Can Civilization Survive Without God?
The Pew Forum invited brothers Christopher and Peter Hitchens to address the question of whether civilization needs God.
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Those who understand the semantic web are split on its future
Experts expect online information to be organized in smarter, more useful ways in coming years, but there is a dispute about whether the improvements will match Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s first-proposed, visionary ideals of a fully functioning semantic…
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The Fort Hood Tragedy Highlights the Reporting Role of Social Media
The online media joined the mainstream press last week in focusing most of their attention on the killing spree at the Fort Hood Army post. Some of that conversation focused on the background and motivation of the suspect, but much also evaluated the pros and cons of real-time newsgathering.
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A Minaret Ban and “Climate-gate” Stir Online Discussions
A vote in Switzerland to ban the construction of Muslim minarets and controversies over global warming research led conversations in the blogosphere last week. On Twitter, it was a story about a local billboard campaign with unintended consequences. And on YouTube, a pop singer made her second appearance in recent weeks.
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The Internet packs a punch in the evolution of institutions
Most experts surveyed in a new Pew Internet/Elon University study say new tools for networking are transforming bureaucracies.
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About the Survey
Results for this survey are based on telephone interviews conducted under the direction of of Princeton Survey Research Associates International among a national sample of 1,001 adults living in the continental United States, 18 years of age or older, from April 1-5, 2010 (670 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 331 were interviewed […]
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How people use the news and feel about the news
News meets a mixture of social, civic, personally-enriching, and work-related needs in people’s lives. The 93% of Americans who say they follow the news at least occasionally report a variety of reasons for doing so. Surprisingly, the most popular reasons for following the news do not relate to personal entertainment or professional motivations. Instead, they […]