Men are overrepresented in online image search results for popular jobs. Women appear lower on the page than men in many of these searches.
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Rural Americans live an average of 10.5 miles from the nearest hospital, compared with 5.6 miles for people in suburban areas and 4.4 in urban areas.
Partisan differences are modest among Americans who mention family, career, money or friends as aspects that make their lives meaningful.
Four topics are universally associated with higher levels of life satisfaction: a person’s good health, romantic partner, friends and career.
An analysis of Youtube videos suggested by the site's recommendation engine finds that users are directed toward progressively longer and more popular content
For the average moderate legislator, about 54% of a member’s Facebook posts discussed local issues between 2015 and 2017. But for the average very liberal or very conservative legislator, just 38% of posts dealt with local issues.
The U.S. congressional Facebook audience used the “angry” button in response to lawmakers’ posts nearly 14 million times following the 2016 election.
Democratic legislators’ opposition to political adversaries on Facebook spiked after Trump’s election, while "angry" reactions to posts by members of Congress increased among followers.
On Twitter, suspected bots are far more active in sharing links to news sites focusing on nonpolitical content than to sites with a political focus.
An estimated two-thirds of tweeted links to popular websites are posted by automated accounts – not human beings.
