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According to a Pew Charitable Trust report, more than half of Americans have less than one month of income saved in case of emergency. This is in direct contradiction to the advice given by most financial experts to have at least three to six months living expenses on hand for unexpected situations, such as a job loss. It is interesting to note that all levels of income had the same lack of savings; therefore, it is not necessarily a problem with the amount of income, but instead with an inability

Fitch. Website Content & Coverage The website I chose was Pew Research Center. In Pew Research Center is a web page were the audience is directed for general public. The information in the article was secondary. One of the things that I liked about this article is that the information that was provided has diverse statistics

Introduction Society is always changing on what should and should not be accepted in a community or family. However as much as many may disagree on cohabitation before marriage couples are opting for this option due to many reasons, for most living with someone before being married gives them the opportunity to see if they are really willing to spend the rest of their lives with such person. This will give them the opportunity to learn from each other and if they are fit in such relationship. In

virtually everyone’s personal information. Over four billion people had their identities stolen last year according to the Business Insider (Cole). In addition, sixty-four percent of Americans have experienced some form of data-theft, according to the Pew Research Center (Olmstead and Smith). Many major companies, such as Yahoo and Target, have fallen prey to hackers. While smartphones have made it much easier to accomplish tasks on the go, many people do not take adequate steps to best ensure security

or conducting in-depth interviews to find out if survey respondents have any issues in answering the survey questions. I will be using questions about news consumption provided by Pew Research Center (Pew) to show how questionnaire improvement can be done. The questions about news consumption were implemented by Pew to

Surveys indicate that in 2016, most Americans, 62%, used social media to access news (Pew Research Center, 2016). Nearly 80% of American journalists use social media (Lee, 2015). Social media has become a source for both creating and obtaining news (Yamamoto, Nah, & Chung, 2017). As technology changes how people receive news, it also changes how they evaluate credibility (Lee, 2015). Research into media credibility has evolved over the years, a simplified definition of media credibility might

the Pew Research Center began to track social media use, just “5% of American adults used at least one of these platforms” and by 2011 half of all Americans began to use social media (Pew Research Center). Today “69% of the public uses some type of social media” (Pew Research Center). Social media can negatively hurt relationships because of miscommunication and words are exchanged that normally would not be exchanged in person. Relationships are put on the line due to social media. The Pew Research

learned at a young age that if you do not want to be responsible for the situation, you blame it on someone else. As we get older, we begin to realize how important taking responsibility really is. In fact, 93% of the 3,000 parents surveyed by the Pew Research Center said that responsibility was the number one character trait they wanted their child to possess. Ron Kurtus, the creator of School for Champions, said, “Being responsible and taking responsibility for the things that may go wrong is an

smartphones and a lot of the smartphone users have social media where they can connect with their friends and family and even get a chance to meet new people online. It is claimed that being on social media is people's favorite thing to do digitally (Pew Research Center). Online

In her essay, “Digital Dating: Desperation or Necessity?,” Christine Hassler defends online dating from the negative stigma associated with the trend. Despite negative opinion of those who meet their significant other online, Hassler discourages her readers from allowing potential shame result in missed opportunities. Due to the internet’s increased importance in forming connections, digital dating should be utilized as a tool for finding relationships and becoming acquainted with like-minded strangers