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reportAug 16, 2007

Few Interested in Bonds’ Home Run Record

Summary of Findings While Barry Bonds’ 756th career home run broke one of baseball’s long standing records, it was a non-event for many Americans. Just 12% followed the story very closely, while a 42% plurality did not follow the story at all closely. Bonds’ record received significantly less public attention than the last home run […]
short readsJun 20, 2007

Support the Death Penalty

That’s the number of Americans who support the death penalty for persons convicted of murder, somewhat fewer than in the late 1990s, but little changed since 2001.
reportJul 3, 2007

Broadband Adoption in 2007

47% of adult Americans have a home broadband connection as of early 2007
transcriptMar 4, 2008

Between Relativism and Fundamentalism: Is There a Middle Ground?

Washington, D.C. Peter Berger, an eminent sociologist of religion and a lifelong Lutheran, asked himself several years ago: “Would my moral convictions change if I woke up tomorrow as an atheist?” For Berger, this perplexing question led to a research project involving fellow Judeo-Christian religious thinkers, which will culminate in the publication of two books, […]
reportJun 27, 2007

Who Flies the Flag? Not Always Who You Might Think

For many Americans, demonstrating patriotism means showing the flag; overall, 62% say they do so. Notably, significantly more Northeasterners and Midwesterners fly the flag than do residents of the South or the West.
reportJun 27, 2007

Who Flies the Flag? Not Always Who You Might Think

For many Americans, demonstrating patriotism means showing the flag. Overall, 62% say they display the flag at home, in the office, or on their car.
short readsOct 17, 2007

Global Support for International Trade

In all 47 nations included in a recent Pew Global Attitudes survey, large majorities say international trade is a good thing for their countries.
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.
transcriptDec 3, 2007

Religion and Secularism: The American Experience

Pew Forum Faith Angle Conference Key West, Florida http://blip.tv/scripts/flash/showplayer.swf?autostart=false&brandname=Pew%20Forum&brandlink=https://www.pewresearch.org/religion&showplayerpath=http://blip.tv/scripts/flash/showplayer.swf&file=http://religionsecularism.blip.tv/rss/flash?sort=date&nsfw=dc&user=McClayForum&showguidebutton=false&showsharebutton=true&showfsbutton=true&showplaylist=trueWatch more event video on the multimedia page. More from the December 2007 Faith Angle Conference Religious Literacy: What Every American Should Know The Religion Factor in the 2008 Election More: Research, news, blogs Some of the nation’s leading journalists gathered in Key West, Fla., in December, […]
reportMay 22, 2007

Muslim Americans: Middle Class and Mostly Mainstream

Report Summary The first-ever, nationwide, random sample survey of Muslim Americans finds them to be largely assimilated, happy with their lives, and moderate with respect to many of the issues that have divided Muslims and Westerners around the world. The Pew Research Center conducted more than 55,000 interviews to obtain a national sample of 1,050 […]