Young People More Engaged, More Uncertain
Debates More Important to Young Voters
Internet as Unique News Source
Millions go online for news and images not covered in the mainstream press. But many are repulsed by what they see.
Bottom-Line Pressures Now Hurting Coverage, Say Journalists
Overview This report is part of State of the News Media 2004, a annual publication of the Project for Excellence in Journalism. Journalists are unhappy with the way things are going in their profession these days. Many give poor grades to the coverage offered by the types of media that serve most Americans: daily newspapers, […]
ePolitics 2004
A look at coverage of the presidential election on top news Web sites during the heat of the primary season.
Cable and Internet Loom Large in Fragmented Political News Universe
Summary of Findings The 2004 presidential campaign is continuing the long-term shift in how the public gets its election news. Television news remains dominant, but there has been further erosion in the audience for broadcast TV news. The Internet, a relatively minor source for campaign news in 2000, is now on par with such traditional […]
The Internet and the Iraq war
In the early days of the war with Iraq, 77% of online Americans used the Internet in some connection with the war. They went online to get information about the war, to learn and share differing opinions about the conflict, to send and receive emails about events, to express their views and to offer prayers.
Political Sites Gain, But Major News Sites Still Dominant
Introduction and Summary More Americans used the Internet to get campaign information in 2002 than during the last midterm election four years ago. While much of this increase has come from the overall growth in the online population, a higher proportion of Internet users sought election news than did so four years ago (22% now, […]
Counting on the Internet: Most find the information they seek, expect
Americans expect to find what they are looking for online in news, health care, government information, and shopping.
The Internet and Collecting the History of the Present
This speech covers our findings related to how people used the Internet just after the 9/11 terror attacks and our follow-up survey.
The Commons of the Tragedy: How the Internet was used by millions after the terror attacks
The most significant development online after the attack has been the outpouring of grief, prayerful communication, information dissemination through email, and political commentary.
