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short readsDec 10, 2020

Fast facts on Americans’ views about social media as Facebook faces legal challenge

Here is what Pew Research Center surveys say about Americans’ attitudes toward the tech industry – and social media in particular.
featureMay 19, 2021

Methodology

The American Trends Panel survey methodology The American Trends Panel (ATP), created by Pew Research Center, is a nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. Panelists participate via self-administered web surveys. Panelists who do not have internet access at home are provided with a tablet and wireless internet connection. Interviews are conducted in both […]
data essayAug 2, 2022

What It Means To Be Asian in America

In a new analysis based on dozens of focus groups, Asian American participants described the challenges of navigating their own identity in a nation where the label “Asian” brings expectations about their origins, behavior and physical self.
reportJan 13, 2021

3. Americans’ views on how online harassment should be addressed

Beyond their experiences and the effect online harassment has had on them, Americans hold a variety of opinions about the broader impact of harassment and how it could be addressed. A majority consider online harassment to be a major issue in American society and the vast majority are critical of the way social media companies […]
data essayJun 7, 2022

The Experiences, Challenges and Hopes of Transgender and Nonbinary U.S. Adults

A new Pew Research Center survey finds that 1.6% of U.S. adults are transgender or nonbinary – that is, their gender is different from the sex they were assigned at birth.
decodedFeb 25, 2021

Contending with the 80/20 rule when studying online behavior

The Pareto principle, or “80/20 rule,” holds that in many systems, a minority of cases produce the majority of outcomes.
decodedSep 24, 2021

Are topic models reliable or useful?

The final post in our series examines how topic models can and can’t help when classifying large amounts of text.
reportJan 13, 2021

The State of Online Harassment

Roughly four-in-ten Americans have experienced online harassment, with half of this group citing politics as the reason they think they were targeted. Growing shares face more severe online abuse such as sexual harassment or stalking
reportNov 18, 2021

Appendix C: Codebook

Below are the instructions given to researchers who coded the responses to the open-ended question. We are trying to assess what people care about and how they seek meaning in their lives. In these responses, people will mention many different aspects of life. Mark all that apply. Include both positive and negative mentions (e.g., treat […]
short readsSep 21, 2022

Does public opinion polling about issues still work?

National polls like the Center’s come within a few percentage points, on average, of benchmarks from high response rate federal surveys.

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