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    Immigration and Paris Hilton

    Immigration: Did Talk Hosts Kill The Bill? In the midst of the heated Senate debate over the immigration bill, one notable conservative made headlines for lashing out at a conservative-dominated medium. “Talk radio is running America,” complained Mississippi Republican Senator Trent Lott. “We have to deal with that problem.” On June 28—more than 40 days […]

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    Second Screen Experiences

    Expert perspectives on "second screen experiences" at a Web Managers Roundtable.

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    Clinton and Giuliani Seen as Not Highly Religious; Romney’s Religion Raises Concerns

    So far religion is not proving to be a clear-cut positive in the 2008 presidential campaign. The candidates viewed by voters as the least religious among the leading contenders are the current frontrunners for the Democratic and Republican nominations – Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani, respectively. On the other hand, the candidate seen as far […]

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    Two Decades of American News Preferences

    Despite dramatic structural changes in the news media since the 1980s, the interests of news audiences have changed very little over the past several decades. Disaster News and Money News have been at the top of the charts throughout, while Tabloid News and Foreign News have been at the bottom. In this first of two reports, Pew Research Center consultant Michael Robinson analyzes data from 165 surveys on audience preferences taken by the PRC (and predecessor organizations) since 1986.

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    Evangelicals and the Public Square

    Washington, D.C. That evangelicals have become an important political constituency is not news, but two new books probe behind the headlines to reveal both the hidden tensions and unsung successes of a movement that is about far more than just swing votes. Sociologist Michael Lindsay in his book, Faith in the Halls of Power: How […]

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    Site Profiles

    Joe Biden (D) Senator, Delaware http://www.joebiden.com/home   Top 5 Words in Bio American Crime America Women Against               Joe Biden’s red, white and blue home page is dominated by news and a series of slide shows as well as opportunities to make financial contributions. There are four different opportunities […]

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    Methodology

    Sites Studied Joe Biden (D) http://www.joebiden.com/home Sam Brownback (R) http://www.brownback.com/s Hillary Clinton (D) http://www.hillaryclinton.com/?splash=1 John Cox (R) http://www.cox2008.com/cox/ Christopher Dodd (R) http://www.chrisdodd.com/home John Edwards (D) http://johnedwards.com/ James Gilmore (R) http://www.gilmoreforpresident.com/index.php Rudolph Giuliani (R) http://www.joinrudy2008.com/ Mike Gravel (D) http://www.gravel2008.us/ Mike Huckabee (R) http://www.explorehuckabee.com/ Duncan Hunter (R) http://www.gohunter08.com/ Dennis Kucinich (D) http://kucinich.us/ John McCain (R) http://johnmccain.com/ Barack […]

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    Election 2008

    The presidential hopefuls are using their web sites for unprecedented two-way communication with citizens. But what are voters learning here? Is it more than a way to bypass the media? A new PEJ study of 19 campaign sites finds Democrats are more interactive, Republicans are more likely to talk about “values,” and neither wants to talk about ideology.

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    The Audience for Online Video

    Experts have long anticipated the mainstreaming of online video. “The really interesting highway applications will grow out of the participation of tens or hundreds or millions of people, who will not just consume entertainment and other information, but will create it, too. Until millions of people are communicating with one another, exploring subjects of common […]