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    Future of the Internet IV

    Experts and stakeholders discuss predictions about the future of the internet. Update: Correction.

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    Future of the Internet IV

    Is Google making us stupid? Most experts surveyed in a new Pew Internet/Elon University study say the Internet enhances and augments human intelligence.

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    Charging for Content Elicits Strong Objections among Bloggers

    Free versus pay? When it comes to music, bloggers last week strongly championed free. On Twitter, strong views over privacy issues surfaced when Google released its new social networking feature, Google Buzz. And a conversation between Jon Stewart and Bill O’Reilly attracted over a million views on YouTube.

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    Democrats’ Edge Among Millennials Slips

    The “Millennial Generation” of young voters played a big role in the resurgence of the Democratic Party in the 2006 and 2008 elections, but their attachment to the Democratic Party weakened markedly over the course of 2009.

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    Media & Medicine in Modern America

    Susannah Fox delivered a guest lecture for a history of medicine course regarding the role of the internet in health care over the last 15 years.

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    Haiti, Snowstorms, Economy Vie for Public’s Attention

    Summary of Findings Americans say they tracked the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti more closely than any other major news story last week, but they also kept a close watch on news about the U.S. economy and the powerful snow storms that hit the nation’s East Coast and South. Three-in-ten (30%) say they followed […]

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    Olympic Spirit

    Six in ten Americans were especially looking forward to the Winter Olympics.

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    Unemployment & Presidential Approval

    The unemployment rate stood at 7.6% when Obama took office; its rise, and the corresponding fall in Obama’s approval rating, so far mirrors Reagan’s first term.

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    Millennial Generation Less Religiously Active than Older Americans

    But Pew Forum Finds Young Adults To BeFairly Traditional in Some Other Ways Washington, D.C.—By some key measures, Americansages 18 to 29 are considerably less religious than older Americans,according to a new report released by the Pew Research Center’s Forum onReligion & Public Life. Fully one-in-four are unaffiliated with anyparticular faith.The report is part of […]