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    The Web at 25 in the U.S.

    The overall verdict: The internet has been a plus for society and an especially good thing for individual users

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    Over a quarter of internet users download or listen to podcasts

    Pew Research Center polling shows that the podcast user base continues to expand. A May 2013 survey found 27% of internet users ages 18 and older download or listen to podcasts, up from 21% three years ago in May 2010 and 7% of internet users in 2006.

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    As 2014 brings new state laws, a look at public opinion on the issues

    Every new year means adding thousands of new state laws to the books. This year’s wide range includes everything from tanning bed age limits (Illinois), to a new ban on selling shark fins (Delaware). While most new laws represent incremental change, sometimes state laws can also signal broader movement on a public policy issue or […]

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    Chapter 3: Religious Commitment and Practice

    Roughly three-in-ten Hispanics (28%) show high levels of religious commitment based on their frequency of prayer and worship service attendance, as well as the importance of religion in their lives. Evangelical Protestants exhibit higher levels of religious commitment than other major Hispanic religious groups, on par with white non-Hispanic evangelical Protestants and black non-Hispanic Protestants. […]

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    Religious Hostilities Reach Six-Year High

    A third of the 198 countries studied had a high or very high level of social hostilities involving religion in 2012. About three-in-ten countries had a high or very high level of government restrictions on religion, roughly the same as in 2011.

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    Part 1: How the internet has woven itself into American life

    In possibly the first survey of its kind, in 1983, polling firm Louis Harris & Associates asked U.S. adults if they had a personal computer at home and, if so, if they used it to transmit information over telephone lines.[2. numoffset=”2″ Survey by Southern New England Telephone. Methodology: Conducted by Louis Harris & Associates, September […]