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    The State of the News Media 2009: An Annual Report on American Journalism

    Even before the recession, the fundamental question facing journalism was whether the news industry could win a race against the clock for survival: could it find new ways to underwrite the gathering of news online, while using the declining revenue of the old platforms to finance the transition?

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    The Internet’s Role in Campaign 2008

    55% of voting-age Americans used the internet for political purposes during the last election and the internet grew in importance compared to other media. Obama supporters were more active online than McCain supporters and online political users b…

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    Media Swing from Protests in Iran to the Passing of the King of Pop

    Even by midweek, the media had begun to shift focus from protests in Iran to a political sex scandal in South Carolina. But all that was before the death of the best-selling recording artist whose troubled life and pioneering music made him an icon. By the time the week ended, focus on Michael Jackson’s passing overwhelmed all other media stories.

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    IV. Loans for Home Purchase in 2007

    The growth in subprime lending in recent years is considered responsible for both raising homeownership rates among minorities and contributing to the wave of foreclosure since 2005. Loans originating in the subprime market are intended for high-risk borrowers who typically have poor credit histories, low incomes and savings, or other financial limitations. Thus, subprime loans […]

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    V. Racial and Ethnic Interaction in Suburban Schools

    Though there has been a marked diversification of many of the nation’s suburban school districts, this does not necessarily mean that suburban students are experiencing greater racial/ethnic interaction at the level of the individual school. Such interaction depends on which schools (and classrooms) suburban students of differing race/ethnicities attend. If suburban schools are highly segregated, […]

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    Minorities, Immigrants and Homeownership

    The boom-and-bust cycle in the U.S. housing market over the past decade and a half has generated greater gains and larger losses for minority groups than it has for whites, according to an analysis of housing, economic and demographic data.

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    About the Survey

    Results for this survey are based on telephone interviews conducted under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates among a nationwide sample of 1,506 adults, 18 years of age or older, from March 31 – April 6, 2009 (1128 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 378 were interviewed on a cell phone, including […]

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    II. The Growth and Diversification of Suburban School Enrollments

    Much of the recent growth in the nation’s public school enrollment has occurred in suburban school districts. Since 1993-94, public school enrollment has grown by 5.1 million students (Table 1). Suburban school districts have educated an additional 3.4 million students, so suburban schools have accommodated two-thirds of the enrollment increase. The growth in suburban education […]

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    First Impressions of Sotomayor Mostly Positive

    Summary of Findings Americans who have learned at least a little about Judge Sonia Sotomayor are more likely to offer traits or aspects they like about President Obama’s first Supreme Court nominee than things they do not like about the federal appellate court judge from New York. Asked if there was anything they have learned […]

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    Smokers Can’t Blow Off Stress

    While many say they light up to relieve stress, half of all smokers say they “frequently” experience stress in their daily lives, compared with just 35% of those who once smoked and have now quit, and 31% of those who never smoked.