The British Social Attitudes Survey, which is as good a measure as any of what we are not thinking about, reports that anxiety about the environment has lessened, even as the threat has grown – 37% think environmental threats are exaggerated, up from 24% in 2000.
Worth thinking about, indeed.
This means thinking differently about reporting stories, the resources we put into data analysis, and the prominence we give to context.
I began thinking about sustained reporting on American Muslims at the very beginning of the 2008 presidential primary season.
I spent the weekend thinking about the report, re-reading every word of it twice more and now I am withdrawing my previous column because I cannot, in good conscience, say anything positive about what Pew has produced.
Although 80% of people in a U.K. survey reported thinking about energy saving behaviors, they report inefficient daily usage habits, with, for example, 52% leaving the heating on when they go out for a few hours (Department of Energy and Climate Change, 2013).
Following a trip to Israel for her first book, Glidden found herself thinking about a potential reported project.
A plurality of patients reported no SI over the week prior to intake (34.28 %), while a further 31.18 % reported thinking about suicide a little of the time, 16.25 % reported thinking about suicide half the time, 12.57 % reported thinking about suicide most of the time, and 5.72 % reported thinking about suicide all of the time.
"Today, someone thinking about going to court reporting school talks to a reporter and hears about these threats of tape recorders and videos," he said.
