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    The Future of Higher Education

    Experts expect more-efficient collaborative environments and new grading schemes; they worry about massive online courses, the shift away from on-campus life

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    Future of Mobile News

    The percent of Americans with mobile access to the internet has jumped dramatically in the last year—a trend that has major implications for the news industry. A new survey of news use on mobile devices by PEJ in collaboration with The Economist Group examines how tablets and smartphones have changed news consumption habits and what that might mean for the future of news.

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    Survey Research, Its New Frontiers and Democracy

    Scott Keeter, Director of Survey Research for the Pew Research Center and president of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, explores the threats and opportunities in the field of survey research, and discusses steps that can be taken to help keep survey research relevant for democracy.

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    Applying God’s Law: Religious Courts and Mediation in the U.S.

    Across the U.S., religious courts operate on a routine, everyday basis. How do some of the country’s major Christian traditions and other religions – including Islam, Judaism, Buddhism and Hinduism – decide internal matters and apply their religious laws?

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    The State of New Media and HIV

    At the 19th International AIDS Conference, Susannah Fox shared a social history of the internet – our national story and her grandmother’s story.

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    How Blogs, Twitter and Mainstream Media Have Handled the Trayvon Martin Case

    It took several weeks after the killing of teenager Trayvon Martin before the story exploded in the media. A new PEJ report reveals how social and mainstream media platforms focused on different elements of the controversy and how ideology influenced coverage on the cable and radio talk shows.