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short readsAug 4, 2020

Outside U.S., Floyd’s killing and protests sparked discussion on legislators’ Twitter accounts

Many legislators in four English-speaking countries directly addressed George Floyd’s killing and the subsequent protests on Twitter.
reportDec 15, 2020

3. Concerns about made-up election news are high, and both parties think it is mostly intended to hurt their side

After an election season where viral online misinformation was rampant, six-in-ten Americans say that made-up news and information had a “major impact” on the presidential election, about on par with the portion who say the same of news media coverage. More than half in both parties say this, with 54% of Democrats and independents who […]
reportJul 16, 2020

Congress Soars to New Heights on Social Media

Democratic lawmakers post more content on Twitter, while the median Republican member now averages more audience engagement than the median Democrat across platforms.
short readsSep 9, 2020

Few Americans are confident in tech companies to prevent misuse of their platforms in the 2020 election

73% of Americans express little or no confidence in tech companies to prevent the misuse of their platforms to influence the 2020 election.
reportFeb 22, 2021

4. Americans who mainly got news via social media knew less about politics and current events, heard more about some unproven stories

Beyond the differences in perceptions between partisans – and within parties based on people’s news sources – those who turn to social media as the most common way they get their political news stand out in some ways from those who get news from other pathways (news websites and apps; local, cable, and network TV; […]
reportJul 16, 2020

1. The congressional social media landscape

A living database of political communication In 2015, Pew Research Center launched an initiative to study political rhetoric on a large scale by building an ever-expanding database of political social media activity across multiple platforms, starting with Facebook and now including Twitter. To support this effort, researchers have spent hundreds of hours collecting, cleaning and […]
short readsJan 27, 2021

Republicans, Democrats at odds over social media companies banning Trump

Americans are more likely to support than oppose banning Donald Trump’s social media accounts, but views are divided along political lines.
short readsJul 16, 2020

Posts mentioning ‘Black lives matter’ spiked on lawmakers’ social media accounts after George Floyd killing

236 members (45%) of the 116th Congress have mentioned “Black lives matter” on Facebook or Twitter dating back as far as Jan. 1, 2015.
reportJun 30, 2022

4. The metaverse will fully emerge as its advocates predict

About half of these expert respondents supported the idea that the metaverse will be a fully-immersive aspect of daily life for many by 2040. Many who expect augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR) and virtual reality (VR) to advance substantially predicted those advances will come from a natural evolution of the current innovations that are […]
reportMay 18, 2020

For Global Legislators on Twitter, an Engaged Minority Creates Outsize Share of Content

Although most national officials use the platform, their posts receive only a small number of likes and retweets.

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Search results for: “twitter”

Outside U.S., Floyd’s killing and protests sparked discussion on legislators’ Twitter accounts

4. Americans who mainly got news via social media knew less about politics and current events, heard more about some unproven stories

1. The congressional social media landscape

Republicans, Democrats at odds over social media companies banning Trump

4. The metaverse will fully emerge as its advocates predict