Online campaigners, citizens, and portals in the 2002 elections
Email has become an increasingly popular and potent tool for political communication in America.
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Email is now a main channel for politics
WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 20) – Email has become an increasingly popular and potent tool for political communication in America. Two-thirds of politically engaged Internet users during the 2002 election cycle sent or received email related to the campaign. But campaigners said they had more success using the Net to communicate with the press than with […]
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Chapter 3. Judging Democracy
Democratization has taken very different paths in the countries surveyed by the Pew Global Attitudes Project. Most Eastern European countries began their transition to democracy with the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989. But 14 years later, many people still do not completely embrace many aspects of democracy, in part because they associate the […]
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Part One: The Campaigners
Message in a Bottle In the two weeks following the 2002 general election, the Institute for Politics, Democracy, & the Internet conducted interviews with campaign staff from 33 of the most hotly contested races for governor, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Representative. We wanted to learn about the Internet’s utility as a campaign tool from campaign […]
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Council on Foreign Relations Commentary
Commentary by Lee Feinstein, Deputy Director of Studies, Council on Foreign Relations Support for War Hinges on Backing from Allies and U.N. Secretary of State Colin Powell’s two-hour briefing from double-spaced notes on loose leaf paper persuaded President Bush to go to the U.N. to support a war against Saddam Hussein, according to the now-famous […]
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Ministering to Those in Need: The Rights and Wrongs of Missions and Humanitarian Assistance in Iraq
10 a.m. – Noon Washington, D.C. Speakers Dr. Michael Lawrence, Associate Pastor, Capitol Hill Baptist Church Kate Moynihan, Deputy Regional Director for Middle East and North Africa, Catholic Relief Services Dr. Abdulaziz Sachedina, Professor of Religious Studies, University of Virginia; Chairman, Board of Directors, Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy Bruce Wilkinson, Senior […]
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The holidays online – 2002
WASHINGTON – More than three quarters of the nation’s Internet users (78%) did some form of holiday activity via email and the Web this holiday season. They used email to socialize and arrange holiday gatherings, reconnect with old friends, and plan religious activities. They browsed online malls and bought gifts in higher numbers than last […]
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Part 4: The Internet is the first choice for many health information seekers
The Internet is the first choice for many health information seekers The number of Americans who use the Internet to find health care information has been on the rise, with online health and medical information playing a growing role in people’s interactions with their doctors. When the Pew Internet Project first inquired in March 2000 […]