Two-thirds of adults say college athletes should be allowed to earn money from endorsements and sponsorships and half say athletes at colleges and universities with major athletic programs should receive a share of revenue received from broadcast rights, according to a new survey by The AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs […] Read more »
Trump impeachment inquiry sung by a Christmas choir
… The Washington International Chorus performs the 12 Days of Christmas carol, with specially adapted lyrics by BBC News, to explain how the impeachment inquiry unfolded. CONT. BBC News Read more »
19 striking findings from 2019
Every year, Pew Research Center publishes hundreds of reports, blog posts, digital essays and other studies on a wide range of topics, from the demographic and political changes that are reshaping the United States to the attitudes and experiences of people in dozens of other countries. At the end of […] Read more »
They Know What You Watched Last Night
A spate of streaming services are on their way from major tech and entertainment companies, promising viewers a trove of binge-worthy new shows and movies. There’s something for advertisers, too: your personal data. Recent deals involving the media conglomerate AT&T, the streaming device seller Roku, the advertising giant Publicis and […] Read more »
Is Country Music More Unifying than Dividing?
… To measure tribalism, we used the most salient tribes in contemporary American society: Democrats and Republicans. We conducted a survey asking Americans if they felt favorable or unfavorable towards various genres of music and artists. Compared to truly divisive topics like Black Lives Matter (52 percentage point difference) or […] Read more »
More Blaming Extremism, Heated Rhetoric for Mass Shootings
Americans think there is plenty of blame to go around for the mass shootings that have become commonplace in the United States, but two factors are getting more blame than in the recent past. CONT. Lydia Saad, Gallup Read more »