Category «Internet»

Peer-Reviewed Open Source Medical Journal Now Available on Web

From the press release: “A new general medical journal launched this week with a non-traditional publishing model is the latest top-tier venue for publishing important, peer-reviewed biomedical research, and is being called the first major, international journal to be introduced in more than 70 years. Unlike most medical journals which are available only through costly …

Subjects: Internet

National Annenberg Election Survey

“National Annenberg Election Survey of 2000 was the largest academic election poll ever conducted, and the 2004 survey will match it in size, with a total of about 100,000 interviews. Polling began in October, 2003 and will continue until after the election in November 2004. The survey examines a wide range of political attitudes about …

Subjects: Internet

State By State Guide for Voters

From Newsweek, via MSNBC, a state by state voters guide to election 2004. Information provided includes how each state voted in the 2000 election, a brief analysis/projection of the 2004 race (to be updated), number of electoral college votes, whether e-voting is offered, if Nader is on the ballot, absentee ballot information, and population data. …

Subjects: Internet

Non-Partisan Election Guide Focuses on Family Related Issues

“In an effort to inform voters where major presidential candidates stand on family-relevant issues, family policy doctoral students in the Department of Family Studies at the University of Maryland compiled this family issues voting guide. We present an objective, non-partisan collection of information comparing candidates on important family policies. Readers will find this a useful …

Subjects: Internet

Review of State Sponsored Policies and Technologies Used to Filter Internet Access

A Starting Point: Legal Implications of Internet Filtering (PDF 16 pages) “In this paper, the Open Net Initiative (ONI) considers some of the legal implications of controlling access to Internet content through filtering. ONI — a research partnership of the Berkman Center, University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab, and the University of Cambridge — documents Internet …

Subjects: Censorship, E-Government, Internet, Legal Research

Survey Says Viewers of Daily Show More In Tune With Election Issues

September 21, 2004 survey from the National Annenberg Election Survey 2004: Daily Show Viewers Knowledgeable About Presidential Campaign – “Viewers of late-night comedy programs, especially The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Comedy Central, are more likely to know the issue positions and backgrounds of presidential candidates than people who do not watch late-night comedy.”

Subjects: Internet