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    Thinking about a Career Switch?

    Nearly half of U.S. workers expect they will switch careers sometime in the future. Young workers and part-time workers are more likely to say they are very or somewhat likely to change careers.

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    Headlines of Several Minds on Iraq Report

    What was the treatment of the eagerly awaited Iraq Study Group report across the nation's front pages? To find out, PEJ looked at nearly 200 headlines from Dec. 7, the day after its release. While there wasn’t much good news to tout, these editors seemed almost evenly divided over whether to highlight the report’s critique of the administration or its prescription for change in Iraq.

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    The Future of the Internet II

    A survey of technology thinkers and stakeholders shows they believe the internet will continue to spread in a “flattening” and improving world. There are many, though, who think major problems will accompany technology advances by 2020. A predictions…

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    The Times Wins a Straw Poll

    What are the best newspapers in America? The question used to be hotly debated. But when Poynter.org readers were asked to weigh in recently there was tepid response. Does that reflect a stagnating newspaper industry? We offer the results of that effort here. But maybe the more interesting, or at least refreshing question, is what are the best news web sites.

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    The Future of the Internet II: 2020

    A survey of technology thinkers and stakeholders shows they believe the internet will continue to spread in a “flattening” and improving world. There are many, though, who think major problems will accompany technology advances by 2020.

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    Part 1. 113 Million Internet Users Seek Health Information Online

    Eight in ten internet users have looked online for health information – the same portion as in 2002 and 2004. Eighty percent of American internet users have searched for information on at least one major health topic online, the same portion as in 2002 and 2004.[2.numoffset=”2″ “Health Information Online” (Pew Internet & American Life Project, […]

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    Public Cheers Democratic Victory

    The Democrats’ big win on Nov. 7 has gotten a highly favorable response from the public. In fact, initial reactions to the Democratic victory are as positive as they were to the GOP’s electoral sweep of Congress a dozen years ago.

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    Part 3. Eroding Attention to the Details of Information Quality

    Three-quarters of health seekers do not consistently check the source and date of the health information they find online. In 2001, the Pew Internet & American Life Project collaborated with the Medical Library Association[13.numoffset=”13″ Medical Library Association: A User’s Guide to Finding and Evaluating Health Information on the Web. Available at: http://www.mlanet.org/resources/userguide.html] to devise a […]

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    U.S. Workers Expecting Layoffs

    That’s the number of U.S. workers who say they are very or fairly likely to lose their job or be laid off in the coming year — a figure that is virtually unchanged since 1975.