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reportNov 30, 2008

2008 Post-Election National Survey of Latinos

Field Dates: 11/11/08 – 11/30/08 Respondents: Nationally-representative sample of 1,540 Latino respondents ages 18 and older Margin of Error: +/-3.0 percentage points at the 95% confidence level The survey focused on politics and the 2008 presidential election; attitudes about and experiences with the economy; remittance behavior; and media and technology use.
reportNov 30, 2008

Terror in Mumbai Is Biggest Story

The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not issue a News Index report this week, but the data is available.
reportNov 30, 2008

Many Older Adults Remain Offline in an Online World

A New York Times article,That Digital Divide, Bridged in a Classroom, features our August 2008 data on computer usage, which tracks with our f…
reportNov 26, 2008

Illness in the age of “e”

Last month, the Connected Health Symposium at Harvard Medical School saw a first: a full-length case study in participatory medicine, described concurrently by both the patient and his physician.
reportNov 25, 2008

Winds of Political Change Haven’t Shifted Public’s Ideology Balance
reportNov 25, 2008

Public Closely Tracking Obama Transition

Summary of Findings In addition to following the major economic headlines last week, the public tuned into news about the Obama transition. Fully 49% followed news about plans for the new Obama administration very closely and one-in-four said this was the single news story they followed more closely than any other, making it the second […]
reportNov 25, 2008

Winds of Political Change Haven’t Shifted Public’s Ideology Balance

Still, ideological labels don’t always predict policy opinions; e.g.,about half of self-described conservatives say that all or some of the Bush tax cuts should be repealed while many liberals support off-shore drilling.
reportNov 25, 2008

Shifting Gears: Auto Bailouts and the Obama Transition Lead the News

Although no other media stories came close to rivaling the economy’s troubles and the emerging face of the incoming administration, one other story drew sensational coverage: piracy on the high seas.
reportNov 24, 2008

Health News Coverage in the U.S. Media

At a time when health care is a major public policy issue, how have the U.S. media covered the complex subject of health? A new report from PEJ and the Kaiser Family Foundation examines those questions.
reportNov 24, 2008

Cars and Appointments Dominate the News

The future of the automobile industry became a major component of the country’s ongoing economic problems last week, and speculation about Obama’s cabinet appointments reached a new level.