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reportApr 17, 2018

4. Intervention ideas to ease problems

One current public debate centers on whether it is enough to expect people to simply evolve to avoid unhealthy tech habits or whether the only effective solution is for the tech business to evolve different approaches. Nir Eyal advocates in his new book “Indistractible” that people can apply the concepts behind tech addiction – motivation, […]
reportJun 27, 2018

Using APIs to collect website data

At Pew Research Center, we regularly use APIs to collect information for the studies we produce. Web APIs provide a means of communication between websites and users, structured by rules.
reportJan 11, 2018

Appendix D: Country-specific examples of social media
reportJul 11, 2018

2. An analysis of #BlackLivesMatter and other Twitter hashtags related to political or social issues

Along with conducting a survey of public attitudes toward political engagement and activism on social media, the Center also performed a separate analysis of several Twitter hashtags. First, it examined the volume of tweets using the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag and other hashtags related to issues, causes or news events to see how usages differ over time […]
short readsOct 30, 2018

Younger adults in Western Europe are more socially, politically progressive than older age groups

They tend to be more left-leaning, more progressive in their social and political views, more receptive to immigrants and more favorable toward the European Union. They are also more mixed in their views of traditional center-left parties than older Western Europeans.
reportJan 11, 2018

3. People in poorer countries just as likely to use social media for news as those in wealthier countries

While access to digital technology is increasingly common, the use of the web generally, as well as social media in particular, for getting news still varies considerably across countries. In 14 of the 38 countries studied, at least half of adults use the internet to get news daily. This is true of social media and […]
short readsOct 23, 2018

Younger Americans are better than older Americans at telling factual news statements from opinions

Younger U.S. adults were better than their elders at differentiating between factual and opinion statements in a survey conducted in early 2018.
datasetJan 10, 2018

Jan. 3-10, 2018 – Core Trends Survey

This dataset contains questions about social media use in 2018 and attitudes toward the internet and whether Americans think it’s good or bad for society.
reportJan 29, 2018

Methodology

This study examines the different types of sources linked to on Twitter about a widely discussed news topic: U.S. immigration. To do this, Pew Research Center researchers analyzed the sites linked to in tweets about U.S. immigration policy and news events that were posted during the first month of the Trump administration (Jan. 20-Feb. 20, […]
reportSep 25, 2018

Acknowledgments

This report was made possible by The Pew Charitable Trusts, which received support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Ford Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Open Society Foundations. Support for the research is part of Knight Foundation’s Trust, Media and Democracy initiative, which aims to strengthen the role […]

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4. Intervention ideas to ease problems

Using APIs to collect website data

2. An analysis of #BlackLivesMatter and other Twitter hashtags related to political or social issues

Younger adults in Western Europe are more socially, politically progressive than older age groups

Younger Americans are better than older Americans at telling factual news statements from opinions

Jan. 3-10, 2018 – Core Trends Survey

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