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    Event Transcript: Tolerance and Tension

    The Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life held a conference call with journalists to discuss the findings of a new 19-country survey, “Tolerance and Tension: Islam and Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa.” The study finds that the vast majority of people in many sub-Saharan African nations are deeply committed to Christianity or Islam, […]

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    Uncle Sam and Social Media

    Federal agencies can, and should, be the first responders to health questions. Social media can help.

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    Social Isolation and New Technology

    People who use modern information and communication technologies have larger and more diverse social networks, according to new national survey findings that for the first time explore how people use the internet and mobile phones to interact with…

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    In Social Media, Zombies and Cocaine are the Hot Topics

    Health care or zombies and cocaine? In the debate over which is better fodder for discussion, social media last week chose the latter pair—a simulation of a worldwide zombie attack and traces of cocaine on much of the U.S. currency. On YouTube, though, confrontations from the health care town hall meetings captured the most eyeballs.

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    Census Advertising: Does It Work?

    One of the paid ads that will air during Sunday’s Super Bowl will be promoting the 2010 Census, telling Americans that it’s coming soon and urging them to participate.

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    Part 4: Conclusion

    Conclusion Our findings suggest that the extent of social isolation in America is not as high as has been reported through prior research.  Today, the number of Americans who are truly isolated is no different, or at most is only slightly higher than what it was 30 years ago. Few people have no one with […]

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    Tell the FDA the whole story, please

    The FDA should hear about the reality of the information marketplace, which is increasingly mobile and social, not about the past failings of consumers to check the source and date of health information online.

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    References

    1.         Oldenburg, R., The Great Good Place. 1989, New York: Paragon House. 2.         Wellman, B. and S. Wortley, Different Strokes From Different Folks. American Journal of Sociology, 1990. 96(3): p. 558-88. 3.         Erickson, B., The Relational Basis of Attitudes, in Social Structures: A Network Approach, B. Wellman and S.D. Berkowitz, Editors. 1997, JAI press: Greenwich, […]

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    Future of the Internet IV

    Experts and stakeholders discuss predictions about the future of the internet. Update: Correction.

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    Distrust, Discontent, Anger and Partisan Rancor

    Overview By almost every conceivable measure Americans are less positive and more critical of government these days. A new Pew Research Center survey finds a perfect storm of conditions associated with distrust of government – a dismal economy, an unhappy public, bitter partisan-based backlash, and epic discontent with Congress and elected officials. Rather than an […]