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    About this Study

    A number of members of the PEJ staff assisted in the production of this report, “When Technology Makes Headlines: The Media’s Double-Vision About the Digital Age.” The team leaders on the project were research analyst Kenny Olmstead and Senior Researcher Paul Hitlin. Sovini Tan, Mahvish Khan and Josh Appelbaum aided in the research, including coding […]

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    Older Adults and Social Media

    The number of older adults on Facebook and other social networking sites has roughly doubled in the past year. About half of internet users ages 50-64 and one-in-four users ages 65 and older now log onto social networks.

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    The Mosque Debate Continues to Galvanize the Blogosphere

    The debate over the Islamic Center and mosque near Ground Zero in New York was a hotly contested issue for bloggers for the third week in a row as the focus turned to the motives of those opposing the construction. On Twitter, a new phone app feature from Google created a mostly positive buzz.

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    Public Knows Basic Facts about Politics, Economics, But Struggles with Specifics

    Americans see the big picture when it comes to the changing balance of power in Washington, but is not sure which party controls which house of Congress or who the next speaker will be. Many have a good idea about the growth of the federal deficit, but the public struggles with questions about specifics of the budget, TARP and inflation.

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    In social media, less attention but lots of skepticism

    While the oil spill was a dominant story in the mainstream media for a much of the spring and summer, it was not as hot a topic in social media during the first 100 days of the saga. According to PEJ’s News Coverage Index and its New Media Index, the spill was one of the […]

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    Section 2: The Ground Game, Political Ads and Voter Participation

    An overwhelming majority of voters (88%) report having seen or heard commercials for candidates running for office so far this year. This is comparable to the 89% of voters who said they had seen or heard campaign commercials at roughly the same point in the 2006 midterm cycle. Today, more than half of voters (56%) […]

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    Stem Cell Research in the Courts and on the Campaign Trail

    Embryonic stem cell research has become a hot topic in the courts and in campaigns in several states, including Florida, Wisconsin and Iowa. On Sept. 28, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., said federally funded stem cell research projects could continue while the appeals court reviews an Aug. 23 […]

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    Technology Aids Life but with Risk Attached

    The general topic areas of coverage alone reflect some of the dual sense about technology that came through in the media, a sense of unease and excitement. To probe further, the study also looked at how the stories were explicitly written, in addition to what they were about.  We examined each story for central themes […]

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    Older Adults and Social Media

    Social networking use among internet users ages 50 and older nearly doubled—from 22% in April 2009 to 42% in May 2010.

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