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    The Social and Legal Dimensions of the Evolution Debate in the U.S.

    Updated February 3, 2014 As with many social and political controversies in the United States, the battle over evolution has been largely fought in courtrooms. This has been particularly true in the last 50 years, as courts have been repeatedly asked to rule on efforts to restrict or change the way public schools teach about evolution […]

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    Beyond the sound bite

    Introduction After a long trend toward less news coverage of candidates’ words and policy positions, the online environment is offering engaged voters new chances to gather more comprehensive information about campaign events, candidates’ speeches, and office-seekers’ positions on issues. They are doing workarounds of “sound bite” culture by using the internet to view campaign events […]

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    Partisan story

    Introduction Younger online political users tilt in favor of the Democrats in general and Obama in particular, and that has a bearing on the partisan breakdown of online activity. Simply put, Democrats and Obama backers are more in evidence on the internet than backers of other candidates or parties. Among Democrats, Obama’s supporters are more […]

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    Conclusion

    The explosion of readily available news and information on the web has, at least in part, eclipsed the long-held role of daily newspapers to deliver the news, but has yet to touch their unique contribution to the American democratic process: the ability to explore in depth highly complex subjects of public interest. As a rule, […]

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    The internet and the 2008 election

    A record-breaking 46% of Americans have already used internet for politics this election season and Obama backers have an edge

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    The impact of the internet

    Internet users’ views about the general role of the internet in politics are mixed. Overall, people have mixed views about the internet’s influence on politics. Although many are using the internet in unprecedented numbers to learn about the election and to interact with candidates, campaigns, and other potential voters, their perceptions of the internet’s influence […]

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    A News Audience Segmentation

    For this analysis, the public was divided into four segments based on their interest in news, their primary news sources, and how often they use the internet to get news. An overwhelming majority of people (82%) follow the news with some regularity. Just 14% in this survey are classified as Disengaged, as they expressed a […]

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