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10:00 a.m.-noon Pew Research Center Washington, D.C. Featured Speaker: John Podesta, President and CEO, Center for American Progress; former Chief of Staff to President William J. Clinton Moderator: Michael Cromartie, Vice President, Ethics & Public Policy Center With Additional Comments By: Luis Lugo, Director, Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life Andrew Kohut, Director, Pew […]
Gender differences: Men have a higher search profile than women. More men than women use search engines and use them more often. In significant numbers, men are more likely to use search engines than women. Some 88% of men who are Internet users have used search engines, compared to 79% of women. Men also search […]
Summary of Findings The American public is not happy with the nation’s political leadership. President Bush’s approval rating remains below 50%, and just 39% approve of the job performance of Republican congressional leaders. Despite the paltry ratings for GOP leaders, however, Democrats have failed to benefit. The public has about the same low regard for […]
Internet users are very happy with their experiences searching the internet, but many are naive about how they search and the results they find.
The Pew Forum’s chapter from the new Pew Research Center publication, Trends 2005 Learn more about the publication, Trends 2005 <!–Read more about Religion in Politics–> Introduction The United States has a long tradition of separating church from state, but an equally powerful inclination to mix religion with politics. Throughout our nation’s history, great political […]
The internet’s role in campaigns has grown dramatically since 2000. There are several forces driving people’s increased use of the internet for getting general news and for getting political news in particular: There is a growing number of broadband users. The figure has jumped more than ten-fold since June of 2000, when the Pew Internet […]