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More Parents Go Online and Use Computers The latest survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project from October 7-27 shows that parents of minor children at home are considerably more likely than non-parents to use computers and go online. Some 45 million American parents – 70% of those with children under 18 living […]
A Pew Research Center Note
Introduction The use of email has become almost mandatory in most U.S. workplaces. The number of U.S. workers with Internet access at their workplaces has grown from under 30 million in March 2000 (the first month the Pew Internet & American Life Project began to monitor Americans’ Internet use) to over 57 million in October […]
Public interest in campaign news is at the same level as it was at this stage in the 1998 election, and only somewhat lower than in 1994 and 1990. These early September surveys coincide with the conclusion of many local primary races. In addition to comparable public interest in the campaign, other indicators of voter […]
4:00 p.m. University of Chicago Divinity School Chicago, Illinois Dr. Max Stackhouse is director of the Kuyper Center for Public Theology and Stephen Colwell Professor of Christian Ethics at Princeton Theological Seminary. He is the author and editor of numerous books on a wide variety of topics including most recently (with Peter Paris) a three-volume […]
Never mind how you define quality. Are there certain things stations can do that will attract viewers? Last year we tried to outline such a “magic formula.” We used a method common in business – identifying models of success. Using four years of data, we found stations that were building viewership and isolated what distinguished […]
Key findings By Steven M. Schneider SUNY Institute of Technology, College of Arts and Sciences Kirsten A. Foot University of Washington, Department of Communication Co-Directors, WebArchivist.org A “Webscape” of examples for this section can be found at: http://september11.archive.org/webscape/sch/ The rapid development of new content and features on the Web affected how many Americans responded to […]
Student Sample and Data Collection Methods This report is based on information gathered from public middle and high school students across the United States via two methods: focus groups (which included the administration of questionnaires to focus group participants) and the solicitation of online student-written stories. Focus Group Sample and Methods We conducted a total […]
The more than 38,000 people interviewed in the Global Attitudes survey are overwhelmingly dissatisfied with the way things are going in their countries today. Solid majorities in nearly every country in every region surveyed say they are unhappy with the state of their nation. Although just four-in-ten Americans (41%) have a positive view of national […]