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UM Law professor examines the role of corporate lawyers in the court of public opinion

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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. ...


Golden State: Yes, No or Maybe?

Golden State: Yes, No or Maybe?

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(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

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Americans think locally when they consider whether the loss of U.S. troops overseas warrants troop withdrawals, a new nationwide study suggests.


Iraqi police and army survey a destroyed home following a car bomb

Public opinion a good predictor of terror attacks: study

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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.


Project aids environmental decisions in the face of complicated trade-offs

Project aids environmental decisions in the face of complicated trade-offs

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Energy shortages, climate change, pollution - some of the world's most pressing problems weigh on the shoulders of some of the world's most hard-pressed people. Michigan State University researchers aim to ...


Analysis of Polling Data Finds Growing Support for Same-Sex Marriage

Analysis of Polling Data Finds Growing Support for Same-Sex Marriage

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (13) | comments 13

(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 ...


Personal discrimination on the Web

Technology / Other

created May 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

How do you tell if a website you are browsing is a showing you a personal web page expressing the opinions of an individual or the marketing speak of a commercial site in disguise? Information engineers in India and Japan ...


Swine flu having powerful impact on us

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 06, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The new influenza A (H1N1), known as the swine flu, demonstrates the power of people's perceptions of risk. Sales of face masks are breaking all records not only in Mexico but also in Sweden. Hotel guests are being isolated ...


Picky preschoolers: Young children prefer majority opinion

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When we are faced with a decision, and we're not sure what to do, usually we'll just go with the majority opinion. When do we begin adopting this strategy of "following the crowd"? In a new report in Psychological Science, a jour ...


Brain mechanisms of social conformity

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

New research reveals the brain activity that underlies our tendency to "follow the crowd." The study, published by Cell Press in the January 15th issue of the journal Neuron, provides intriguing insight into how human behavi ...


Survey finds widespread dissatisfaction with current health care payment system

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 03, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

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 ...


Elite opinion leaders greatly vary in their foreign policy beliefs

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 02, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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.