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Philadelphia—(February 29, 2000)–The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today that a $5.9 million grant has been made to create a research center that will explore the impact of the Internet on American society. Unlike other research centers that focus on e-commerce and other business applications on the Web, Pew’s Internet and American Life Project will study […]
Bush Bounces Back In the presidential race, key voting groups continue to shift back and forth between Bush and Gore, as the public is clearly having difficulty making up its mind about this contest. Some of the gains Gore made in the immediate aftermath of the primary season have since been reversed. Senior citizens rallied […]
Who Did the Study Meet the 1999 Local TV News Project Team This study was conducted by the Project for Excellence in Journalism, a journalists’ group in Washington, D.C., affiliated with Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts. The scholar team that developed the methodology for measuring newscasts included […]
Bottom Line Attitudes: High Favorability Scores Abound In general, the agencies receive fairly high marks from the constituent groups. Of the five agencies included in the survey, the Food and Drug Administration comes out on top: Over 80% of medical professionals, business regulatory officers, health and medicine advocates, and the chronically ill have a favorable […]
The New Hampshire Polls
The news media offered the American public a fine education in campaign tactics but told them little about matters that actually will affect them as citizens in the weeks leading up to the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary.
The mood of the American electorate has changed markedly since the mid-1990s, with today’s political landscape reflecting good economic times and fresh optimism about the country. These changes are underscored by a new political typology, the third of its kind since the original study conducted in 1987. Many of the groups identified by the extensive […]
Foreword and Overview Foreword In 1987, we embarked on an ambitious project to better understand the nature of American politics. We identified a broad range of beliefs and values that underlie common political labels and that ultimately drive political action. A voter typology emerged from this effort which classifies the electorate into distinct groupings, defined […]
The technological progress of the 20th century is a source of great pride for Americans, who place advancements in science and technology — especially the space program — at the top of the list of American achievements. A nearly unanimous public attributes U.S. accomplishments to the Constitution, free elections and the free enterprise system. Although […]