Cyberbullying
About a third of online teens say they have been targets of online harassement. Older girls and intense internet users are the most likely to report these experiences.
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Section 4: The 2008 Presidential Campaign
Candidate Consideration Little Changed Despite the intensity of the current campaign, the proportion of registered voters who say they given “a lot” of thought to the candidates has increased only modestly in recent months. Currently, 34% say they have given a lot of thought to the presidential field, up just one-point from June and only […]
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Timeline of Anna Nicole Smith Death and Subsequent Events
February 8, 2007- March 1, 2007 February 8, 2007: Anna Nicole Smith collapses and is taken to the hospital at about 2 pm ET, according to CNN. At 3:55 pm ET, the AP reports that Anna Nicole Smith has died. ย February 9, 2007: Smithโs mother and sister speak out on several different programs. Initial […]
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GOP Debate has Talk Shows Buzzing
The talk shows were not shy about picking winners and (especially) losers at last week’s Republican face-off in California. And while the sex scandal involving a D.C. escort service managed to divide the talk hosts along ideological lines, a former CIA director’s book tour actually achieved the rare feat of bringing them together.
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Nigeriaโs Presidential Election: The Christian-Muslim Divide
by Robert Ruby and Timothy Samuel Shah, Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life March 21, 2007 If Nigeria’s presidential election takes place as scheduled on April 21, it will mark the first transfer of power from one elected civilian president to another in the country considered the key to stability for all of West […]
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Journey into Islam: The Crisis of Globalization
The Brookings Institution Washington, D.C. Years after the tragic events of 9/11, tensions between the Muslim and Western worlds remain acute. Seeking to establish dialogue and understanding between Islamic and Western cultures, internationally renowned scholar Akbar Ahmed led a team of dedicated young Americans on a daring and unprecedented tour of the Muslim world. Journey […]
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Anna and the Astronaut Trigger a Week of Tabloid News
Presidential politics and Iraq managed to attract their fair share of coverage last week. But an allegedly homicidal astronaut and a troubled pinup girl really commandeered the media’s attention. The coverage of the death of Anna Nicole Smith was cast as sociology but it had the intensity of voyeurism.
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Funding Priorities: Respondents rank four suggested priorities for building the networked future
Setting Priorities: Question and Responses Respondents were asked the following: If you were in charge of setting priorities about where to spend the available funds for developing information and communications technologies (predominantly the internet) to improve the world, how would you rank order the following international concerns? Please number these from 1 to 4, with […]
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Historical Overview of Pentecostalism in South Africa
Origins and Growth 1890s-1905: In 1895, a former Baptist preacher establishes a church in Johannesburg, which eventually joins the Christian Catholic Church in Zion founded by faith healer John Alexander Dowie in Zion City, Chicago. In 1904, Dowie sends a missionary to oversee his growing South African flock, which by 1905 has about 5,000 members, […]
