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Celebrity Adoption Of Charitable Causes Oversold
October 14, 2008 — Celebrities do have the ability to focus awareness on charitable and political causes, but their power to move the news machine to shape policy agendas has been oversold, according to recent research ... > full story -
Americans And The Economy: Angry Feelings, Fear Exceeds Terrorism Risk
October 10, 2008 — In the first three days of the country's economic meltdown that began Sept. 29, 81 percent of Americans surveyed in a national poll agreed or strongly agreed that the financial crisis "poses a ... > full story -
Transparency In Politics Can Lead To Greater Corruption
October 10, 2008 — Why are some countries more prone to political corruption? Researchers have investigated why corruption among the political elite was more extensive in Argentina than in Chile during the 1990s. Among ... > full story -
Hack-a-Vote: Students Learn How Vulnerable Electronic Voting Really Is
October 7, 2008 — This week undergraduate and graduate students in an advanced computer security course at Rice University in Houston are learning hands-on just how easy it is to wreak havoc on computer software used ... > full story -
Visualizing Election Polls: An Animated, Interactive Way To Analyze Opinion Data
October 6, 2008 — Do you want to know the percentage of white women who support vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin? What about college-educated versus high school-educated white women? Or those who also hunt? ... > full story -
Children Aware Of White Male Monopoly On White House
October 5, 2008 — Challenging the idea that children live in a color or gender blind world, a new study reveals most elementary-school-age children are aware there has been no female, African-American, or Hispanic ... > full story -
Viewers Will Receive Greatest Benefit In Presidential Town Hall Debate
October 3, 2008 — The candidates will be joined by dozens of "undecided" citizens eager to interrogate the two presidential hopefuls. While political strategists and media pundits are busy pondering which candidate is ... > full story -
Government Accommodates Rich And Poor Alike
October 3, 2008 — The election year is in full swing, complete with allegations of class warfare and claims about which candidates cater to the rich and which candidates will best serve the interests of the poor and ... > full story -
APA Letter To Bush: New Policy Limits Psychologist Involvement In Interrogations
October 2, 2008 — The American Psychological Association sent a letter October 2 to President Bush, informing him of a significant change in the association's policy that limits the roles of psychologists in certain ... > full story -
Elite Opinion Leaders Greatly Vary In Their Foreign Policy Beliefs
October 2, 2008 — A new study shows how there is greater diversity of foreign policy beliefs held by elite opinion leaders than previously thought and identifies nine foreign policy ... > full story
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