Publications

My appearance on the Kojo Nnamdi talk show on WAMU (a Washington PBS station) about new research on the problems with mutitasking.

The internet is not changing the basic socio-economic character of Americans’ civic engagement. The well off and well educated dominate online civic activities such as emailing officials, making donations, or signing online petitions just as those...

Just as in offline politics, the well-off and well-educated are especially likely to participate in online activities that mirror offline forms of engagement. But there are hints that social media may alter this pattern.

The passing of the last of the fabled Kennedy brothers easily led last week’s news agenda and generated a host of storylines. And for the first time in more than a month, the fractious health care debate was relegated to the sidelines.

Troop increases may face considerable opposition in many NATO countries, which were opposed to Obama?s original call for more forces

Two of government’s obligations – enforcing child welfare laws and protecting the constitutional right to freedom of religious expression and practice – can clash when a parent chooses to rely on prayer and other spiritual healing practices instead of standard medical care to treat a child’s illness. When such a decision results in harm to […]

Two-thirds of adults listen to rock music, placing it ahead of the six other musical genres.

Half of all Americans like the Beatles a lot, placing them at the top of a 20-artist popularity contest.

Teenage cell phone ownership jumps from 53% at age 13 to 72% at age 14, right at the transition from middle school to high school.