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    Europe still has love for America

    Rising public anger and spread of populism around the Continent has not resulted in return of anti-Americanism.

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    2. How the public reacted on Facebook

    Politicians are increasingly turning to social media to engage directly with their constituents and other members of the public. Unlike press releases, where audience feedback is indirect and difficult to measure, Facebook enables people to react directly to what members of Congress say in the form of likes, comments and shares, providing an easily accessible […]

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    1. Rise in countries with ‘very high’ government restrictions on religion in 2015

    Countries with the most extensive government restrictions on religion Many countries have some form of government restriction on religion, whether it involves policies that favor some groups over others or outright bans on certain worship practices. But each year, a few countries stand out as having particularly extensive restrictions. In 2015, 23 of the 198 […]

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    2. Religious commitment and practices

    By two standard measures of religious observance – how often people pray and how often they attend religious services – Central and Eastern Europeans, on the whole, show modest levels of religious commitment. In none of the countries surveyed do a majority of respondents say they pray daily or attend worship services weekly. In some […]

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    Theme 5: Algorithmic categorizations deepen divides

    Two lines of thinking about societal divisions were embodied in many respondents’ answers. First, they predicted that an algorithm-assisted future will widen the gap between the digitally savvy, who are the most desired customers in the new information ecosystem, and disadvantage those who are not nearly as connected or able to participate. The second observation […]

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    Methodology

    The analysis in this report is based on a Pew Research Center survey conducted from March 30 to May 3, 2016, among a national sample of 1,040 adults, 18 years of age or older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. Fully 262 respondents were interviewed on landline telephones, and 778 […]