Box Scores and Bylines
A new PEJ study finds sports newspaper fronts markedly different from other section fronts.
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From Griswold to Lawrence and Beyond: The Battle Over Personal Privacy and the New Supreme Court
Although a right to personal privacy is not mentioned in the Constitution, most judges and legal scholars acknowledge that a measure of privacy is essential to the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness. The exact extent of that privacy, however, is highly contested. Indeed, some of the most hotly debated high court decisions in U.S. […]
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Methodology
SAMPLING AND INCLUSION The content analysis study of sports pages was part of a broader study that looked at both text-based media (including newspapers and Internet news sites) and electronic media (including broadcast network and cable network news). The complete study can be found at www.stateofthemedia.org. In all, the sports study examined 2,081 stories from […]
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Reporting Style
Opinion A big issue in journalism today is the level of subjectivity that creeps onto the page, the concern that the distinction between news and opinion has become increasingly hard to make. The front of the sports section seems to contribute to this blurring. The sports reportage here, the study found, is considerably more likely […]
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Gender on the Page
Gender on the Page One of the most notable trends in sports over the past thirty years is the increasing prominence of women in sports at the amateur, collegiate and professional levels. In 1971, the year before Title IX was passed, there were fewer than 30,000 women competing in college sports. Today, there are nearly […]
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Part 1. Internet Access is the Norm, but is not Universal
Two-thirds of American adults go online and one-third do not. As of May-June 2005, 68% of American adults, or about 137 million people, use the internet, up from 63% one year ago. Thirty-two percent of American adults, or about 65 million people, do not go online.[1. Prior to our January 2005 survey, the question used […]
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The Biology Wars: The Religion, Science and Education Controversy
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 […]
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Sourcing, Viewpoints and Stakeholders in Sports Reporting
Sourcing, Viewpoints and Stakeholders in Sports Reporting One way to assess the quality of journalism is to look at sourcing. Specifically, the critical questions are how transparent is the sourcing, how deep is the sourcing, and what is the range of views offered in the story? To better understand sourcing, we took several steps. First, […]
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In God’s Name? Evaluating the Links between Religious Extremism and Terrorism
Washington, D.C. The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life interviewed Dr. Robert A. Pape on Oct. 21, 2005, following the roundtable on “In God’s Name? Evaluating the Links between Religious Extremism and Terrorism,” co-sponsored by the Forum and the Council on Foreign Relations. Dr. Pape is an associate professor of political science at the […]
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Two-In-Three Critical Of Bush’s Relief Efforts
Summary of Findings The American public is highly critical of President Bush’s handling of Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Two-in-three Americans (67%) believe he could have done more to speed up relief efforts, while just 28% think he did all he could to get them going quickly. At the same time, Bush’s overall job approval rating […]