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    Obama’s Image Slips, His Lead Over Clinton Disappears

    Summary of Findings Democratic voters are not as positive about Barack Obama as they were a month ago. Somewhat smaller percentages of Democrats describe Obama in favorable terms, and he has lost his lead over Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic nomination. Nationally, Democratic voters are about evenly divided between Obama and Clinton; […]

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    Teens, Online Stranger Contact & Harassment: What the data tell us

    At the request of the Internet Safety Task Force, Amanda Lenhart presented the Pew Internet Project’s most recent data on online stranger contact, cyberbullying, the steps that teens take to ensure (or not) their online privacy and the ways in whi…

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    Courts Not Silent on Moments of Silence

    In October 2007, the state of Illinois passed a law requiring its public schools to lead students each morning in a moment of silence for “reflection and student prayer.” Illinois already had a law on the books permitting schools to lead such moments of silence. But the Illinois General Assembly, overriding Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s veto, […]

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    Are You Impatient for Doctor-Patient Email?

    Alicia Chang’s story on doctor-patient email has generated quite a bit of coverage and comment across the Web. Secure email is just one facet of e-health, of course. For more discussion of technology’s role in health care, check out these recent essays posted on some influential blogs: Realizing the Power of PHRs Ending Secrecy: Physician […]

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    Health Care Consumerism

    Deloitte has created a new health consumer typology that is worth checking out, despite their reliance on an online-only sample.

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    Keeping tabs on our Google twins

    A recent New York Times article suggests another reason why people are motivated to search for content connected to their names online: to check up on how their “Google twins” are doing from time to time.

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    The Supreme Court Considers New Case on Capital Punishment

    On April 16, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case challenging the constitutionality of a Louisiana statute that allows for the death penalty in cases involving child rape. More specifically, the court will determine whether the law violates the U.S Constitution’s Eighth Amendment, which prohibits “cruel and unusual punishments.” The case, […]

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    Teens and Privacy Story on NPR

    Pew Internet Project researcher Mary Madden recently appeared on “All Things Considered” to discuss teens, social networking and privacy choices online.

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    “Self-literacy” in the information age

    Over time, we may change the way we think about the persistence of the information we share in public and semi-public spaces. But at the moment, many adults are blissfully unaware of even the most basic information that might be found through a si…

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