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    The role of the internet

    The internet has become a significant local information source Among all adults, the internet is either the most popular source or tied with newspapers as the most popular source for five of the 16 local topics in the survey—from restaurants and businesses to housing, schools and jobs. Beyond the topics for which it is the […]

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    Occupy Wall Street Drives Economic Coverage

    After several weeks of attracting modest attention, the protests in New York and beyond emerged as a major newsmaker last week. Meanwhile, 2012 campaign coverage reached its high point to date, a high-profile murder case was resolved, and a world infatuated with Apple technology mourned the death of the man behind it all.

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    Press Widely Criticized, But Trusted More than Other Information Sources

    Overview Negative opinions about the performance of news organizations now equal or surpass all-time highs on nine of 12 core measures the Pew Research Center has been tracking since 1985. However, these bleak findings are put into some perspective by the fact that news organizations are more trusted sources of information than are many other […]

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    Crime and Punishment Lead on Blogs

    A Supreme Court decision forcing California to release thousands of prisoners due to overcrowding received harsh criticism from bloggers last week, while others weighed in on the arrest of a suspect in a brutal baseball game beating. On YouTube, an interview with Jon Stewart on The O’Reilly Factor garnered the most attention.

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    References

    Works cited in this report 1.         Hampton, K.N., L.F. Sessions, E.J. Her, and L. Rainie, Social Isolation and New Technology. 2009, Pew Internet & American Life Project: Washington. Available from: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2009/18–Social-Isolation-and-New-Technology.aspx. 2.         The Nielson Company, What Americans Do Online. 2010: New York. Available from: http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/what-americans-do-online-social-media-and-games-dominate-activity/. 3.         McCarty, C., P.D. Killworth, H.R. Bernard, E.C. Johnsen, and […]

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    Bloggers Return to Politics and Palin

    For the first time in two months—driven largely by the Sarah Palin bus tour—the news discussion on blogs turned back to politics. On Twitter, business strategies for social media and concerns about global warming led the way. And on YouTube, the economic crisis in Spain was the subject of the two most popular videos.

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    The role of newspapers

    The survey indicated that newspapers play a far more complex role in the civic life of communities than many Americans believe. Perceptions of the importance of local newspapers On the surface, most people do not feel that their local newspaper is a key source that they rely on for local information.  For instance, when asked, […]