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    Buying a Home is a Good Investment

    An overwhelming 81% of Americans say that purchasing a home is the best long-term investment a person can make.

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    How People Learn About Their Local Community

    How do people get news and information about the community where they live? Traditional research has suggested that Americans watch local TV news more than any other local information source. But a new report by the PEJ and the Pew Internet and American Life Project, in association with the Knight Foundation offers a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of the ecosystem of community information.

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    How people learn about their local community

    Citizens’ media habits are surprisingly varied as newspapers, TV, the internet, newsletters, and old-fashioned word-of-mouth compete for attention. Different platforms serve different audience needs.

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    Section 8: Domestic and Foreign Policy Views

    Generations Divide on Some—Not All—Social Issues As discussed in Sections 1 and 4, different generations of Americans have starkly different views on some of the social changes occurring in the country today. That’s particularly the case when it comes to trends related to diversity, homosexuality, and secularism. While Millennials tend to take a more liberal […]

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    Mormons and Civic Life

    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.

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    Social Media Discuss Tech Changes

    In social media last week, it was new tech entrants versus familiar tech services—and both bloggers and Twitterers gave much better marks to the new entrants. The iPhone and Google+ received praise while changes to Facebook and Netflix were roundly criticized. And on YouTube, millions viewed a tragic crash at an air show.

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    A High-Profile High-Tech Firing Galvanizes Social Media

    News about two major tech companies generated plenty of attention on both blogs and Twitter last week. One involved an abrupt changing of the guard at Yahoo and the other was an interesting addition to the Google portfolio. On YouTube, some strange animals were the top stories.

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    The Burden of Student Debt

    Among adults who took out loans to help pay for college, nearly half say paying back those loans makes it harder for them to pay their other bills.

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    II. The Impact of Home Values on Personal Finances and Outlook

    While the job losses associated with the Great Recession of 2007-2009 hit those at the lower end of the socioeconomic ladder particularly hard, the drop in home prices has been felt across the board, according to the Pew Research survey.[4. numoffset=”4″ For further analysis the impact of the recession, see “How the Great Recession Has […]

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