Posts Tagged ‘public opinion’
Is U.S. eco-policy also God’s policy?
U. MARYLAND (US) — A majority of Americans professing belief in God favor cooperative international efforts to combat climate change and the spread of nuclear weapons—branding it a moral obligation—a new public opinion poll shows. Continue…
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Top Stories - Oct 5, 2011 5:20 - 0 Comments
US views on gays, lesbians shift sharply
U. CHICAGO (US) — American attitudes toward gays and lesbians are rapidly changing to reflect greater acceptance, with younger generations leading the way, a new survey shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Sep 12, 2011 12:18 - 1 Comment
Voters unmoved by politics via news media
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Washington politicians who use the media to get their message out have little influence on the voting public, according to new research. (more…)
Society & Culture - Sep 7, 2011 12:35 - 1 Comment
‘Deliberative polling’ lets voters think twice
STANFORD (US) — One weekend in June, a scientifically representative sample of California voters gathered in Torrance for the first-ever statewide “deliberative poll.” (more…)
Society & Culture - Aug 26, 2011 10:11 - 0 Comments
Tolerance low for Muslim extremists
U. CHICAGO (US) — While Americans are increasingly tolerant of the views of most non-majority groups, 10 years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, tolerance has yet to extend to the freedoms of Muslim extremists. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 1, 2010 12:07 - 1 Comment
Why AIDS doesn’t make headlines
U. LEEDS (UK) — Media coverage of HIV/AIDS has fallen by more than 70 percent in developed countries over the last 20 years, particularly in French- and U.S.-based newspapers. (more…)
Society & Culture - Dec 2, 2009 17:32 - 8 Comments
Trust in government gets a no-vote
U. BUFFALO (US)—Ballot initiatives, long thought to encourage democratic citizenship, may actually have the opposite effect of fostering distrust in state government, a new study finds. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Nov 17, 2009 17:56 - 1 Comment
Taking America’s energy temperature
RUTGERS (US)—Of the estimated 1,000 energy-related public opinion polls conducted during the last 20 years, environmental policy expert Michael Greenberg says there are two basic types: polls that include energy questions among a range of societal issues and hypothesis-driven surveys that measure preferences and try to link them to underlying factors. (more…)
Society & Culture - Sep 17, 2009 19:07 - 3 Comments
Can polling predict terrorism?
“This is the first study to relate public opinion across countries to concrete actions such as terrorism,” says study coauthor Alan Krueger.
Society & Culture - May 21, 2009 13:48 - 0 Comments
Alarmed to dismissive: U.S. views on global warming
YALE (US)—Americans fall into six distinct groups regarding their climate change beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors, according to a new report, “Global Warming’s Six Americas,” by researchers at Yale and George Mason universities. (more…)
