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    5 facts about religion in Nigeria

    As of 2020, Muslims made up a majority of Nigeria’s total population (56.1%), while Christians made up 43.4%.

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    Tuned-Out Middle

    Largely disconnected from politics, they tilt liberal on economic concerns but not on social issues Tuned-Out Middle are defined largely by their relatively low levels of interest in politics and participation in elections. While they are roughly equally likely to associate with the Republican and Democratic parties, most don’t identify as partisans, and they tend […]

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    1. Teachers’ job satisfaction

    33% of public K-12 teachers are highly satisfied with their job, and 52% say they wouldn’t advise a young person to become a teacher.

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    How the audiences of 30 major news sources differ by education and age

    ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story Pop star Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce announced their engagement this week after two years of dating, breaking a record on Instagram and also spurring widespread media coverage. […]

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    Acknowledgments

    For our latest survey data about news influencers, read the “News Influencers Fact Sheet.” This is a Pew Research Center report from the Pew-Knight Initiative, a research program funded jointly by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Find related reports online at https://www.pewresearch.org/pew-knight/. Research Galen Stocking, Senior Computational Social […]

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    How Americans view journalists in the digital age

    ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story Cable news channel Newsmax has agreed to pay $67 million dollars to settle a libel lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems over claims that the company had rigged their voting machines in the […]

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    Buddhism’s Recent Decline in East Asia

    Buddhism is the only major religion whose global population shrank between 2010 and 2020. Learn why it declined in East Asia, particularly in Japan and South Korea.

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    Acknowledgments

    This report was produced by Pew Research Center as part of the Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures project, which analyzes religious change and its impact on societies around the world. Funding for the Global Religious Futures project comes from The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John Templeton Foundation (grant 62287). Find related reports online at https://www.pewresearch.org/globalreligiousfutures. This […]