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    Introduction

    Social media have become significant platforms for meaningful and important human interactions. While there are many ways that people use social networking sites to engage in politics and civic activities,[6. numoffset=”6″ Smith, A. (2014) “,” Pew Research Center, Washington, DC. November 3, 2014. https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2014/11/03/cell-phones-social-media-and-campaign-2014/] exchange important health information,[7. Fox, S. and Purcell, K. (2010) “Social […]

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    Parents, social support and outreach on social media

    Parents reach out in a variety of ways to provide social support to their networks online. Mothers are particularly active in responding to their networks in both good times and bad. Social media is used by parents to reach out to friends, family, and acquaintances – particularly in moments of celebration or hardship. To gauge […]

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    News Use on Facebook and Twitter Is on the Rise

    On both Facebook and Twitter, more users are getting news than in the past. As of early 2015, 63% of Facebook and Twitter users get news on their respective sites. This is up substantially from 2013, when about half of each social network’s users (47% for Facebook and 52% for Twitter) reported getting news there. […]

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    6. Keeping in Touch Across Generations

    Families today have a variety of options for keeping in touch. New technologies, such as cellphones and the internet, make it possible for family members to be in almost constant communication with one another, regardless of their physical location. The telephone is used most often for communicating with family, but many family members today are […]

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    Restrictions on Women’s Religious Attire

    Many countries have laws that ban or limit women from wearing religious attire in public places. By comparison, far fewer countries require women to wear particular types of attire for religious reasons.

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    1. Library users and learning

    Adults who use libraries and visit library websites are often ahead of the crowd when it comes to being learners, engaging with information and embracing technology. Fully 97% of those who visited a library or bookmobile in the past 12 months say the assertion “I think of myself as a lifelong learner” applies to them […]

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    Americans’ Views on Mobile Etiquette

    For many Americans, cellphones are always present and rarely turned off. This creates new social challenges, as people believe that different public and social settings warrant different sensitivities for civil behavior.

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    Appendix C: The News Sources

    In Wave 1 of the American Trends Panel questionnaire, Web respondents were asked a series of questions about news sources for information about government and politics. Respondents were first asked whether they have heard of 36 sources. Icons for the sources were arrayed on two screens of 18 sources each, randomized within each screen, as […]

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