Nearly three-in-four adults say they feel “close” to their fathers — but America’s dads shouldn’t feel too smug. Not only do moms outpoll them on the intimacy scale, but the family dog tops both.

Among internet users, 14% have uploaded a video to the internet.

Half of online adults watch comedy videos online, making them the most-watched type of online video.

Americans are less likely to vote for a candidate who supported TARP, but split on health care reform supporters.

Older Republicans are more likely than their younger co-partisans to oppose candidates who compromise and to support those without elected experience.

Four-in-ten internet users have been contacted by someone from their past who found them online.

A reader asks: Do people in foreign countries find Americans polite? A Pew Research survey finds few in Western counties call them “rude,” including just 12% of Germans.

More than 99% of the news stories linked to in blogs come from traditional media sources such as newspapers and broadcast networks.