report | Jun 14, 2010

Fueling Both Sides of the Energy Debate

Americans want expanded exploration and development of coal, oil and gas in the U.S. but also want limits on carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions. Michele Obama's favorability stays strong but the president's and Sarah Palin's popularity slip.

report | Jun 14, 2010

Public Remains of Two Minds on Energy Policy

Overview With the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico now nearly two months old, the public is sending mixed signals about U.S. energy policy. Despite the growing damage from the Gulf oil leak, the public generally favors continuing to drill for oil and gas in U.S. waters. And in setting priorities for energy legislation […]

short reads | Jun 14, 2010

Polling the World (Cup): Who Will Win in South Africa?

Of the 22 nations surveyed before the start of the soccer tournament, a plurality in 14 countries -- including every nation not picking its own country -- predicted that Brazil would win the 2010 World Cup.

report | Jun 14, 2010

Blame Game Intensifies in the Gulf Oil Saga

In a week when voters went to the polls in 12 states and worries about the federal budget deficit grew, it was the spill of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico that really captured the media’s attention—again. For the third week in a row, the growing disaster accounted for at least one-third of the newshole as finger-pointing became a larger aspect of the coverage.

presentation | Jun 14, 2010

Jersey Arts Marketers Media Roundtable

Kristen Purcell presents Pew Internet's latest findings about the participatory news consumer to media professionals representing nonprofit arts organizations from across the state of New Jersey.

report | Jun 11, 2010

The Pope Meets the Press

The Catholic clergy sexual abuse scandal is making headlines again at a level not seen since 2002, according to a new study by the Project for Excellence in Journalism and the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. Find out more about the scandal’s resurgence in Europe, coverage in the U.S. media and intense media scrutiny on the pope himself.

report | Jun 11, 2010

The Pope Meets the Press: Media Coverage of the Clergy Abuse Scandal

Newspaper coverage of the Catholic clergy sexual abuse scandal grew more intense this spring than at any time since 2002, and European newspapers devoted even more ink to the story than American papers did, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center. The heavy coverage in Europe was a reversal of the pattern […]

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