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    Don’t Blame Me: It’s the Phone’s Fault!

    Pew Internet’s typology of information and communications technology users tells us a lot about how far along we are — or aren’t — in the "information society."

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    What’s Missing from National RDD Surveys? The Impact of the Growing Cell-Only Population

    The number of cell-phone-only households has continued to grow — 12.8% of all households by the end of 2006, according to the National Health Interview Survey. While the noncoverage problem is currently not damaging estimates for the entire population, a study finds evidence that it does create biased estimates on certain variables for young adults, 25% of whom are cell-only.

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    How Serious Is Polling’s Cell-Only Problem?

    The landline-less are different from regular telephone users in many of their opinions and their numbers are growing fast. Can survey researchers meet this challenge?

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    Think Government Is Wasteful

    That’s the percentage of Americans who agree that “when something is run by the government, it is usually inefficient and wasteful.”

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    New Twist in Immigration Fight is Big News

    It took Presidential intervention, but the changing fortunes of the controversial immigration reform legislation was the leading story last week. Still, U.S. domestic politics were almost overshadowed violence in the Mideast. And why did the ending of a cable series make the nightly news?

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    Potential Support for Presidential Candidates among Religious Groups

    Analysis of a June survey from the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press reveals how potential support for the presidential candidates varies among some religious groups. Hillary Clinton currently generates the most enthusiasm among Democrats in both religious groups for which sufficient data was available. Among Republicans, Rudy Giuliani garners the most […]

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    China’s eBay-MySpace

    In China, there is a virtual meeting place for people who have social connections to buy or sell.

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    Average Latino Wages

    That’s the median weekly earnings of Latino workers in the second quarter of 2006 — up from $423 in the second quarter of 2005.

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    Did Talk Hosts Help Derail the Immigration Bill?

    The race for the White House was the most popular talk show story last week and Paris Hilton’s unscheduled release from jail was also a hot topic. But the big news may have been the Senate’s failure to pass an immigration measure, an event that seemed like a victory for a number of talk hosts.