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Facebook, Twitter, and other platforms did not provide new outlets for the discussion of the Snowden-NSA revelations and people who thought their social media friends disagreed with them were less likely to discuss the issues in face-to-face gatherings, as well as online forums
The effect of Facebook ‘power users’ on everybody else
We are grateful to Evans Witt (Princeton Survey Research Associates International) and Kristen Purcell (Pew Internet Project) who assisted in the administration of the project survey. The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project is an initiative of the Pew Research Center, a nonprofit “fact tank” that provides information on the issues, attitudes, and […]
Facebook users are more trusting, have more close friends, are more politically engaged, and get more support from their friends.
About We are grateful to Evans Witt (Princeton Survey Research Associates International), who assisted in the administration of the project survey. We would also like to thank Brett Bumgarner (University of Pennsylvania), Shelia Cotton (University of Alabama – Birmingham), Nora Draper (University of Pennsylvania), Amy Gonzales (University of Pennsylvania), Ermitte St. Jacques (University of Pennsylvania), […]
People who use modern information and communication technologies have larger and more diverse social networks, according to new national survey findings that for the first time explore how people use the internet and mobile phones to interact with…
We are grateful to John Horrigan (Pew), Barry Wellman (University of Toronto), and Evans Witt (Princeton Survey Research Associates International), who assisted in the design and administration of the project survey. We would also like to acknowledge the technical assistance of Chul-Joo Lee (The Ohio State University) and the support of the Annenberg School for […]