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short readsMay 4, 2021

70% of U.S. social media users never or rarely post or share about political, social issues

Only 9% of adult social media users say they often post or share things about political or social issues on social media.
reportOct 6, 2022

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This report – a study of the news and other content on a host of alternative social media sites – uses four different research components and methodologies, including a national representative survey of U.S. adults conducted through Pew Research Center’s American Trends Panel (ATP), as well as an analysis of a selection of alternative social […]
reportSep 7, 2023

Comparing Two Types of Online Survey Samples

Pew Research Center conducted a study to compare the accuracy of six online surveys of U.S. adults – three from probability-based panels and three from opt-in sources. On average, the absolute error on opt-in samples was about twice that of probability-based panels.
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 […]
reportFeb 24, 2023

4. Themes from those who expect tech will be designed to allow humans to control key decision-making

This section covers three themes that emerged among the answers from respondents who expect the level of human agency in regard to individual’s control of their tech-abetted activities will be improved by 2035: Humans and tech always positively evolve Many of the experts who have hope about the future of human agency noted that throughout […]
short readsNov 10, 2022

Americans report more engagement with science news than in 2017

More than half of U.S. adults (56%) say they talk about science news with others at least a few times a month.
reportNov 29, 2022

2. Physical harassment related to religion occurred in more than two-thirds of countries in 2020

Religious groups faced harassment by governments, social groups or individuals in 189 countries and territories in 2020. This was nearly the same as in 2019, when harassment of religious groups was reported in 190 countries and territories – the highest number since this tracking began in 2007. (These counts include all countries in which the […]
reportApr 19, 2023

Methodology

This study was designed to examine changes in national public opinion polling in the United States from 2000 to 2022. The study focuses on two key features: the sample source(s) (where the respondents came from) and the mode(s) (how they were interviewed). The study’s unit of analysis is the organization sponsoring the polling. In total, […]
reportFeb 24, 2023

2. Expert essays on human agency and digital life (continued)

We are heading for a shift to significant control by AI systems that subordinate human agency to increasingly aware AI David Barnhizer, a professor of law emeritus and author of “Human Rights as a Strategic System,” wrote, “Various futurists project that AI systems will or already are developing an internal version of what I think […]
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.

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Comparing Two Types of Online Survey Samples

4. Themes from those who expect tech will be designed to allow humans to control key decision-making

Americans report more engagement with science news than in 2017

2. Physical harassment related to religion occurred in more than two-thirds of countries in 2020

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2. Expert essays on human agency and digital life (continued)

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