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    7. How the U.S. general public views Muslims and Islam

    In general, Americans continue to express mixed views of both Muslims and Islam. But on some measures, opinions about Muslims and Islam have become more positive in recent years. More Americans express “warmer” feelings toward Muslims on a thermometer scale than they have in the past, while there has been a decline in the share […]

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    Appendix: References

    Anderson, Monica. 2017. “African immigrant population in U.S. steadily climbs.” Washington, D.C.: Pew Research Center, February. Baker, Bryan and Nancy Rytina. 2014. “Estimates of the Lawful Permanent Resident Population in the United States: January 2013.” Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Immigration Statistics, September. Blumberg, Stephen J. and Julian V. Luke. 2015. […]

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    Theme 7: Whether or not people disconnect, the dangers are real. Security and civil liberties issues are being magnified by the rapid rise of the Internet of Things

    Many respondents to this canvassing said they are certain that there will be more attacks with more devastating results as billions more things and people become interconnected online and systems become more complex and difficult to manage. Some say these security concerns are likely to lead to regulation, although it might not take place until […]

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    About this canvassing of experts

    The expert predictions reported here about the impact of the internet over the next 10 years came in response to one of eight questions asked by Pew Research Center and Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center in an online canvassing conducted between July 1 and Aug. 12, 2016. This is the seventh “Future of the […]

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    Methodology

    This is the eighth time Pew Research Center has measured restrictions on religion around the globe.[49. numoffset=”49″ 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, 2015, generally follows […]

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    Appendix B: Survey methodology

    Muslim Americans constitute a population that is rare, dispersed and diverse. It includes many recent immigrants from multiple countries with different native languages who may have difficulty completing a public opinion survey in English. The intense attention paid to Muslims in the aftermath of terrorist attacks in the U.S. and abroad, as well as the […]

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    Theme 2: Unplugging isn’t easy now, and by 2026 it will be even tougher

    Another significant group of these experts made the case that people will adopt products and services tied to the Internet of Things because it is their best life choice and at times their only choice. They believe that opting out will not be an option in many situations, for example, in daily work and health […]

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    Appendix B: Mode effects as a source of error in political surveys

    Research suggests that the social interaction inherent in a telephone or in-person interview may exert subtle pressures on respondents that affect how they answer questions. The ways respondents change in response to these pressures is the basis of “mode studies” in social science. For example, respondents may feel a need to present themselves in a […]