Ray Ludenia (Fri, 06 Jun 2003 00:02:39 +1000) brought to our attention: > A very interesting report on attitudes in > many countries towards the US, > globalisation, democracy, justice, etc. > There is plenty of food for thought > here for all, regardless of personal > political beliefs. Doesn't matter all > that much about what is actually true, > perceptions are in some ways even > more important if they determine > courses of action. > > > http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=185
I find this very interesting. While I have concerns on semantics in the article, like Ray says; "Doesn't matter all that much about what is actually true, ..." so I will not dwell on that point. What I find more interesting is what is not said, and references that are not pointed at. What happened to questions 1-15? http://people-press.org/reports/pdf/185topline.pdf This is a follow-up to "What the World Thinks in 2002." During my search I came across the following URLs before finding it (the URL is a the bottom of the list. Americans Lack Background to Follow International News PUBLIC'S NEWS HABITS LITTLE CHANGED BY SEPT. 11 Pew Research Center Biennial News Consumption Survey http://people-press.org/reports/pdf/156.pdf http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=156 Among Wealthy Nations . U.S. STANDS ALONE IN ITS EMBRACE OF RELIGION Released: December 19, 2002 http://people-press.org/reports/pdf/167.pdf http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=167 Makes reference to: [...] The project's first major report, "What the World Thinks in 2002," focusing on how people view their lives, their countries and the world, was released Dec. 4, 2002 and is available online at www.people-press.org. [...] I had to go looking and found it! What the World Thinks in 2002 How Global Publics View: Their Lives, Their Countries, The World, America Released: December 4, 2002 http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=165 BTW, http://people-press.org/reports/ doesn't provide pointers to the PDFs of all their articles. I found references first by looking at http://people-press.org/reports/pdf/ Cheers! -- Han Tacoma <-wondering how The Pew Charitable Trusts http://www.pewtrusts.com/ will be affected by http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:H.R.7: <- the colon *has* to be typed! ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
