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reportMay 16, 2007

E-patients.net

Tom Ferguson’s spirit lives on at e-patients.net
reportMay 16, 2007

An Evolving Debate about Evolution

by David Masci, Senior Research Fellow, Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life The evolution controversy, traditionally a state and local issue, has vaulted into the national political arena, making a surprise appearance at the first Republican presidential candidate debate on May 3 and garnering a large amount of press attention in the days following […]
presentationMay 4, 2007

Future of Health Communication

This presentation provides data and insights about how the “participatory Web” may change how survey researchers think about online health information, as well as data on adults who continue to be offline in an online world.
reportApr 11, 2007

The Culture War and the Coming Election

April 11, 2007 by David Masci, Senior Research Fellow, Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life The 2008 presidential election is still more than a year-and-a-half away, but some issues, such as the war in Iraq and health care, have already begun to define the contest. Others will emerge in the months ahead to catch […]
presentationFeb 6, 2007

MyHealth, Circa 2007

Tagging, blogging, and social networking sites allow internet users to search for, catalog, and disseminate information.
reportJan 24, 2007

Global Warming: A Divide on Causes and Solutions

New poll finds continuing broad agreement that the earth is getting hotter, but few rate the phenomenon a top priority for action.
reportJan 24, 2007

Global Warming: A Divide on Causes and Solutions

Summary of Findings President Bush’s mention in his State of the Union Message of the “serious challenge of global climate change” was directed at an American public many of whom remain lukewarm about the importance of the issue. The unusual weather affecting the nation this winter may have reinforced the widely held view that the […]
short readsJan 17, 2007

Evangelical Support for Stem Cell Research

That’s the percentage of white evangelicals who express support for continuing stem cell research. Although less than half still oppose such research, the latest number represents a 12-point increase over the past year and is easily the highest level of support recorded among evangelicals in the past five years.
reportNov 8, 2006

Split State Decisions on “Culture War” Issues

by Robert Ruby, Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life November 8, 2006 Voters in South Dakota on Tuesday rejected what would have been the nation’s most restrictive law against abortion, and Arizona became the first state to defeat a ballot initiative to ban same-sex marriage. Of the eight states where bans on gay marriage […]
reportOct 29, 2006

Online Health Search 2006

Most internet users start at a search engine when looking for health information online. Very few check the source and date of the information they find.