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    5. Black Americans see representation as key in determining how they stay informed

    People in different subgroups within the U.S. population often have different views of, relationships with and priorities for the news media. Partisanship is among the strongest divides, with Republicans expressing much more negativity toward the media than Democrats (see Chapter 4). But striking divisions also emerge between other groups in the country, including racial and […]

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    How we choose what to study

    Quarterly Update A message from Pew Research Center President Michael Dimock · Subscribe ↗ How we choose what to study Dear readers, Happy RPP season! This is an exciting time of year for Pew Research Center as we are in the middle of our annual research planning process (RPP for short). This is when our research teams […]

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    6. About this canvassing of experts

    This report covers results from the 13th “Future of the Internet” canvassing by Pew Research Center and Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center. Participants were asked to respond to several questions about the tone and impact of the online environment and the trajectory of activities in the digital public sphere that have recently been raising […]

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    1. The views and experiences of U.S. adult Twitter users

    U.S. adults on Twitter visit the site with varying degrees of intensity. In all, two-thirds (66%) of Twitter users say they visit the site at least once a week, and the remaining third say they do so less often. And a share of users – 10% of the total – are far more regular visitors, […]

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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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    Samuel Bestvater

    Samuel Bestvater is the Associate Director of Data Labs at Pew Research Center. Sam helps lead the Center’s data science research, using computational tools and techniques to study the behaviors and life experiences of the public. He’s involved in every step of the research process, from guiding which questions to ask, to deciding how to […]