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    About the News Interest Index

    The News Interest Index is a weekly survey conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press aimed at gauging the public’s interest in and reaction to major news events. This project has been undertaken in conjunction with the Project for Excellence in Journalism’s News Coverage Index, an ongoing content analysis of […]

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    IV. By the Numbers: Gender, Race and Education

    If you step foot on a college campus these days, you are likely to see more women than men strolling ’neath the elms. Among currently enrolled students ages 18-24, about 53% are women.[4. numoffset=”4″ Calculation is based on October 2009, Current Population Survey.] Over the past 40 years, the share of young women enrolled in […]

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    About the Survey

    The analysis in this report is based on telephone interviews conducted November 3-6, 2011, among a national sample of 1,005 adults 18 years of age or older living in the continental United States (601 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 404 were interviewed on a cell phone, including 185 who had no landline […]

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    Buying Digital Advertising: A Brief Overview

    By Professor Joseph Turow, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania Advertising in the digital era functions very differently than in the past. A myriad of new factors weigh in on an advertiser’s decision making process based on the products, goals of the campaigns, nature and location of the target audiences, budgets, and competition.  In this environment, an […]

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    Why Americans use social media

    Social networking sites are appealing as a way to maintain contact with close ties and reconnect with old friends.

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    About the News Interest Index

    The News Interest Index is a weekly survey conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press aimed at gauging the public’s interest in and reaction to major news events. This project has been undertaken in conjunction with the Project for Excellence in Journalism’s News Coverage Index, an ongoing content analysis of […]

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    Chapter 2: Characteristics of Intermarried Newlyweds

    This chapter provides a detailed look at the economic and demographic characteristics of intermarried newlyweds in comparison with those who married in. To include a bigger sample size for subgroups, analyses of characteristics of newlyweds in this report are based on a combined three-year (2008-2010) dataset of newlyweds. The analyses start with the overall comparison […]

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    Methodology

    Topline The topline is available to download as a PDF here. You can also explore the questions online on the report overview page. This report is based on the findings of a survey on Americans’ use of the Internet. The results in this report are based on data from telephone interviews conducted by Princeton Survey […]

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    About the Survey

    The analysis in this report is based on telephone interviews conducted November 3-6, 2011, among a national sample of 1,005 adults 18 years of age or older living in the continental United States (601 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 404 were interviewed on a cell phone, including 185 who had no landline […]

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    Chapter 1: Portrait of Asian Americans

    I. Overall Characteristics The 2010 Census counted more than 17 million Asian Americans, or 5.6% of the U.S. population (and 5.5% of U.S. adults ages 18 and older).[14. numoffset=”14″ This report uses the 2010 Census and other decennial censuses for population counts and trends, including by race. The 2010 American Community Survey is used for […]