Ever wonder how we tackle challenges of combining survey+social media data Pew Research Center? New on Decoded from Emma Remy+Athena Chapekis, how we created a representative sample of U.S. adult Twitter users + how we ask for consent - issues near and dear to my methods heart: (1/n)

In a new post on our methodology blog, Decoded, data science analyst Athena Chapekis highlights some lessons learned after creating a custom graphics package in R using ggplot2. bit.ly/3RBY8LM

NEW: As the 2022 campaign draws to a close, here’s how federal, state and local candidates have used Twitter pewrsr.ch/3T0LS8d

NEW: House Freedom Caucus on Twitter: Going negative and getting attention pewrsr.ch/3jpYXvX

New from Sam Bestvater and I!

To test whether machine transcription would be practical for studies of sermons in 2019 and 2020, we compared human and machine transcriptions of snippets from a random sample of 200 audio and video sermons. pewrsr.ch/3I24iCU

60% of U.S. adults who have used Twitter in the past year say they’ve taken a break from the platform for a period of several weeks or more during that time pewrsr.ch/3BxEniM

NEW: How U.S. adults on Twitter use the site in the Elon Musk era pewrsr.ch/3OddlF0

New!🚨 from Aaron W. Smith and me

Among U.S. adults who have used Twitter in the past year, women are more likely than men to say they have taken a break from the platform during that time. And Black users are more likely than White or Hispanic users to say this. pewrsr.ch/3MgqXws

NEW: In July 2013, activists first used the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag to spark conversation about racism, violence and the criminal justice system. 🧵 pewrsr.ch/3NS63Wp

🚨 NEW Pew Research Center from Sono Shah and me – mapping cannabis dispensaries across the US.

23% of news webpages contain at least one broken link. Site traffic doesn’t change this likelihood: news sites with a high level of site traffic and those with less are about equally likely to contain broken links. PEWRESEARCH.ORG/DATA-LABS/2024…

21% of webpages from government sites contain at least one broken link. Local-level government webpages (those belonging to city governments) are especially likely to have broken links. PEWRESEARCH.ORG/DATA-LABS/2024…