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short readsDec 8, 2023

Striking findings from 2023

Here’s a look back at 2023 through some of our most striking research findings.
short readsOct 25, 2024

A look at the state of affordable housing in the U.S.

About seven-in-ten Americans (69%) say they are very concerned about the cost of housing.
short readsDec 13, 2022

Striking findings from 2022

Here’s a look back at the past year and some of its biggest news events through 15 of our most striking research findings.
reportOct 6, 2022

4. Content from prominent alternative social media accounts highlights extreme vaccine skepticism, anxiety over LGBTQ issues

Along with identifying samples of 200 accounts with the largest number of followers on each of seven alternative social media sites, Pew Research Center also collected all of the posts produced by these accounts from June 1 to 30, 2022. (For more details on how this data collection was conducted, see the methodology.) These prominent […]
short readsNov 29, 2022

Key findings about COVID-19 restrictions that affected religious groups around the world in 2020

Our study analyzes 198 countries and territories and is based on policies and events in 2020, the most recent year for which data is available.
reportJun 14, 2023

2. The impact of videos of police violence against Black people

A large share of Americans (88%) – including about nine-in-ten each among White, Black, Republican and Democratic adults – say they have personally seen videos of police violence against Black people in the news, on social media or in some other way. In general, Americans’ views are mixed as to whether these videos being widely […]
reportDec 6, 2022

Social Media Seen as Mostly Good for Democracy Across Many Nations, But U.S. is a Major Outlier

Most think social media has made it easier to manipulate and divide people, but they also say it informs and raises awareness.
short readsJun 27, 2022

Twitter is the go-to social media site for U.S. journalists, but not for the public

The social media sites that journalists use most frequently for their jobs differ from those that the public turns to for news.
reportFeb 22, 2021

4. Americans who mainly got news via social media knew less about politics and current events, heard more about some unproven stories

Beyond the differences in perceptions between partisans – and within parties based on people’s news sources – those who turn to social media as the most common way they get their political news stand out in some ways from those who get news from other pathways (news websites and apps; local, cable, and network TV; […]
reportOct 6, 2022

2. Alternative social media sites frequently identify as free speech advocates

To further understand the structure, features and driving principles of alternative social media sites, Pew Research Center researchers conducted an audit of the seven sites analyzed at length in Chapter 1 of this report – BitChute, Gab, Gettr, Parler, Rumble, Telegram and Truth Social. Researchers visited each site in April 2022, examining characteristics ranging from […]

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