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reportOct 31, 2010

GOP Likely to Capture Control of House

Republicans continue to hold a solid lead in preferences for Tuesday’s midterm elections among likely voters — enough so as to suggest they will win control of the House. The GOP owes its lead to strong backing from independents and record-levels of engagement among its partisans.
reportOct 19, 2010

Mobile Health 2010

The online health-information environment is going mobile, particularly among younger adults.
short readsAug 10, 2010

Henry Louis Gates: Top Black Media Story

Nearly one-fifth of all coverage studied during the year relating to African Americans had to do with the arrest of and controversy surrounding Henry Louis Gates.
reportJul 26, 2010

Media, Race and Obama’s First Year

The fallout from the firing of Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod and the one-year anniversary of the controversial arrest of African American Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., have put race back in the news. How much coverage do African Americans receive? What role did race play in coverage of the Obama Administration? A new study examining media coverage of African Americans in the first year of the Obama presidency offers answers.
reportNov 24, 2010

Use of the internet in higher-income households

Those in households earning over $75,000 are different from other Americans in their tech ownership and use.
reportAug 11, 2010

Home Broadband 2010

After several years of double digit growth, broadband adoption has slowed dramatically in 2010, but growth among African-Americans jumped well above the national average.
reportAug 11, 2010

Home Broadband 2010

Broadband adoption slowed dramatically in 2010, but growth among African-Americans jumped well above the national average; 53% of Americans do not think affordable broadband should be a government priority.
reportNov 15, 2010

National Latino Leader? The Job is Open

When asked in an open-ended question on a nationwide survey of Latinos to name the person they consider “the most important Latino leader in the country today,” nearly two-thirds (64%) of Hispanics said they did not know.
reportAug 11, 2010

Broadband 2010: A Big Slowdown

Broadband adoption slowed dramatically in 2010 across a range of demographic groups with African Americans a major exception. But 53% of Americans don’t place a high priority on government efforts to spread high-speed access.
reportSep 29, 2010

Online Product Research

58% of Americans have researched a product or service online; 24% have posted comments or reviews online about the things they buy.