Pew Research Center Essays

  • The Importance Of Political Socialization

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    Political socialization, the process of acquiring the principles of the political culture transmitted from those immersed in it to those who are not, shapes and develops people with their roles and opinions about the politics (Jillson). People go through long and complicated process of incorporating and combining their own thoughts, feelings, and evaluations about the politics which in later provides diversity in political socialization. My political socialization are not built from my parents who

  • The Negative Effects Of Social Media On Young Adults?

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    their Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or other social networking sites when they are eating, before sleeping, during walking, in the class and etc, whenever and wherever possible. That shows how intensely those social media influence human’s life. Pew Research Center (2015) reported almost three out of four online adults use social networking sites in 2014. The impacts of social networking sites also act on children and teenagers besides adults. So there are many researches study the impacts of social networking

  • Fatherhood Essay

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    questions and then share some realistic and practical ways fathers can better connect with their families and deal with the demands of fatherhood in this hectic, and at times, chaotic day and age. A Pew Research Center analysis titled: “A Tale of Two Fathers: More Are Active, but More Are Absent” (June 15, 2011, Pew Social & Demographic Trends Project), found that over one in four fathers (27%) with kids 18 or younger live away from at least one of their children. In 1960, only 11% of children in the U.S

  • Descriptive Essay About Europe

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    is commonly followed in France is catholicism. In a survey by the French Institute of Public Opinion (IFOP),”64 percent of the population (about 41.6 million people) identified themselves as Roman Catholic.” According to a 2010 survey by the Pew Research Center, “7.5 percent (4.7 million people) are

  • The Negative Analysis Of Miranda Lambert's 'Automatic'

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    In fact, recent studies conducted by the Pew Research Center have shown a large increase in people accessing the news through a digital source ("Technology And Divorce: A Correlation?", par. 6). Also, the average news viewing time has increased fifteen minutes between 2006 and 2010 within people with

  • How Different is the NSA from Orwell's Big Brother?

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    Richard Ledgett: The NSA responds to Edward Snowden's TED Talk [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLNXIXingyU Pew Research Center. (June 17, 2013). “Public Split over Impact of NSA Leak, But Most Want Snowden Prosecuted [Data Set]. Retrieved from http://www.people-press.org/files/legacy-pdf/6-17-13%20NSA%20release.pdf Pew Research Center. (January 20, 2014). “Obama’s NSA Speech has Little Impact on Skeptical Public” [Data Set]. Retrieved from http://www.people-press.org/files/legacy-pdf/1-20-14%20NSA%20Release

  • Boomerang Kids on the Rise

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    A boomerang is an Aboriginal Australian weapon, shaped like a wide and rounded 'V', that was originally used for hunting. Over the years it has shifted from being a sharp tool to a plastic toy. It is similar to a single player version of Frisbee, except that when you throw a boomerang it hovers around and then returns to the place where it was thrown from. Aptly named, the 'boomerang kids' are young adults that, after leaving home for a few years, return home to live with their parents, just like

  • Negative Effects of Technology

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    ...Print. (2) Mac, Ryan. "Mark Zuckerberg's Net Worth Up $3.7 Billion As Facebook Shares Soar Following Earnings." Forbes. Forbes Magazine, 25 July 2013. Web. 14 Dec. 2013. . (6) Madden, Mary. "Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project." Teens and Technology 2013. Pew Research Center, 13 Mar. 2013. Web. 10 Nov. 2013. (3) Velazco, Chris. Techcrunch.com. Rep. N.p., 28 Oct. 2013. Web. Oct.-Nov. 2013. . (5) Warner, Brian. "One Year Ago Today: 27 Year Old CEO Kevin Systrom Sells Instagram

  • Research Paper On Drones

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    Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) more commonly known as drones. In recent years the United States has been utilizing drones for many reasons, one of which includes limiting the deaths of countless American soldiers in troubled areas. According to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in 2013, 61 percent of people in the U.S. support t...

