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reportApr 29, 2009

Obama Coverage:Too Personal but Not Too Favorable

Most Americans say the news media has devoted too much coverage to Barack Obama’s family and personal life, but the right amount to his leadership style and policy proposals.
featureApr 29, 2009

The Religious Dimensions of the Torture Debate

Updated May 7, 2009 Amid intense public debate over the use of torture against suspected terrorists, an analysis by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life of a new survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press illustrates differences in the views of four major religious traditions in […]
reportApr 28, 2009

Support for Free Trade Recovers Despite Recession

Overview Despite the economic recession, public support for free trade agreements has recovered after declining a year ago. Currently, 44% say that free trade agreements like NAFTA and the policies of the World Trade Organization are good for the country, up from 35% a year ago. Slightly more than a third (35%) say that such […]
reportApr 28, 2009

Attention to Terror Tactics Make Major News

The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not issue a News Index report this week, but the data is available.
reportApr 28, 2009

Obama’s First 100 Days

How have the news media covered the early days of the Obama presidency? How does that coverage stack up against that of his predecessors? A new study examines the tone and focus of Obama’s media narrative and how compares it to Bill Clinton’s and George Bush’s.
reportApr 27, 2009

Middle Class

Survey Details: Conducted January-February 2008 File Release Date: 27 April 2009
reportApr 27, 2009

Pros and Cons of Measuring Web Traffic–A PEJ Discussion Point

News web sites can instantly measure which stories and features are popular and which are bombing at the online box office. How are journalists using this instantaneous data, and is the net effect positive or not?
reportApr 27, 2009

Commentary: Pakistan isn’t falling
reportApr 27, 2009

New Pew Forum Poll Explores Why Americans Change Religious Affiliation

Diverse Reasons, but Distinct Patterns Emerge A new survey by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life finds that Americans change their religious affiliation early and often, and the reasons they give for changing—or leaving religion altogether—differ widely depending on the origin and destination of the convert. CONTACT Mary SchultzCommunications Manager202.419.4556mschultz@pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/religion “Faith […]
transcriptApr 27, 2009

Event Transcript: Faith in Flux

The Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life held a conference call with journalists to discuss the release of a new Pew Forum survey that documents the fluidity of religious affiliation in the U.S. and describes the patterns and major reasons for change. “Faith in Flux: Changes in Religious Affiliation in the U.S.” […]