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    Why Pew Research Center Changed Its Strategy This Election

    Pew Research Center has shifted its approach for the 2016 election cycle, focusing on fewer, larger political surveys, new work with our American Trends Panel and a continued emphasis on larger themes related to political polarization, partisan antipathy, distrust and compromise.

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    The state of privacy in post-Snowden America

    After the June 2013 leaks by Edward Snowden about NSA surveillance of Americans’ communications, Pew Research Center began an in-depth exploration of people’s views and behaviors related to privacy. Here’s what we learned.

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    4. Social engagement

    While many Americans get news from social media, few social media news users are heavily engaged with news there. More social interaction about news still occurs offline.

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    Acknowledgments

    This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Find related reports online at https://www.pewresearch.org/topics/social-media/ and https://www.pewresearch.org/topics/race-and-ethnicity/. Primary researchers Monica Anderson, Research Associate Paul Hitlin, Senior Researcher       Research team Kim Parker, Director, Social Trends Research Aaron Smith, Associate Director, Research Lee Rainie, Director, Internet, Science, and Technology Research […]

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    3. Digital news developments in U.S. presidential campaigns, 2000-2016

    Introduction Since the start of the 21st century, the internet has evolved from a novelty accessed by half of the American population to a resource now used by nearly 90% and a primary way for the public to keep up with the news, events and issues of the day. This is true as well when […]

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    With a Month to Go, Nearly Half of Voters Say They Have Been Contacted by 2016 Campaigns

    Survey report In the final month before the election, the presidential campaigns are expected to dramatically intensify their voter outreach efforts. Even so, almost half of registered voters (47%) had already received some form of contact from one of the campaigns or groups supporting them as of last month. Some forms of outreach are more […]

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    Theme 6: Unemployment will rise

    The emergence of autonomous vehicles and industrial systems is expected to eliminate many more jobs, but the number of white-collar jobs is also expected to decline. One participant in this canvassing went into detail about ways in which small human teams assisted by algorithms will be able to accomplish much more than large human teams […]

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    News Use Across Social Media Platforms 2016

    A majority of Americans get news on social media, including 18% who do so often. News plays a varying role across the nine social networking sites studied.

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    6. Young adults

    Young adults follow the news less closely, and they have more negative attitudes about the news media. But they are more likely than their elders to get news online. Despite this digital focus, young adults are no more likely to engage with news on social media than others.