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reportJul 16, 2009

Lipstick, White Gloves and Protests Divide the Attention of Social Media

For social media, it was a week of pick your platform. Twitter remained intensely focused on the situation in Iran. YouTube was overwhelmingly devoted to Michael Jackson’s passing. And the blogosphere was more divided overall but led with Sarah Palin’s surprise announcement.
reportApr 23, 2009

Tea Parties and Somali Pirates Fuel the Blogosophere Commentary

Bloggers were caught up last week in two major stories: the confrontation with Somali pirates and the April 15 Tea Party protests.
reportAug 12, 2009

The Starting Line–Media Coverage of the Faith-Based Initiative in the First Six Months of 2001 and 2009

One common thread between the Obama and Bush administrations is their commitment to advancing the “faith-based” initiative. Yet a new study by PEJ and the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life finds that the media created two very different narratives in the early days of the two presidencies.
reportNov 20, 2008

How the News Media Covered Religion in the 2008 General Election

What was the big religion story of the general election? A new study by the Project for Excellence in Journalism in conjunction with the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life examines how the media covered religious matters.
reportNov 11, 2008

Media Moment: History, Trends and Transition Dominate News Coverage

When the campaign was finally over, the media almost immediately viewed Barack Obama’s victory as a transformational event, and a subject that had been in some ways taboo moved front and center – race.
reportSep 19, 2008

How the Media Have Handled Palin’s Religious Faith

Since being named to the GOP ticket by John McCain, Sarah Palin has generated extensive coverage of many aspects of her background, her record in public office and her family life. But what are voters learning from the media about the Alaska Governor’s religious faith and beliefs?
reportSep 15, 2008

McCain vs. Obama on the Web

The 2008 race for the White House has been dubbed the first Internet election. What presence have the candidates established online? Has one taken more advantage of this new platform? A new PEJ study examines John McCain and Barack Obama’s Web sites to assess the online campaign.
reportJul 12, 2007

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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Search results for: “social media”

Lipstick, White Gloves and Protests Divide the Attention of Social Media

Tea Parties and Somali Pirates Fuel the Blogosophere Commentary

The Starting Line–Media Coverage of the Faith-Based Initiative in the First Six Months of 2001 and 2009

How the News Media Covered Religion in the 2008 General Election

Media Moment: History, Trends and Transition Dominate News Coverage

How the Media Have Handled Palin’s Religious Faith

McCain vs. Obama on the Web

REFINE YOUR SELECTION

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