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    1. Demographics of Americans who get most of their political news from social media

    In a number of areas, the 18% of U.S. adults who say social media is their most common way to get political and election news stand out from adults who most often follow politics on other platforms (such as print, radio, television or news websites). Most notably, the social media group is the youngest by […]

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    Samuel Bestvater

    Samuel Bestvater is a senior data scientist on the Data Labs team at Pew Research Center, where he has studied a range of topics including social media usage by political figures as well as the general public; link rot and webpage deletion; and the geography of electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Bestvater holds a PhD in Political Science and Social Data […]

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    Appendix B: Typology group creation and analysis

    The 2021 political typology divides the public into nine groups. The assignment of individuals to one of the nine groups is based on their responses to 27 questions about social and political values. The table below lists the items used in the construction of the typology groups. Items included in the typology construction measure a […]

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    American Trends Panel Wave 70

    Field dates: July 13 – July 20, 2020
    Topics: Religion in public life, social media’s role in politics and society, COVID-19 contact tracing

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    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 […]

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