{"id":254,"date":"2010-03-04T16:19:32","date_gmt":"2010-03-04T16:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flirtingwithfaith\/2010\/03\/americans-want-more-news-reporting-on-religious-and-spiritual-issues-according-to-new-pew-study.html"},"modified":"2010-03-04T16:19:32","modified_gmt":"2010-03-04T16:19:32","slug":"americans-want-more-news-reporting-on-religious-and-spiritual-issues-according-to-new-pew-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flirtingwithfaith\/2010\/03\/americans-want-more-news-reporting-on-religious-and-spiritual-issues-according-to-new-pew-study.html","title":{"rendered":"Americans Want More News Reporting on Religious and Spiritual Issues According to New Pew Study&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recent Pew Research Forum study titled &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.journalism.org\/analysis_report\/news_environment_america\">Understanding the Participatory News Customer<\/a>&#8220;, shows that many Americans view religion and spirituality is an underreported area in the news. According to the report:<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\"><p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><i>&#8220;41% of Americans say there is not enough coverage of religious and spiritual issues. Women (44%) are more likely than men (37%) to seek more coverage of this area; young adults ages 18-29 (49%) are more likely than those over age 50 (35%) to say this; and bloggers (50%) are more likely than non-bloggers (40%) to say this.&nbsp; Race\/ethnicity is also a factor, with African-Americans (57%) significantly more likely than both whites (38%) and Hispanics (43%) to say they would like to see more coverage of religion and spirituality.&#8221;<\/i><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\"><p><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"3\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;font-size: 12px\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">What do you think? Too much? Not enough? Two biased in one direction or another? Would love to hear from you&#8230;<i>&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\"><p><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"3\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;font-size: 12px\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"3\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;font-size: 12px\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent Pew Research Forum study titled &#8220;Understanding the Participatory News Customer&#8220;, shows that many Americans view religion and spirituality is an underreported area in the news. According to the report: &#8220;41% of Americans say there is not enough coverage of religious and spiritual issues. 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