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    2. Tech is (just) a tool

    Many of these experts pointed out that technology is neither inherently helpful nor harmful. It is simply a tool. They said the real effects of technology depend upon how it is wielded. It can be used to inspire and catalyze change just as easily as it can be used in ways that are detrimental to […]

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    4. Hopeful themes and suggested solutions

    About a third of the experts who responded to this canvassing said people’s uses of technology will mostly strengthen core aspects of democracy and democratic representation. This section includes comments about hopes for the future that were made by all respondents, whether or not their answer in this canvassing was that democracy will be strengthened. […]

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    Dalia Fahmy

    Dalia Fahmy is a senior writer/editor at Pew Research Center, focusing on race, ethnicity and migration in the United States. Previously, she was on the Center’s religion team and worked on publications including Buddhism’s Recent Decline in East Asia and How the Global Religious Landscape Changed From 2010 to 2020. Before joining the Center, Fahmy […]

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    3. Americans’ struggles with truth, accuracy and accountability

    Many think America is experiencing a crisis in facts and truth, and they believe this problem ties into the current state of distrust people have in institutions. The Center recently reported that half of U.S. adults say made-up news and information is a very big problem in the country today, and about two-thirds say it […]

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    Methodology

    The analysis in this report is based on telephone interviews conducted March 20-25, 2019 among a national sample of 1,503 adults, 18 years of age or older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia (300 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 1,203 were interviewed on a cell phone, including […]

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    1. Themes about the digital disruption of democracy in the next decade

    The pessimists about democracy in this canvassing make several arguments and foresee several outcomes. A share believe that there will be not be adequate reform in the design and management of technology platforms; that government will not respond in the best interests of citizens; that the speed, scope and impact of digital tools all work […]