Teens and Distracted Driving
Texting, talking and other uses of the cell phone behind the wheel.
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Appendix B: The GSS Controversy
Are things really as bad as we thought? Problems with the survey instrument. Surveys can introduce unexpected bias into how participants respond to questions. Context effects, as a result of having placed particularly onerous questions ahead of the GSS module on core discussion networks or questions that trained respondents to answer with fewer names (knowing […]
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Appendix C: Methodology
Methodology and Design Provided by Princeton Survey Research International. The Personal Networks and Community Survey, sponsored by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, obtained telephone interviews with a nationally representative sample of 2,512 adults living in households in the continental United States. The survey was conducted by Princeton Survey Research International. The interviews were […]
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Teens and Sexting
4% of cell-owners ages 12 to 17 have sent sexually suggestive images of themselves by phone; 15% of cell owners that age have received “sexts” containing images of someone they know.
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Health Care Reform News Tops Public Interest
Summary of Findings The debate over health care reform was the news story followed most closely by the American public last week, though the media devoted more coverage to the investigation into the shooting rampage at the Fort Hood Army base. About a quarter (27%) of the public say they followed news about health care […]
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Methodology
Fall Tracking Survey This report is based on the findings of a daily tracking survey on Americans’ use of the internet. Unless otherwise noted, the results in this report are based on data from telephone interviews conducted by Princeton Survey Research International between August 18 to September 14, 2009, among a sample of 2,253 adults, […]
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Chapter 5. Views of German Reunification
Nearly two decades after the unification of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), Germans in the east and the west continue to express positive opinions about their country’s reunification, and a solid majority of east Germans say they are better off as a result of unification. At the same […]
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Listening Devices on Buses?
Looking for ways to deter crime, the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) considered adding listening devices to the video recorders already installed on its buses. As a first step, the agency wrote the state Attorney General’s office asking for a legal opinion about the idea. The Attorney General’s office posted the MTA request on its […]
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Modest Rise in Concern About Islamic Extremism
The public continues to express concern about the rise of Islamic extremism in the United States and abroad, but a survey taken shortly after the deadly Nov. 5 shootings at the Fort Hood Army base shows only a modest increase in these concerns since 2007. Just more than half (52%) of Americans say they are […]