Young high-speed users flock to internet for campaign news
Got bandwidth at home? Like politics? If you answer ‘yes’ to these questions, and you’re young, the internet shaped what you learned about the presidential election.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
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Looking back, looking forward
Where has the internet fallen short of expectations? Since so many of the experts we contacted were early adopters of the internet, we asked them to think back to their views a decade ago and assess where the use or impact of the internet has fallen short of expectations. Many experts are disappointed that spam […]
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Part 5. Is users’ trust in search engines blind?
How searchers feel about issues related to paid and unpaid search results. In the last few years, a few new ingredients have been introduced into the ways search engines select and present their search results to users. These have become a source of controversy within the search industry, despite going largely unnoticed by users. The […]
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Differences by Medium
There are also some differences in tone between different media. Newspapers were the most negative medium by a sizable margin. Fully 46% of newspaper stories carried a two-to-one negative cast, compared with 28% for network news and 30% for the two cable shows studied. Even starker differences emerged in the treatment of different candidates. Newspapers […]
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Part 2. How people get news: The internet as a news supplement
Television remains the dominant source of political news and information. Television is the main source of news for Americans on the typical day. When asked whether they yesterday got news from a variety of sources, 74% of Americans said they got news yesterday from the television. The radio and newspapers come in next, with 54% […]
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Methodology
Methodology Main Sample Sample DesignThirteen media outlets-4 newspapers and 9 broadcasts-were monitored for 14 days. The monitoring period began Friday, October 1, 2004 and continued through the inclusion of Thursday, October 14, 2004. Newspapers were selected to provide an understanding of coverage by both national press (New York Times, Washington Post) and regional publications (Columbus […]
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Part 7. Conclusions and implications
Conclusions and implications The act of going online for news about politics and public affairs increases the amount of information people know about the different sides of issues. In a contemporary political environment that seems highly partisan and in which people seem to talk past each other rather than weigh each other’s arguments, it is […]
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Part 5. Gay marriage: The arguments people hear about a major social issue
Introduction In all, 512 respondents were asked questions about gay marriage. There was a greater partisan imbalance among them than on any of the other issues probed in this research. Some 26% of the respondents to this part of the survey said they favored legalizing gay marriage, 70% said they opposed it, and 4% were […]
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The Internet and Democratic Debate
As wired Americans increasingly go online for political news and commentary, we find that the internet is contributing to a wider awareness of political views during this year’s campaign season.