Connection, Creativity and Drama: Teen Life on Social Media in 2022
Majorities of teens credit social media with strengthening their friendships and providing support while also noting the emotionally charged side of these platforms.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
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The Role of Alternative Social Media in the News and Information Environment
In recent years, several new options have emerged in the social media universe, many of which explicitly present themselves as alternatives to more established social media platforms. Free speech ideals and heated political themes prevail on these sites, which draw praise from their users and skepticism from other Americans.
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Appendix B: Negative Impact of the Internet and Social Media Index
We created an additive scale to look at overall perceptions of the impact of the internet and social media on society. The index totals responses to six questions about the negative effect of the internet, making people: 1) less informed about current events in their country, 2) more divided in their political opinions, 3) less […]
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5. Closing thoughts on human agency
The following respondents wrote contributions that consider a wide range of issues tied to the future of human agency. Henning Schulzrinne, Internet Hall of Fame member and co-chair of the Internet Technical Committee of the IEEE, said, “Agency and recourse are privileges now and they are likely to become more so. By 2035, automated decision-making […]
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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 […]
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Teens and Cyberbullying 2022
Nearly half of U.S. teens have been bullied or harassed online, with physical appearance being seen as a relatively common reason why. Older teen girls are especially likely to report being targeted by online abuse overall and because of their appearance.
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Measuring Religion in China
Only one-in-ten Chinese adults formally identify with a religion, but surveys indicate that religion plays a much bigger role in China when the definition is widened to include questions on spirituality, customs and traditional beliefs.
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U.S. journalists’ beats vary widely by gender and other factors
A survey of nearly 12,000 working U.S.-based journalists found that the beats American journalists cover vary widely by gender and other factors.
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1. Americans are more aware of some alternative social media sites than others, but overall, very few get news there
Overall, 6% of U.S. adults say they regularly get news or news headlines from at least one of seven alternative social media sites – BitChute, Gab, Gettr, Parler, Rumble, Telegram or Truth Social – according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted May 16-22, 2022. Respondents first were asked whether they had heard of these […]
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Key facts about Rumble
Here are key facts about the alternative social media service Rumble, an online video-sharing platform founded in 2013.