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short readsAug 13, 2007

Say Premarital Sex is Wrong

That’s the number of adult Americans who now say that sexual relations between a man and woman before marriage is always or almost always wrong.
short readsAug 13, 2007

Working Mothers Would Prefer Part-Time Work

That’s the percentage of working mothers who say their ideal situation would be working part-time, up from 48% in 1997.
short readsAug 13, 2007

Internet News Audience Critical of Press

That’s the percentage of those who get most of their news from the internet who say that news organizations are politically biased.
short readsAug 13, 2007

No Conflict in Being a Devout Muslim and Living in Modern Society

That’s the percentage of Muslim Americans who say they see no conflict between being a devout Muslim and living in a modern society, 32% say there is a conflict.
short readsAug 13, 2007

Muslim American Democrats

That’s the percentage of Muslim Americans who are Democrats (37%) or say they lean toward the Democratic Party (26%).
reportAug 13, 2007

Mine Collapse is Big News But Doesn’t Top the Campaign

The fate of six miners trapped 1,500 feet underground followed two storylines last week as rescuers rushed against time and the mine company owner took his case to the public. But three presidential debates and the Iowa straw poll pushed the 2008 presidential campaign in the top spot.
reportAug 13, 2007

Cyber Opinion in China

Reports on monitoring and censorship of Chinese internet content, particularly news and blogs, are familiar to westerners. We are less familiar with editorials praising a Party official’s meeting with a “netizen,” wishing for a day when it was les…
reportAug 10, 2007

Democrats Address Gay Community

On Thursday night six Democratic presidential candidates came together for a debate on issues important to the gay community. Candidates took on issues from gay marriage to “don’t ask don’t tell” and addressed a party whose rank-and-file hold ambivalent positions on some issues of concern to gays.
reportAug 10, 2007

New Research From JCMC

A new issue of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication was recently published online, with articles on topics ranging from Facebook to online fantasy sports.
reportAug 9, 2007

How Did The Media React to Bonds’ Blast?

San Francisco Giant slugger Barry Bonds became baseball’s all-time home run king on Aug 7. But allegations of steroid use have triggered a fierce debate in the sports world over the meaning and validity of his record. A PEJ evaluation of the coverage in more than 40 newspapers sheds some light on the sportswriters’ response to Bonds’ feat.