Broadband’s Impact on Citizen Engagement
The goal of this FCC workshop was to assess, and facilitate a conversation about, the current state of data on broadband adoption and utilization, as well as the associated measurement and other...
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The Internet and Civic Engagement
Whether they take place on the internet or off, traditional political activities remain the domain of those with high levels of income and education. Contrary to the hopes of some advocates, the...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P82g4KE1IAk?rel=0 Aaron Smith discusses the role the Internet plays in opening civic and political debate to historically underrepresented groups....
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22% of online Americans used social networking or Twitter for politics in...
22% of online Americans used social networking or Twitter for politics in 2010 campaign Some 21% of online adults used social networking sites such as Facebook or MySpace in the months leading up to...
View ArticleThe Internet and the 2010 Midterms
This talk examines the key findings from the Pew Internet Project’s 2010 post-election survey including: The changing nature of political news consumption The growing importance and implications of...
View ArticleSocial networking sites and politics
It turns out that birds of a feather don’t always flock together on social networking sites when it comes to politics. There is evidence in a new survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet &...
View ArticleSocial Media and Political Engagement
Overview The use of social media is becoming a feature of political and civic engagement for many Americans. Some 60% of American adults use either social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter and...
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Americans, Politics and Science Issues
Summary of Findings One of the key trends in public opinion over the past few decades has been a growing divide among Republicans and Democrats into ideologically uniform “silos.” A larger share of the...
View ArticleMajor Gaps Between the Public, Scientists on Key Issues
Despite broadly similar views about the overall place of science in America, there are striking differences between the public and scientists’ views on a host of science-related issues, from whether...
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An Elaboration of AAAS Scientists’ Views
In January 2015, the Pew Research Center released findings from two surveys; the findings illustrated substantial gaps on major science issues between the views of citizens and U.S. members of the...
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Chapter 3: Support for Government Funding
Overall, a solid majority of adults in the U.S. say government investment in both basic science research and in engineering and technology “pay off in the long run” (71% and 72%, respectively). A...
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Chapter 4: Evolution and Perceptions of Scientific Consensus
This chapter looks at public views about human evolution and perceptions of scientific consensus about evolution and the creation of the universe. Consistent with past Pew Research surveys and other...
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Chapter 5: Public Views About Biomedical Issues
This chapter looks at a handful of issues in the biomedical arena. No single set of factors is central to explaining views across all of these topics. One of the issues we examined related to changing...
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Chapter 6: Public Opinion About Food
The Pew Research survey included a handful of questions related to genetically modified (GM) foods and one on the safety of foods grown with pesticides. This chapter looks at each of these in turn. The...
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Chapter 7: Opinion About the Use of Animals in Research
The general public is closely divided when it comes to the use of animals in research. Some 47% favor the practice, while and a nearly equal share (50%) oppose it. Support for animal research is down...
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Chapter 8: Attitudes on Space Issues
This chapter looks at the underpinnings of two attitudes related to space exploration. When it comes to government investment in the International Space Station, public views are influenced primarily...
View ArticleAbout This Report
This report examines the general public’s views on a range of science-related topics and explores the degree to which political views, educational attainment, religion and demographic factors are...
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Appendix A: About the General Public Survey
The bulk of the analysis in this report stems from a general public survey conducted by telephone with a national sample of adults (18 years of age or older) living in all 50 U.S. states and the...
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Why Elaborate on Scientists’ Views?
This report revisits the subject matter of a January release in which Pew Research Center compared the public’s and scientists’ viewpoints on key scientific issues. Specifically, this report takes a...
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Elaborating on the Views of AAAS Scientists, Issue by Issue
The following material covers the various views of subsets of AAAS members on each of the 13 issues that were highlighted in our original report about the gaps between scientists and citizens. Climate...
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