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    Clinton is the Big Winner Last Week in the Race for Coverage

    John McCain and Hillary Clinton both walked away with crucial New Hampshire victories but the Arizona Republican trailed the New York Democrat badly in the battle for media attention. And why the media treated Mike Huckabee’s third-place finish much differently than John Edwards’.

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    II. By the Numbers: Trends in Enforcement

    This section offers a summary of recent enforcement activities at the federal and state level aimed at combating illegal immigration. It is based on government data rather than on the findings of the 2007 National Survey of Latinos. Deportations The Department of Homeland Security uses the term “removal” rather than “deportation” to describe the actions […]

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    Chapter 5: Public Libraries step up

    Introduction Libraries continue to fulfill their historic role as information centers and sources, even as the internet has made so much data available.  At the same time the role of the library in helping people deal with one of the specific matters in this survey is changing. Use of libraries as a source for dealing […]

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    Heavy Campaign Coverage Draws Large Audience

    Summary of Findings The 2008 presidential campaign dominated the national news last week, driven in large part by the lively Democratic debate in Philadelphia. Public interest in the campaign was up somewhat from previous weeks with 27% of Americans paying very close attention to campaign news. More than one-in-five named the campaign as the single […]

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    The View from the Other Side

    A survey finds no evidence that a significant number of voters are considering crossing party lines — or voting strategically for the other party’s weakest candidate.

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    Religion and Secularism: The American Experience

    Professor Wilfred McClay argues that America’s particular brand of secularism, together with some features of Christianity, have produced a unique if imperfect mingling of religion and government in the country’s public life.

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    Tone of Coverage

    Finally, one question that has hovered over the coverage from the beginning of the war was whether journalists have been too negative in their assessments of the situation in Iraq. Early on, this was a common criticism among some in the Administration. Those criticisms have become less pronounced over time, but they have not disappeared. […]

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    The Economy Emerges As A Big Story

    If the economy falls into recession or becomes the dominant issue in the presidential primaries of 2008, how much did the news media offer an early warning sign of what was happening? U.S Economy by Media Sector: In 3rd Quarter In the third quarter, the U.S. economy emerged as a top-10 story for the first […]

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    About Us, Methodology

    About Us The Pew Internet Project is a non-partisan, non-profit research center that examines the social impact of the internet. It is part of the Pew Research Center and is funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts. Learn more about the Project at our website: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet. Methodology This report draws on the Parents & Teens 2006 […]