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A sizable majority of Americans continue to support a war to oust Saddam Hussein, and most seem to believe the worst about possible links between the Iraqi leader and the Al Qaeda terrorists, according to a new poll by the Pew Research Center For The People & The Press in collaboration with the Council on […]
Introduction The use of email has become almost mandatory in most U.S. workplaces. The number of U.S. workers with Internet access at their workplaces has grown from under 30 million in March 2000 (the first month the Pew Internet & American Life Project began to monitor Americans’ Internet use) to over 57 million in October […]
Audience Interest By Question How interested are you in news reports on the following topics? Very Interested Somewhat Interested Not Too Interested Not At All Interested Don’t Know/ Refused 1 Issues and activities in local government and politics 34 46 8 11 1 2 Issues and activities in state government […]
By Tom Rosenstiel and Dave Iverson, Los Angeles Times, October 15, 2002. Dave Iverson is director of Best Practices in Journalism. In an uneasy time, just one thing about this November’s elections can bereliably predicted. Until election night, the primary medium by whichAmericans get news — local television — will mostly ignore the politicalcampaigns. With […]
Results for the Mid-September Omnibus survey are based on telephone interviews conducted under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates among a nationwide sample of 1,150 adults, 18 years of age or older, during the period September 12-16, 2002. Based on the total sample, one can say with 95% confidence that the error attributable to […]
by Atiba Pertilla and Todd belt For years, news consultants have told broadcasters that the spinach in local TV news mattered, too. Certainly they advised clients about whom to hire, how to write teases, and even the most audience-friendly hairstyles. But they also warned that while gimmicks can get viewers to sample a station, it’s […]
Introduction and Summary Global Gloom and Growing Anti-Americanism Despite an initial outpouring of public sympathy for America following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, discontent with the United States has grown around the world over the past two years. Images of the U.S. have been tarnished in all types of nations: among longtime NATO allies, […]
The Sept. 11 attacks affected nearly all Americans in some way. Nationally, two-thirds say the attacks had a great emotional impact on them, and another quarter say it had some effect. Fewer than one-in-ten say the events did not move them much. Demonstrating the national scope of the tragedy,the emotional impact was only slightly greater […]
The nation’s 35 million Hispanics comprise nearly 13 percent of the population. However, there are a far smaller number of Hispanic voters.
Comparing email to other kinds of communications We asked officials to tell us how citizens contact them, and what kinds of contact carry the most weight with those who are elected city leaders. Consistent with our anecdotal findings that Americans do not rely heavily on the Internet for local purposes, online officials say citizens are […]