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    Experts Optimistic About the Next 50 Years of Digital Life

    Fifty years after the first computer network was connected, most experts say digital life will mostly change things for the better in coming decades. But they say this will require reforms toward better cooperation and security, basic rights and economic fairness.

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    3. Parenting approaches and concerns related to digital devices

    Digital connectivity offers children new ways to learn and connect, but there are widespread concerns that the internet and mobile devices give children easy access to inappropriate content and leave youth vulnerable to overuse and even bullying. Parents are especially concerned about the negative impact that smartphones may have on children, including how these devices […]

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    Appendix: Classifying European political parties

    Classifying parties as populist Although experts generally agree that populist political leaders or parties display high levels of anti-elitism, definitions of populism vary. We use three measures to classify populist parties: anti-elite ratings from the 2017 Chapel Hill Expert Survey (CHES), Inglehart and Norris’s populism party scale and The PopuList. We define a party as […]

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    3. Public attitudes about today’s dating landscape

    Nearly half of Americans think dating has gotten harder in the last 10 years – especially women, who are much more likely than men to say dating now comes with more risk. Many think the recent increased focus on sexual harassment and assault has made it harder to know how to behave on dates, particularly […]

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    4. Parents’ attitudes – and experiences – related to digital technology

    In today’s digitally connected world, parents have to manage their own relationship with the internet and mobile devices, along with managing their children’s use of and exposure to the same technology. This brings with it a host of both benefits and challenges. Parents, which includes those who have at least one child under the age […]

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    4. Two common checks fail to catch most bogus cases

    A number of data quality checks have been developed for online surveys. Examples include flagging respondents who fail an attention check (or trap) question, complete the survey too quickly (speeders), give rounded numeric answers, or give the same or nearly the same answer to each question in a battery of questions (straight-lining). Perhaps the two […]

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    5. Leading concerns about the future of digital life

    The comments in the following section are a sharp contrast to the utopian visions of equity and advancement described above. Whereas some see the future of the internet as a great equalizer, others warn that technology can just as easily be used for control and exploitation. Inequality on the rise: The growing divide between haves […]

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