Center for Strategic & International Studies Washington, D.C. During the past year, Chinese President Hu Jintao and the leadership of the Communist Party of China have emphasized “building a harmonious society” in the face of escalating social and economic challenges resulting from China’s rapid economic growth. The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life co-hosted […]
National Press Club Washington, D.C. In late September 2005, Kitzmiller, et al. v. Dover Area School District et al. went to trial in federal district court in Pennsylvania. The plaintiffs challenged the decision of the Dover School Board requiring that public schools teach that intelligent design is an alternative theory to evolution. The plaintiffs alleged […]
SAMPLING AND INCLUSION Two distinct categories of media were studied as part of the 2005 PEJ Media Report Card project. The first, text-based media, included newspapers and Internet news sites. Princeton Survey Research Associates International conducted coding for those media. The second, electronic media, included both broadcast network and cable network news. The School of […]
Pew Research Center Washington, D.C. The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life and the Council on Foreign Relations co-hosted a roundtable to explore geopolitical implications of the growth, distribution and migration of Muslim and Christian populations. Population momentum – rapid growth due to previously high fertility rates – is a critical issue in the […]
The internet’s role in campaigns has grown dramatically since 2000. There are several forces driving people’s increased use of the internet for getting general news and for getting political news in particular: There is a growing number of broadband users. The figure has jumped more than ten-fold since June of 2000, when the Pew Internet […]
