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2007

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    Foreign Policy: The Public Sends a Muddled Message

    Both the White House and Congress face difficult decisions with respect to foreign policy in the final two years of Bush’s term. Yet, the polls suggest that policymakers can expect little in the way of clear guidance from the public. Opinion surveys find much in the way of public frustration, but little in the way […]

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    Wicked Storms, Wobbly Stocks, and Wounded Soldiers Make News

    More so than any time this year, no single story dominated the news last week. But a number of sudden events and slowly developing subjects found their way into the headlines. Anna Nicole Smith faded, Al Gore re-emerged, and Bob Woodruff came back home to ABC.

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    The Media’s Verdict on the Libby Trial

    The jury has spoken in the perjury and obstruction trial of Scooter Libby that so intimately involved the journalism profession itself. We know the Vice President’s former top aide was found guilty. But who or what else did the media implicate in its post-verdict coverage?

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    Anna Nicole Audience Praises Press Coverage

    Summary of Findings Anna Nicole Smith’s death and the bizarre aftermath continue to fascinate a significant segment of the American public and the mainstream media. During the second full week of coverage of the story, interest remained steady and coverage actually increased – as portions of the legal proceedings concerning her body were carried live […]

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    Young Adults Love Video Games

    That’s the portion of Gen Nexters — Americans ages 18-25 — who say they play games that can be hooked up to a television such as PlayStation, Xbox or GameCube. Roughly one-third of the preceding generation of Gen Xers (35%) play these types of games.

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    The Young Are More Welcoming to Immigrants

    That’s the percentage of Gen Nexters (ages 18-25) who say that the increase in the number of immigrants working in the U.S. has done more to help than hurt American workers. Among older workers, far fewer say immigrants have helped American workers overall.

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    Cash is a Lesser King

    That’s the percent of Americans who say they mainly use cash for their everyday purchases, 31% say they use debit cards, 16% say they use credit cards and 15% say they use checks.

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    Web 2.0 Creative Contributors

    That’s the portion of internet users who say they have shared something online that they created themselves such as their own artwork, photos, stories or videos — activities that are part of the loose aggregation of participatory online activities under the rubric of Web 2.0.