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reportMay 14, 2020

Communicating technical content

A common challenge facing researchers is how to make complex subject matter accessible to a general audience.
short readsJul 14, 2020

Key facts about digital-native news outlets amid staff cuts, revenue losses

Traffic to digital-native news sites has plateaued in recent years. After rising from 2014 to 2016, it remained steady through 2019.
reportJul 16, 2020

2. Congressional social media engagement driven by key issues, events and language

Audience engagement with legislators’ posts has generally increased over the past five years. But that engagement has also varied significantly as events unfolded and shaped the broader political climate. By tracking notable day-over-day increases in engagement for the typical Democratic and Republican member of Congress, Pew Research Center researchers identified a number of events that […]
reportOct 9, 2020

Amid Campaign Turmoil, Biden Holds Wide Leads on Coronavirus, Unifying the Country

Comparable majorities of both candidates’ supporters say it “really matters” who wins in November, with large majorities on both sides saying a win by the opposing candidate would lead to “lasting harm” for the country.
short readsSep 24, 2020

54% of Americans say social media companies shouldn’t allow any political ads

77% of adults think it’s not acceptable for social media sites to use data about users’ online activities to show them political campaign ads.
short readsFeb 3, 2020

Democrats on Twitter more liberal, less focused on compromise than those not on the platform

A 56% majority of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents who use Twitter describe their political views as liberal or very liberal.
reportJul 8, 2021

Methodology

This study is based on an analysis of 12,832 sermons, homilies or worship services delivered between Aug. 31 and Nov. 8, 2020, and collected from the websites of 2,146 churches found via the Google Places application programming interface (API), a tool that provides information about establishments, geographic locations or points of interest listed on Google […]
short readsJul 13, 2020

Activism on social media varies by race and ethnicity, age, political party

32% of U.S. social media users say they have used these sites in the past month to encourage others to take action on issues.
reportOct 9, 2020

3. Perceptions of Trump and Biden

Overall, voters feel colder about Donald Trump than they do about Joe Biden. When asked to rate the two candidates on a “feeling thermometer” where 0 is the coldest rating and 100 is the warmest rating, 51% of registered voters give Trump a “very cold” rating of less than 25 (including 40% who give him […]
short readsApr 2, 2020

Tweets by members of Congress tell the story of an escalating COVID-19 crisis

More than half of all tweets sent by members of the U.S. Congress between March 11 and 21 were related to the coronavirus outbreak.

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Communicating technical content

Key facts about digital-native news outlets amid staff cuts, revenue losses

2. Congressional social media engagement driven by key issues, events and language

Amid Campaign Turmoil, Biden Holds Wide Leads on Coronavirus, Unifying the Country

54% of Americans say social media companies shouldn’t allow any political ads

Democrats on Twitter more liberal, less focused on compromise than those not on the platform

Methodology

Activism on social media varies by race and ethnicity, age, political party

3. Perceptions of Trump and Biden

Tweets by members of Congress tell the story of an escalating COVID-19 crisis