  • young Adults Live in Their Parents’ Home

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    and face their own responsible; in other hand some parents give up their children, because they (parents) think they don’t have anything to offer their young once. A lot of research showed that millennial generation are more likely to live with their parents. According to Richard Fry, a Senior Research Associate at the Pew Research Center’s Hispanic Trends Project said, “In 2012, 36% of the nation’s young adults ages 18 to 31—the so-called millennial generation—were living in their parents’ home” (Fry)

  • Face To Face Communication Essay

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    We have started to lose contact with one another through face to face encounters. We now live in a world where communication through technology is almost mandatory. Anywhere you go you will see people texting, emailing, and using multiple sources of social media. Its rare that we leave the house and not see someone using their phone. Our children are struggling to use verbal communication to express their feelings. We as a nation should limit cell phone usage to improve our social in person interaction

  • Persuasive Essay On Social Media

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    today, it is more of an issue than a benefit. Teenagers are not the only ones who use Social Media, but women and Men also use it for the same things. Mostly they use it for staying in contact with their friends or relatives. According to the Pew Research Center, ninety percent of teens, sixty-eight percent of women, and sixty-two percent of men use Social Media daily. Today people can

  • The Effects Of Technology On Physical Development

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    In a world full of technological advances being made every day, it comes without surprise that the children of today’s modern world are being accustomed to the use of technology. These rapid advances in technology come with their advantages and disadvantages as many children become absorbed into extended periods of usage with minimal parental intervention. Technology is a modern privilege that allows the world to communicate and interact on scales never seen before. The use of portable devices, such

  • Junk Science by Lee Ann Fisher Baron

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    little or no supporting evidence, this ‘junk science’ undermines the ability…[for] everyday consumers to make rational decisions” (921). Yet Americans still have a lot of faith in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). According to a 2013 Pew Research study, 65% of Americans are “very favorable” or “mostly favorable” of the FDA. When it comes to what people put in their bodies, the FDA has a moral obligation to be truthful and transparent. The bottom line of the FDA’s myriad of responsibilities

  • Persuasive Essay On Lack Of Marriage

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    emotionally tied to one other person. “Meanwhile, only 30 percent of Millennials say that having a successful marriage is ‘one of the most important things’ in life, according to the Pew Research Center, down from even the 47 percent of Generation X who said the same thing in 1997. Four in 10 Americans went ever further, telling Pew researchers in 2010 that marriage was becoming obsolete.” (csmonitor) A reason these

  • A Life Lived for a Community

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    the pint-sized town of Brunswick, Missouri, which in 2010, had a population of a whopping 838 people (city-data.com).In the early 1940’s when she was born, the population was at 1,749 people, much larger than it is currently (Missouri Census Data Center). Shortly after she was born, her family began frequently moving around the state due to her Father’s occupation as a high school band teacher. The home she remembers most from her childhood, after a series of small towns, is in Elsberry, Missouri

  • A woman's Place?

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    National Council for Research on Women said “Women belong in the workplace. It is right for families, communities, the economy and, most importantly, for women so that they can live to their full potential as productive and self-reliant individuals.” Most of you are thinking that for sure the one who is defending women’s rights is a lady, but in fact I’m a man. I’m fighting for them because they deserve it, they deserve to be happy. Statistics according to Pew Research Center state that 85% of working

  • The Impact Of Social Media On The Entertainment Industry

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    The study by the Pew Research center (2012) also examined the positive impacts the internet had on teen culture. The progression of social media and the internet in general has allowed teens ' access to information in the fastest possible way, and has increased their ability to

  • The Real Duck Dynasty Debate

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    In today’s society, there is a divide among Christians and homosexuals. Christians are being criticized for stating their beliefs about homosexuality. Society is accepting homosexuality as the new norm and expecting Christians to do the same. In Larry Alex Taunton’s article “The Genuine Conflict Being Ignored in the Duck Dynasty Debate,” Taunton begins the first paragraph stating “An evangelical Christian points out that there is, in fact, a tension between orthodox Christianity and homosexuality

  • Paris, France

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    It is an exciting thought to have been able to travel to different places throughout your lifetime. One country that has always sounded like an interesting vacation spot to me is Europe. The most commonly visited places in Europe are Paris, London, and Rome. The one place that stands out to me the most is Paris, France. Not only have I heard wonderful reviews about France, but I have also heard real life experiences from a group of students who went to my high school that visited Europe. The three