Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Executive Summary Paper presented to the 33rd Annual Telecommunications Policy Research Conference September 24, 2005 John B. Horrigan Director of Research Pew Internet & American Life Project jhorrigan@pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/internet 202.419.4512 Executive Summary: The rate of growth in penetration of high-speed internet at home has slowed and could slow further after several years of rapid growth. […]
12:00-2:00pm Council on Foreign Relations New York, New York The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life and the Council on Foreign Relations co-hosted a luncheon roundtable on “Faith at War: Reports from the Islamic World” on May 4, 2005, at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. With over one billion adherents, the […]
9:30am-11am National Press Club Washington, D.C. Speakers: Jonathan Davidson, Senior Advisor for Political and Academic Affairs, European Commission Delegation to the U.S. Corrado Pirzio-Biroli, Head of the Cabinet of former EU Commissioner Franz Fischler Omer Taspinar, Director, Turkey Program, The Brookings Institution Moderator: Luis Lugo, Director, Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life LUIS LUGO: […]
Institutions After giving us some personal information in the survey such as their institutional affiliations, the experts were asked the following question, “On a scale of 1-10 with 1 representing no change and 10 representing radical change, please indicate how much change you think the internet will bring to the following institutions or activities in […]
10:00am-11:30am Washington, D.C. Speakers: Ambassador Robert A. Seiple (Ret.), Founder and Chairman of the Board, Institute for Global Engagement; co-editor, Religion & Security Colonel Charles P. Borchini, USA (Ret.), Research Fellow, Center for Emerging Threats and Opportunities, USMC Moderator: Dr. Pauletta Otis, Senior Fellow in Religion & International Affairs, Pew Forum on Religion & Public […]
The North American Not-so-odd Couple
The North American Not-so-odd Couple
Introduction Policy makers have long hoped that the Internet could bring especially powerful benefits to rural areas, many of which have suffered economic problems as residents migrate to cities and suburbs. Many officials in small towns and rural regions hoped that technology that allowed people to communicate easily and cheaply with any modem owner in […]