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The debates over immigration policy and Iraq war strategy were the most popular topics on cable and radio talk shows last week. The 2008 presidential race also attracted lots of attention, again. But two nasty political tiffs got on the talkers’ radar screen as well.
The evolution controversy, traditionally a state and local issue, has vaulted into the national political arena, making a surprise appearance at the first Republican presidential candidate debate on May 3 and garnering a large amount of press attention
Indifferents: They have a fair amount of technology on hand, but it does not play a central role in their daily lives. This group collectively has a portfolio of information technology that is the lower than any of the preceding groups. Although Indifferents with online access will log on to the internet once every day […]
by David Masci, Senior Research Fellow, Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life The evolution controversy, traditionally a state and local issue, has vaulted into the national political arena, making a surprise appearance at the first Republican presidential candidate debate on May 3 and garnering a large amount of press attention in the days following […]
On behalf of the Pew Internet & American Life Project, the authors would like to acknowledge the contributions to this study by the following people: Thanks to Alex Rankin Macgill for her research, writing and chart and table producing skills; thanks also to danah boyd, Fred Stutzman and Eszter Hargittai for their assistance with the […]
Connected but Hassled: Many in this group have invested in a lot of technology, but the connectivity is a hassle for them. This group of older technology users in many ways represents the average when it comes to consumption of information goods and services. However, when focusing on use of information technology and attitudes about […]
He was a newspaperman and a war correspondent, a prolific author and an insatiably curious sports fan. But above all, David Halberstam—who died at age 73 in a car accident on Monday—was a reporter committed to helping his readers understand the complex world around them. PEJ senior counselor Bill Kovach offers his tribute to his friend, one of the nation’s most distinguished journalists.
Renewalist Christianity places special emphasis on God’s ongoing, day-to-day intervention in human affairs through the person of the Holy Spirit. Renewalists believe that the power of the Holy Spirit is manifested through such supernatural phenomena as speaking in tongues, miraculous healings and prophetic utterances and revelations. Renewalist Christianity is one of the largest and fastest-growing […]
With lower-than-average technology assets, ICTs have less of an impact on Inexperienced Experimenters. Yet they like how ICTs connect them to other and some have tried Web 2.0 applications. This group is below average when it comes to having some information technologies (namely broadband access) and understandably it does less with fewer services and technologies […]