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    Assessing the Cell Phone Challenge

    With fully a quarter of the U.S. adult population now relying solely on cell phone service, pollsters and other survey researchers face a difficult decision as to whether to include cell phones in their samples. A joint study by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and the Pew Internet & American Life Project takes an up-to-date look at the potential biases in findings based on landline-only surveys.

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    Adults and Cell Phone Distractions

    Adults are just as likely as teens to have texted while driving and are substantially more likely to have talked on the phone while driving.

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    The Semantic Web

    Technology experts and stakeholders are divided over whether a world in which software agents carry out sophisticated tasks for users is on the immediate horizon.

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    Few Say Religion Shapes Immigration, Environment Views

    Many Americans continue to say their religious beliefs have been highly influential in shaping their views about social issues, including abortion and same-sex marriage. But far fewer cite religion as a top influence on their opinions about several other social and political issues, including how the government should deal with immigration, the environment and poverty. […]

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    Acknowledgements

    Thanks to Fred Stutzman for his work on the survey and literature review for this project. Thanks to Helen Ho, Elliot Panek, Nat Poor and the folks at Resolution Research for their work on the focus groups. Thanks to Kathryn Zickuhr for her work on the graphics in this report, and Katie Brown for her […]

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    Skirmishing in Key Races Drives Election Coverage

    This fall’s big story—the 2010  midterm elections—showed little sign of abating last week as some heated campaigns sparked much of the media’s interest. Faulty foreclosure procedures helped make the troubled economy the No. 2 story, while the passing of a milestone in Afghanistan drove coverage of the third-biggest story.

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