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    Using Social Media to Keep in Touch

    Roughly two-thirds (67%) of social media users say that staying in touch with current friends and family members is a major reason they use these social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace or LinkedIn.

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    Combat Veterans and Emotional Trauma

    More than half (52%) of combat veterans who served in the post-9/11 wars said they had suffered emotionally traumatic or distressing experiences while in the military.

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    2011: A Year of Big Stories Both Foreign and Domestic

    Overview The threat of nuclear disaster in Japan and the killing of Osama bin Laden by Navy SEALs were two of the breaking news stories that captured the greatest amount of public attention in 2011. But Americans also kept a steady watch on the economy at home. More than half said they followed news about […]

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    The Year in News 2011

    What stories and which people generated the most news coverage in 2011? PEJ’s annual Year in the News report offers answers. The Year in News 2011 Interactive allows users to explore the data for themselves.

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    Higher Education/Housing

    Reports from this dataset include, “Home Sweet Home. Still.”, “Is College Worth It?”, “Women See Value and Benefits of College; Men Lag on Both Fronts, Survey Finds”, “The Digital Revolution and Higher Education”