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    God’s Country? Evangelicals and U.S. Foreign Policy

    Pew Research Center Washington, D.C. In his recent article in Foreign Affairs, Walter Russell Mead argues that as U.S. evangelicals exert increasing political influence, they are becoming a powerful force in foreign affairs. In recent years, evangelicals have voted overwhelmingly Republican, helping to put conservatives at the helm of U.S. foreign policy, while focusing their […]

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    Part 2. Media and Communication Habits of Bloggers

    Broadband is the norm among bloggers, as is going online several times each day. A majority of bloggers (79%) have a high-speed connection to the internet at home and more than half are between 18 and 29 years old. By comparison, 62% of adult internet users have broadband at home and about one in five […]

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    IV. Impact of the Immigration Marches

    A New Social Movement? The pro-immigrant marches were notable both because of their size in some cities and because they took place in so many communities across the country. They were also notable because these unprecedented rallies were mainly the result of a grass-roots effort that involved the Spanish-language media, local immigrant rights coalitions, local […]

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    The Future of Network TV News

    The Project for Excellence in Journalism introduces the first in a series of nine roundtables with industry experts on the future of the news media. Today’s roundtable concerns the changing landscape of Network TV news.

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    II. Introduction

    In December 2005 the U.S. House of Representatives passed an immigration bill that aimed to toughen border enforcement and make illegal immigrants liable to criminal prosecution. From mid-March to May 1, immigrant rights advocates, churches, unions and others groups organized marches in dozens of cities to protest the House bill and to seek legal status […]

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    The French-Muslim Connection

    When Muslim youths rioted in French suburbs last year, critics were quick to fault the French assimilation model. But recent findings suggest that the French can claim some success.

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    Section 3: Attitudes Toward the News

    A narrow majority of Americans say they enjoy keeping up with the news “a lot,” and this attitude is one of the strongest predictors of how much news people actually seek out. Enjoyment of the news has been very stable over the past dozen years. About one-third (34%) say they enjoy keeping up with the […]