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reportFeb 4, 2016

The 2016 Presidential Campaign – a News Event That’s Hard to Miss

About nine-in-ten Americans learn about the election in a given week. But they are divided on what type of news source – from television to digital to radio to print – they find most helpful.
short readsDec 28, 2016

Health issues topped the list of scientific studies reaching wide audiences in 2016

Health care policy, space and evolution led the way.
short readsFeb 23, 2016

Broad support for internet freedom around the world

Many people around the world consider free expression in cyberspace to be a fundamental right.
reportMay 5, 2016

Long-Form Reading Shows Signs of Life in Our Mobile News World

On cellphones, longer news stories get about twice the engaged time from readers as shorter pieces do. They also get roughly the same number of visitors.
short readsApr 6, 2016

Global tech companies see India’s vast offline population as untapped market

Only about a fifth of India’s roughly 1.2 billion people are online, according to a recent Pew Research Center report, and the world’s biggest technology companies are clamoring for this large, untapped user base. Facebook recently tried (and failed) to implement its “Free Basics” internet program, and Google is also vying for the vast Indian […]
reportOct 25, 2016

The Political Environment on Social Media

Some Americans enjoy the opportunities for political debate and engagement that social media facilitates, but many more express resignation, frustration over the tone and content of social platforms.
reportMay 5, 2016

Appendix B: Terminology

Short-form: Articles with a word count of 101 – 999 words. (Those with 100 or fewer words were removed due to their greater potential of containing anomalous data.) Long-form: Articles with a word count of 1,000 words or more. Cellphone: Defined by Parse.ly as a broad category encompassing mobile devices that are not desktop/laptop computers, […]
reportFeb 23, 2017

1. Who is going negative? Leadership and very liberal or conservative members most critical of other side

While it is easy enough for observers and pundits to declare that modern American politics is “too negative,” it is much harder for social scientists to measure that phenomenon with precision. This report draws on new computational tools and statistical methods that allow researchers to look for patterns in large amounts of text. These tools […]
short readsNov 7, 2016

Social media causes some users to rethink their views on an issue

Exposure to a range of new ideas and viewpoints that many social media users encounter can occasionally cause people to change their minds about political issues or candidates.
reportDec 28, 2016

1. The background of the ‘We the People’ website

In September 2011, the Obama administration announced the creation of an electronic petitioning system called “We the People.” According to the original statement, the platform was meant to give “all Americans a way to create and sign petitions on a range of issues affecting our nation.” “Throughout our history,” the announcement continued, “Americans have used […]

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The 2016 Presidential Campaign – a News Event That’s Hard to Miss

Health issues topped the list of scientific studies reaching wide audiences in 2016

Broad support for internet freedom around the world

Long-Form Reading Shows Signs of Life in Our Mobile News World

Global tech companies see India’s vast offline population as untapped market

The Political Environment on Social Media

Appendix B: Terminology

1. The background of the ‘We the People’ website

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