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WASHINGTON (July 3, 2002) – Search engines have become an indispensable utility for Internet users. More than eight in ten American Internet users have gone to search engines to find information on the Web. More than one in four U.S. Internet users – about 33 million adults – present queries on search engines on a […]
The new findings do not mean the evening news programs are identical to before September 11th. While the amount of hard news contained in the programs is similar, the makeup of that hard news has shifted. Hard News in the EveningsAs a Percent of Coverage Overall June ’01 Early ’02 Government 5.2% 5.3% Military […]
10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Washington, D.C. Presentation of paper by: W. Bradford Wilcox, Assistant Professor, University of Virginia and Non-Residential Fellow, The Institute for the Advanced Study of Religion, Yale University Panelists include: Wade Horn, Assistant Secretary for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services Theodora Ooms, Senior Policy Analyst, Center for […]
10 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. National Press Club Washington, D.C. Panelists: Ken Connor, President, Family Research Council Ron Haskins, Senior Advisor for Welfare Policy at the Domestic Policy Council of the White House Sharon Parrott, Co-director of Federal TANF Policy, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Jim Skillen, President, Center for Public Justice Roberto Suro, […]
28 million American Internet users have gotten religious and spiritual material online 3 million get such material every day WASHINGTON D.C. – The number of Americans going online to find religious information is growing and those who seek spiritual material are generally looking for things to complement already devout lives by educating themselves on their […]
Are Internet users singing out for that online religion? As early as 1996, “Time” magazine documented a rich world of online religion sites.[1. “Finding God on the Web” Time Magazine, 12/16/96.] It started with the Monastery of Christ in the Desert in remote New Mexico. The depiction of that natural beauty and peace that pervades […]
A matter of faith Studies in all areas have tried to get at the issue of whether the Internet qua Internet has powers that can change people. Concerns have arisen (and been challenged) as to whether Internet use fosters social isolation. The Southern Poverty Law Center, a group which defends victims of hate crimes, watched […]
Getting started In addition to asking respondents about their general use of the Internet to get religious and spiritual information, we also asked a series of questions about the most recent time they went online for such information. We have used this technique in other research to try to understand more fully the kinds of […]
1:30pm – 3:00pm Washington, D.C. Panelists include: William Galston, Professor, School of Public Affairs and Director, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, University of Maryland; Director, Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) Stephen Macedo, Professor of Politics and Director, Center for Human Values, Princeton University Nicholas Wolterstorff, Professor of Philosophical […]