Nigerian Muslims Favoring Suicide Bombing
A substantial minority of Muslims in Nigeria say that violence against civilians in defense of Islam can sometimes or often be justified.
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The Near-Miss Plane Plot Leads Newspaper Headlines
This week’s News Coverage Index examines the agenda in one media sector—daily newspapers. And it reveals that the unanswered questions about the attempted bombing of a U.S. airliner were still dominating coverage a week after the event occurred. Meanwhile, the state of the economy was the week’s second-biggest topic.
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Bloggers Track the Nuances of the Health Care Debate
During a Christmas week when the Senate passed its version of health care reform, social media devoted more attention to the subject than it had at any time this year. Bloggers also focused on an international grassroots campaign. On Twitter, a Blackberry outage led the way, while on YouTube, questions about the attack on the Italian Prime Minister drew significant attention.
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Top Stories of 2009: Economy, Obama and Health Care
Summary of Findings The troubled economy and efforts to revamp the nation’s health care system dominated the public’s news interest in 2009. From the year’s start, Americans kept a close watch on the unfolding economic crisis, as well as Barack Obama’s efforts to grapple with the crisis while trying to make good on campaign promises. […]
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Non-Dogmatic Americans
About one-third of Americans say they regularly or occasionally attend religious services at more than one place; most sometimes attend services of a faith different from their own.
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Reading the Stars
One-in-four American adults believe in astrology, including 23% of Christians.