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Pew Research Center
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Content: It also conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, calls people randomly through their cell phone and landline numbers, media content analysis, and other empirical social science research. The Pew Research Center does not take policy positions, and is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts. Contents
1 History
2 Funding
3 Research areas
4 Reports
5 References
6 External links
History
In 1990, the Times Mirror Company founded the Times Mirror Center for the People & the Press as a research project, tasked with conducting polls on politics and policy. Andrew Kohut became its director in 1993, and The Pew Charitable Trusts became its primary sponsor in 1996, when it was renamed the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. In 2004, the trust established the Pew Research Center in Washington, D.C. In 2013, Kohut stepped down as president and became founding director, and Alan Murray became the second president of the center. In October 2014, Michael Dimock, a 14-year veteran of the Pew Research Center, was named president. Funding
The Pew Research Center is a nonprofit, tax-exempt 501 (c) (3) organization and a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts, its primary funder. For its studies focusing on demographics of religions in the world, the Pew Research Center has been jointly funded by the Templeton Foundation. Research areas
The center's research is divided into nine areas: U.S. Politics & Policy
Journalism & Media
Internet & Technology
Science & Society
Religion & Public Life
Hispanic Trends
Global Attitudes & Trends
Social & Demographic Trends
Research Methodology
Reports
Researchers at the Pew Research Center annually comb through publicly available sources of information and publications.