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With a Mormon candidate in the race for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination, there has been intense media, academic and public interest in Mormons and their religion. The Pew Forum recently held a roundtable discussion with journalists, scholars and policy experts on some of the latest research on Mormons and their place in American society and public life.
Respondents’ thoughts Descriptions of future economic stress and economic divides were prevalent in responses to this survey question on higher education. While some who chose the first scenario said educational institutions are too static and will not move forward quickly to implement new digitally assisted approaches, others who chose that scenario said such change is […]
On November 9, PEJ released a report that looked at a sub-sample of news outlets that mirrored the roughly four dozen news organizations we track in our weekly News Coverage Index coding measuring the topics in the news. This sub-sample represents the major news outlets from print, online, radio, and network broadcast and cable TV […]
Respondents’ thoughts Most people surveyed said the functionality and popularity of the Web will continue to get stronger. Many top experts said the future will be a blend of the wide-open Web and customized apps, with people using apps/Web accessed through cloud computing. More than a third of survey participants said the Web will be […]
How do these news outlets use Twitter? What function does it serve? Is Twitter another form of marketing and distribution? Or is it a new tool for news gathering? Is it a means of two-way communication with the audience? Or is it a way of adding a new service for users-curation-helping followers know what content […]
Among the outlets that were studied, Twitter activity varied widely. Major national newspapers tend to offer the most: As a group the four papers studied average 74. The three cable news channels average 45. The rest of the outlets studied-broadcast television, audio, online-only and local newspapers-average 18 Twitter feeds per outlet. The other point of […]
Respondents’ thoughts There was a split verdict among experts about the scope and power of the gamification trend. Some 53% of the respondents to this survey said the use of game mechanics, feedback loops, and rewards to spur interaction and boost engagement, loyalty, fun, and/or learning will continue to gain ground between now and 2020. […]
According to a survey of professional prison chaplains, America’s state penitentiaries are a bustle of religious activity. Chaplains say that efforts by inmates to convert other inmates are common and that at least some religious switching occurs. And chaplains overwhelmingly consider religion-based programming an important aspect of rehabilitating prisoners.