of media bias or evaluating whether the […]

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    Methodology

    The American Trends Panel (ATP), created by Pew Research Center, is a nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults recruited from landline and cellphone random-digit-dial (RDD) surveys. Panelists participate via monthly self-administered web surveys. Panelists who do not have internet access are provided with a tablet and wireless internet connection. The panel is being […]