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Data Set
Dec 1, 2012
This omnibus survey contains questions on people's Facebook habits and attitudes.
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Report
Nov 6, 2012Lee Rainie
22% of registered voters have announced their vote for president on social media like Facebook or Twitter
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Media Mention
Caitlin Dewey, Washington Post
Nov 6, 2012
One of every five registered voters will share how they voted online, according to a new report by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. The report, “Social Media and Voting,” also found that nearly a third of registered voters have been encourag...
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Media Mention
Jenny Xie, PBS MediaShift
Oct 29, 2012
The "Social Media and Political Engagement" survey from the Pew Internet and American Life Project identified eight major ways Americans use social network tools (Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn) and Twitter to participate in civil and political activiti...
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Report
Oct 19, 2012Lee Rainie, Aaron Smith, Kay Lehman Schlozman, Henry Brady, Sidney Verba
66% of social media users have employed the platforms for at least one of eight civic or political activities with social media
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Media Mention
Benny Evangelista, SFGate
Oct 19, 2012
This should come as no surprise at a time when a phrase like “binders full of women” can instantly become an Internet meme, but a new study shows that about 66 percent of social media users have used those platforms to comment about political candida...
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Presentation
Oct 18, 2012Kathryn Zickuhr
Pew Internet Research Analyst Kathryn Zickuhr discussed patterns and trends shaping the new messaging realities of the digital age at the WSU Elliott School of Communications’ annual Comm Week conference.
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Media Mention
Barry Wellman and Lee Rainie, The Globe and Mail
Oct 16, 2012
It’s much harder to spot absences than presences. Presences can jump out and smack you in the face. Absences just lurk until they startle you.
Right now, we’re looking at an absence that would have been a startling presence 50 years ago. With all ...
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