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    Una nueva encuesta de gran escala explora el cambio en la identidad religiosa de los latinos en los Estados Unidos

    Aunque la mayoría de los hispanos en los Estados Unidos continúa perteneciendo a la Iglesia Católica Romana, el porcentaje de católicos en la población hispana está disminuyendo, mientras que un creciente número de hispanos dice ser protestante o no estar afiliado a ninguna religión.Efectivamente, casi uno de cada cuatro adultos hispanos (24 %) dejó de profesar […]

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    Conclusion

    Social media comes in different forms and structures. Mapping social media networks can enable a better understanding of the variety of ways individuals form groups and organize online. Our social media network maps of Twitter have illustrated six different structures of connection around different kinds of topics. It is possible to imagine any number of […]

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    The Gurus Speak

    Some of the most prominent and respected technology experts and analysts made far-ranging statements, encompassing many points. Their answers: Things will get better, rather than worse A vortex of innovation and a commons-based economy could be created Jerry Michalski, founder of REX, the Relationship Economy eXpedition, wrote, “I’m going to be an idealist here and […]

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    Attitudes, Impacts, and Barriers to Adoption

    Many seniors face physical challenges to using new digital devices Not only do seniors use many common technologies at relatively low rates, they also face unique barriers and challenges to increasing those adoption levels.[1. In previous Pew Research surveys on this subject, we have found that many seniors take a skeptical view towards the potential […]

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    Social Media Update 2013

    42% of online adults use multiple social networking sites, but Facebook remains the platform of choice

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    Facebook is a news source for many, but only incidentally

    Unlike Twitter, which has developed into a go-to source for breaking news, only 28% of Facebook news consumers have ever used the service to track an unfolding news story. And even among that sub-subgroup, fewer than half (41%) said Facebook was among the first places they’d turn to keep up with a breaking news event.

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    Coke, “America the Beautiful,” and the language of diversity

    Coca-Cola’s “It’s Beautiful” ad, that aired during Sunday night’s Super Bowl, sought to portray ethnic diversity in the U.S. by featuring “America the Beautiful” sung in several languages. But not everyone was happy with Coke’s celebration of diversity in the country.

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    Data Feed: Jobs report, Twitter and news, gender preferences

    A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers. Politics Liberal self-identification edges up in 2013, Gallup For first time, most lawmakers worth over $1 Million, Center for Responsive Politics Why people call themselves “independent” even when they aren’t, The Washington Post Employment Unemployment rate drops to […]

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    Elaborations: More Expert Responses

    Each increment of growth in bandwidth has enabled new communication, new participation in communities, more effective outreach to broader social networks, more access to information, and more algorithmic interventions to sort and filter data. Most of the experts in this canvassing see all those trends being amplified in the decade to come as gigabit connectivity […]

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