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Elite opinion leaders greatly vary in their foreign policy beliefs
Oct 02, 2008 |
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A new study in the journal Politics & Policy shows how there is greater diversity of foreign policy beliefs held by elite opinion leaders than previously thought and identifies nine foreign policy orientations.
Should doctors be 'selling' drugs for the pharmaceutical industry?
Jun 20, 2008 |
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[B]Feature: Key opinion leaders -- independent experts or drug representatives in disguise?[/B] Are senior doctors who help drug companies sell their drugs independent experts or just drug representatives in disguise, ask ...
Following the leader: Social networks of schoolchildren
May 12, 2009 |
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Kids always seem to be ahead of trends, and marketers realize the importance of new products and services taking off with the younger set. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research helps identify which children might ...
Public opinion a good predictor of terror attacks: study
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Public opinion polls are good predictors of terrorist attacks, according to a study published Thursday which argues that terrorists do not act independently of their countrymen's attitudes.
Survey finds widespread dissatisfaction with current health care payment system
Nov 03, 2008 |
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Leaders in health care and health care policy feel strongly that the way we pay for health care in the U.S. must be fundamentally reformed. The latest Commonwealth Fund/Modern Healthcare Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey ...
Experts favor broad medicare reforms to control costs and foster health-care innovations
Nov 03, 2009 |
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A vast majority of leaders in health care and health policy believe Medicare has been successful in providing access to care and stable coverage to the elderly and disabled individuals; however only a small percentage think ...
UM Law professor examines the role of corporate lawyers in the court of public opinion
Nov 17, 2009 |
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In today's world, legal issues and controversies are not only tried in the court of law, but also in the "court" of public opinion. However, corporate lawyers tend to separate legal activities from public relations strategies. ...
US abortion views shift, majority are 'pro-life': poll
May 15, 2009 |
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US opinion on abortion has shifted with, for the first time in nearly 15 years, a narrow 51-percent majority identifying themselves as "pro-life," according to a new Gallup poll published Friday.
Public attitudes to nanotechnology: Lessons for regulators
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 21, 2009 |
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New technologies may change our lives for the better, but sometimes they have risks. Communicating those benefits and risks to the public, and developing regulations to deal with them, can be difficult -- particularly if ...
Study: Newspapers located closer to the Mexican border slant news coverage of immigration
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 28, 2009 |
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A new study released by Rice University in Houston finds that California newspapers located closer to the border of Mexico routinely provide a more negative slant on immigration in general news reporting and on their opinion ...
Golden State: Yes, No or Maybe?
Nov 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Dan Schnur, director of the College's Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics, analyzes the findings from the first of six USC College of Letters, Arts & Sciences/Los Angeles Times statewide ...
Deaths to local soldiers matter in shaping war opinion
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 15, 2009 |
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Americans think locally when they consider whether the loss of U.S. troops overseas warrants troop withdrawals, a new nationwide study suggests.
Lessons for Obama in study of Bush efforts to 'frame' Iraq war
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Wartime leaders have long sought to sway public opinion by "framing" bad news from the frontlines. They present inconvenient facts in an altered format in order to generate support for their policies. A new study from North ...
Analysis of Polling Data Finds Growing Support for Same-Sex Marriage
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- According to a comprehensive new analysis of public opinion surveys conducted over the last 15 years, support for the legalization of same-sex marriage has grown substantially in the United ...
New research explores how pigeons make joint navigational decisions when travelling together
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Nov 07, 2006 |
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The issue of how animals make navigational decisions, when travelling in a group, has been examined by a group of researchers from Oxford's Department of Zoology. The research team used miniature GPS tracking ...
