Media Industry

Summary of Findings Public attitudes toward the press, which have been on a downward track for years, have become more negative in several key areas. Growing numbers of people question the news media’s patriotism and fairness. Perceptions of political bias also have risen over the past two years. Yet despite these criticisms, most Americans continue […]

A new PEJ study of the news media finds men are cited as sources much more often than women on a wide range of topics

Meetup.com, the favorite web business of political sociologists, announced yesterday that it will institute a fee for its community organizing service beginning May 1.

Speech delivered at the Washington Press Club

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The findings reported here are based on the most extensive study ever conducted of English and Spanish language network and local news coverage over the course of a campaign.

A speech delivered at the Escuela de Periodismo UAM/El País, Madrid, Spain, February 1, 2005

A review of Pew Research Center for the People & the Press findings

The first publication of the Pew Research Center explores American public opinion and values, religion and public life, media, the Internet, Hispanics, the states and global opinion.

Summary of Findings Voters express increasingly positive opinions of the 2004 presidential campaign. Virtually all voters ­ 96% ­ believe the campaign is important, while a growing number also view the campaign as interesting. Fully two-thirds of voters (66%) describe the campaign as interesting, up from 50% in early September and just 35% in June. […]