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    Section 3: News Attitudes and Habits

    Most Americans continue to say they enjoy following the news. But the percentage saying they enjoy it “a lot,” while little changed since 2010, is significantly lower today than it was four years ago. Currently, 43% say they enjoy following the news a lot. That compares with 45% two years ago and 52% in 2008, […]

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    Answers

    Background 1. Where do the restrictions on religious organizations’ participation in the political process come from? The Internal Revenue Code prohibits intervention in political campaigns by organizations that are exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3), including religious organizations. To qualify for 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code, an organization must meet […]

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    About the Surveys

    Some of the analysis in this report is based on telephone interviews conducted October 4-7, 2012, among a national sample of 1,511 adults, 18 years of age or older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia (906 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 605 were interviewed on a cell […]

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    Part 5: Looking to the future

    The future of e-books at libraries Our online panelists’ dreams for e-books at libraries echoed a common theme: All possible titles in all possible formats, available to all patrons on every type of device. One college-aged respondent, for instance, wrote that he would like to see “a system that would provide unlimited downloads of titles. […]