The New Latino South: The Context and Consequences of Rapid Population Growth
The Hispanic population is growing faster in much of the South than anywhere else in the United States.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Large majorities of Muslims in most predominantly Muslim countries surveyed think that it is very important that Islam play a more important and influential role in the world than that religion now does. In Morocco, 84% of Muslims subscribe to this view, as do 73% in Jordan, 70% in Pakistan and 64% in Indonesia. Even […]
The July 7 terrorist bombings in London drew considerable public attention and raised fears of another attack in the United States, but these concerns do not translate into less favorable opinions of either Muslim-Americans or Islam. And compared with 2003, fewer now say that Islam is more likely than other religions to encourage violence. The […]
One striking finding in this examination of gender is the scarcity of female sources on the “NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.” With a gap of 42 percentage points, stories are roughly three and a half times more likely to include a male source as a female source on the signature evening PBS newscast. Just 17% of […]
Has the 24-hour news culture been more inclusive of women? Hardly. Females fared worse here compared with any other medium studied. Of the roughly 6,550 cable stories examined on CNN, FOX and MSNBC, just 19% cited a female source. The 20-day study spread across nine months of the year included three program types from each […]
And how does the newest medium, online, do when it comes to gender? According to this study, at least, the websites of traditional news outlets surpass broadcast and cable and are only slightly behind newspapers. The 20-day sample examined the lead 5-7 stories each day of eight news sites: ABC News (www.ABCNEWS.com), AOL (news section […]
February 2005 Daily Tracking Survey Final Topline, 3/24/05 Data for February 21 – March 21, 2005 Princeton Survey Research Associates International for the Pew Internet & American Life Project Sample: n = 2,201 adults 18 and olderInterviewing dates: 02.21.05 – 03.21.05 Margin of error is plus or minus 2 percentage points for results based on the […]
Eight in ten internet users have looked online for health information. Eight out of ten (79%) American internet users have searched for information on at least one major health topic online, statistically the same portion (80%) as in 2002. That translates to about 95 million American adults (18+ years) who use the internet to find […]
Key West, Florida Some of the nation’s leading journalists gathered in Key West, Florida, in December 2005 for the Pew Forum’s biannual Faith Angle Conference on religion, politics and public life. Conference speaker Edward J. Larson, Talmadge Chair of Law and Russell Professor of American History at the University of Georgia, discussed the history of […]