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reportJun 27, 2007

Cyberbullying

About a third of online teens say they have been targets of online harassement. Older girls and intense internet users are the most likely to report these experiences.
reportJun 26, 2007

Public Policy and The Future of the Internet

What forces will shape the internet in the next decade?
reportJun 25, 2007

The Bloomberg Boomlet Drives 2008 Campaign Coverage

Was it a tease, a trial balloon, or a trivial matter? New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s decision to shed his GOP label sure had the media buzzing last week. And while dramatic events inside Iraq generated substantial coverage, the policy debate over the war has slipped onto the press back burner in recent weeks.
short readsJun 22, 2007

Support Stem Cell Research

That’s the proportion of the U.S. public that believes that it is more important to conduct stem cell research that may result in new medical cures than to avoid destroying the potential life of embryos involved in such research.
reportJun 22, 2007

Religious Republicans: Hanging Tough with Bush

by John C. Green The role of religious voters in the Republican Party has been highlighted by the sharp criticism of the Republican presidential front-runners – Rudy Giuliani, John McCain and Mitt Romney – by conservative religious leaders. Are religious Republicans abandoning President Bush and perhaps the GOP as well? The latest national survey by […]
presentationJun 22, 2007

Broadband, Cell Phones, and the Continuing Reality of the Grey Gap

Older adults are still the least likely group to have basic internet access and broadband access at home. However, information specialists can design outreach plans that are targeted at certain groups dominated by people age 50+.
reportJun 21, 2007

A Media Mystery

The 30,000 employees of Private Security Companies currently operating inside Iraq represent a new element in modern-day warfare. They are armed, suffer casualties, are paid by the U.S. government, and perform tasks once done by the nation’s military. But a new study by PEJ reveals that for the most part, these forces have operated below the media radar.
reportJun 21, 2007

Talk Shows React to Immigration Redux

The impassioned debate on the talk airwaves wouldn’t go away last week as the once-imperiled immigration bill appeared to get a new life. And that had some conservative hosts putting former GOP allies on their enemies list. The talkers were also more interested in HBO’s gang wars than the Hamas-Fatah battles.
reportJun 21, 2007

Embryonic Stem Cell Research Divides States

President Bush’s decision to again veto legislation allowing federal funding puts the issue squarely in states’ hands – and some states are already vying to lure scientists and investors.
reportJun 21, 2007

The Internet Circa 1998

In 1998, 57% of non-internet users said they worry “not at all” about missing out on something by not going online.