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Overview Public interest in the presidential campaign showed no increase this week, despite the news media’s increasing coverage of sexual harassment allegations against Herman Cain. About one-in-five Americans (22%) say they followed news about the 2012 candidates very closely, little changed from a week earlier (21%), according to the latest weekly News Interest Index survey, […]
The Long-shot Duo Former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum share some basic similarities in their treatment by the media. Each of these men generated relatively little news coverage between May and October, ranking No. 7 and 9 respectively among Republicans in that category. And the tone of each of their […]
While Barack Obama hit the road to sell his jobs bill, the media reminded him that it will have to get past Congress—a feat that looked more difficult by the day. And once again, Texas Governor Rick Perry emerged as the central figure in a GOP presidential debate that featured a harsh exchange over vaccinations.
Grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will support new effort by Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project to study the changing role of public libraries and library users in the digital age.
The internet has become a significant local information source The internet has already surpassed newspapers as a source Americans turn to for national and international news.[5.numoffset=”5″ Pew Research Center, “Internet Gains on Television as Public’s Main News Source.” Available at: http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1844/poll-main-source-national-international-news-internet-television-newspapers] The findings from this survey now show its emerging role as a source for local […]
Perceptions of the importance of local newspapers The survey indicated that newspapers play a far more complex role in the civic life of communities than many Americans believe. 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, […]
With more and more partisans choosing up sides on the issue, the Occupy Wall Street protests continued to fuel economic coverage last week. Mitt Romney took front and center in the 2012 presidential campaign, and the unraveling of an Iranian plot on U.S. soil raised more questions than answers.