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    Call for Papers: Telecommunications Policy Research Conference

    The deadline is March 31, 2005 to submit a paper proposal for this Fall’s 33rd Annual Telecommunications Policy Research Conference. TPRC is a prestigious gathering of academics and policymakers discussing contemporary telecom policy issues and re…

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    Borking Goes Digital

    Borking Goes Digital – The dredging up and spreading around of the negative information is now done by many people, and the internet footprints left by a target’s use of the medium has become a valuable source of evidence.

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    Part 1. The political and media landscape in 2004

    The internet became an important factor during the 2004 campaign. The internet’s distinctive role in politics has arisen because it can be used in multiple ways. Part deliberative town square, part raucous debating society, part research library, part instant news source, and part political comedy club, the internet connects voters to a wealth of content […]

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    Protecting Teens Online

    54% of parents with teenagers use internet filters – a big jump from 2000. Yet both teens and parents believe that youth do things online that their parents would not like.

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    Faith, Politics & Progressives: A Conversation with John Podesta

    10:00 a.m.-noon Pew Research Center Washington, D.C. Featured Speaker: John Podesta, President and CEO, Center for American Progress; former Chief of Staff to President William J. Clinton Moderator: Michael Cromartie, Vice President, Ethics & Public Policy Center With Additional Comments By: Luis Lugo, Director, Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life Andrew Kohut, Director, Pew […]

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    54% of parents with teenagers use internet filters – a big jump from 2000

    WASHINGTON, March 16 — More than half of American families with teenagers use filters to limit access to potentially harmful online content – a 65% increase from the number of those who used filters in 2000. But big majorities of both teens and parents believe that teens do things on the internet that their parents […]

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    Disapproval of GOP Congressional Leaders, But Democrats Fare No Better

    Summary of Findings The American public is not happy with the nation’s political leadership. President Bush’s approval rating remains below 50%, and just 39% approve of the job performance of Republican congressional leaders. Despite the paltry ratings for GOP leaders, however, Democrats have failed to benefit. The public has about the same low regard for […]

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    Part 2. How families navigate the potential challenges of being online

    Introduction As the Child Online Protection Act is litigated and other potential legislative remedies aimed at keeping children safe online are considered, the universe of online teens and families continues to expand. The range of tactics and tools they employ to monitor and moderate online access to potentially harmful content also continues to grow. Parents […]

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    V. New Arrivals and New Settlement Areas

    Recent research conducted in both the United States and Mexico has demonstrated that both the nature of the migrant stream coming north and its target destinations have been changing since the 1980s (Massey, Durand and Malone, 2002; Suárez-Orozco and Páez, 2002; Bean and Stevens, 2003; Ascencio, 2004; Hill, 2004). In broad terms, more women have […]

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    II. President Bush’s Social Security Proposal

    In the State of the Union address on February 2, 2005, President Bush proposed an overhaul of the Social Security system that would enable persons now under the age of 55 (those born after 1949) to choose to participate in new individual investment accounts or to remain in the current Social Security system. Under the […]