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2012

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    The Rise of the “Connected Viewer”

    52% of adult cell owners use their phones while engaging with televised content; younger audiences are particularly active in these ‘connected viewing’ experiences

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    The Rise of the “Connected Viewer”

    52% of adult cell owners use their phones while engaging with televised content; younger audiences are particularly active in these “connected viewing” experiences

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    Raising Taxes on Rich Seen as Good for Economy, Fairness

    Overview By two-to-one (44% to 22%), the public says that raising taxes on incomes above $250,00o would help the economy rather than hurt it, while 24% say this would not make a difference. Moreover, an identical percentage (44%) says a tax increase on higher incomes would make the tax system more fair, while just 21% […]

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    National Satisfaction

    Americans’ satisfaction with the state of the nation has edged upwards since the fall of 2011, though many more continue to say they are dissatisfied than satisfied with the way things are going in the country today. It has been more than five years since satisfaction has been higher than 34%. Satisfaction with national conditions […]

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    About Two-in-Ten Americans Own Tablet Computers

    As of January 2012, about two-in-ten Americans said they owned a tablet computer, nearly double the number that said they did before the holiday gift-giving season in December 2011.

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    YouTube & News

    News is becoming a major part of what Americans watch on YouTube. In the last 15 months, a third of the most searched terms on the video sharing site were news related. A new study by the Project for Excellence in Journalism explores the character of news on YouTube.