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short readsJul 18, 2018

‘Anger’ topped ‘love’ when Facebook users reacted to lawmakers’ posts after 2016 election

The U.S. congressional Facebook audience used the “angry” button in response to lawmakers’ posts nearly 14 million times following the 2016 election.
reportDec 10, 2018

Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humans

Experts say the rise of artificial intelligence will make most people better off over the next decade, but many have concerns about how advances in AI will affect what it means to be human, to be productive and to exercise free will.
reportAug 28, 2018

Using supervised machine learning to quantify political rhetoric

Several posts on this blog have examined unsupervised methods of natural language processing. These algorithms and models can help…
reportMay 22, 2018

2. Urban, suburban and rural residents’ views on key social and political issues

As urban and rural communities are becoming more distinct along demographic lines, they are also becoming more polarized politically. Americans in urban and rural communities have widely different views when it comes to social and political issues. From feelings about President Donald Trump to views on immigration and same-sex marriage, there are wide gaps between […]
short readsApr 26, 2018

6 charts on how Germans and Americans view one another

Take a look at six charts on how Germans and Americans see one another and how German attitudes toward the United States have shifted in the Trump era.
reportJun 18, 2018

1. Overall, Americans identified more statements correctly than incorrectly, but sizable portions got most wrong

In this new study, a little over 5,000 U.S. adults were shown a mix of five factual and five opinion statements across a range of policy and current event topic areas. For each, they were asked to identify the statement as either factual – one that could be proved or disproved based on objective factual evidence […]
reportJul 18, 2018

Methodology

To analyze the content of congressional Facebook posts, researchers studied a complete set of posts created by members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives and displayed on their official and unofficial public pages between Jan. 1, 2015, and Dec. 31, 2017. Data from previous Congresses were not available. Researchers used the Facebook Graph […]
reportJun 18, 2018

3. Republicans and Democrats more likely to classify a news statement as factual if it favors their side – whether it is factual or opinion

In addition to past research that has shown stark differences between Republicans’ and Democrats’ trust of specific news outlets, the findings in this study go one step further, showing that those who identify with the two parties often differ in how they classify specific news content as factual or opinion. Overall, majorities of both Republicans […]
reportMar 22, 2018

Positive Views of Economy Surge, Driven by Major Shifts Among Republicans

Americans’ views of national economic conditions continue to improve, with the share saying the economy is in good or excellent condition now at its highest point in nearly two decades. The overall rise in positive assessments seen over the last year is driven by the shifting views of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents. Nearly three-quarters of […]
short readsMay 16, 2018

Democrats, Republicans give their parties so-so ratings for standing up for ‘traditional’ positions

Republicans and Democrats give their own parties only mixed ratings for how well they do in standing up for some of their parties’ traditional positions.

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‘Anger’ topped ‘love’ when Facebook users reacted to lawmakers’ posts after 2016 election

Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humans

Using supervised machine learning to quantify political rhetoric

6 charts on how Germans and Americans view one another

1. Overall, Americans identified more statements correctly than incorrectly, but sizable portions got most wrong

Methodology

3. Republicans and Democrats more likely to classify a news statement as factual if it favors their side – whether it is factual or opinion

Positive Views of Economy Surge, Driven by Major Shifts Among Republicans

Democrats, Republicans give their parties so-so ratings for standing up for ‘traditional’ positions

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