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2013 study in the American Journal of Epidemiology showing the high risks for HIV infection among sex workers.
Technology and Collective Action: The Effect of Cell Phone Coverage and Political Violence in Africa
2013 study in American Political Science Review showing the association between increased cell phone availability and usage and the capacity for violent conflict.
Unique in the Crowd: The Privacy Bounds of Human Mobility
2013 study in Scientific Reports demonstrating that small amounts of geographical data from cell phones can be used to identify individuals.
2013 study from Cornell examining how increased trade with China results in partner countries altering their foreign policy positions in favor of China.
Mapping the Global Twitter Heartbeat: The Geography of Twitter
2013 study from Silicon Graphics International (SGI), the University of Illinois, and social media data vendor GNIP on geography and Twitter use.
2013 report from Harvard Business School examining findings from industry and the general public regarding the overall mood toward America’s ability to compete economically.
What’s New in Digital Scholarship: May 2013
May 2013 collection of interesting nine new studies/reports in the realms of social and news media, global technology and more.
Tax Havens: Exploring “Treasure Islands”
Findings from a variety of studies and reports, and a paper in the Journal of Economic Perspectives, on the impact of tax havens on global financial market competition, as well as the dynamics of tax evasion.
Is Corporate Social Responsibility Associated with Lower Wages?
2013 study in Environmental and Resource Economics showing that firms with a reputation for corporate social responsibility often pay their employees lower wages and gender plays a strong role in these dynamics.
MOOCs and online learning: Research roundup
2013 selection of recent research on massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Road safety and motor vehicle accidents: Surveying global and U.S. data
2013 World Health Organization report and a survey of U.S.-related data that shed light on the continuing problems of motor vehicle accidents and related policy dynamics.
What’s New in Digital Scholarship: April 2013
April 2013 review of recent studies and reports that relate to news, social and civic media.
What’s New in Digital Scholarship: January 2013
January 2013 review of recent studies and reports relating to news, social and civic media.
People Power or a One-Shot Deal? A Dynamic Model of Protest
2013 study from Princeton and NYU on the nature of political revolutions and the possibility that such upheaval in many countries is a singular event, unlikely to be followed by more.
Understanding the Chechen conflict: Research roundup and reading list
2013 review of Chechnya-related scholarship and the conflict and political grievances there that continue to reverberate.
Stereotypes of Muslims and Support for the War on Terror
2013 study from George Washington University noting that stereotypes against Muslims and Muslim-Americans persist and examining the nature of these general attitudes.
New Left policies and Latin America: Research review and reading list
2013 review of relevant studies and books that shed light on the New Left in Latin America; a variety of scholarly perspectives on outcomes and progress.
Is There an Asian Model of Technological Emergence?
2013 study in Socio-Economic Review assessing looking at distinctions among Asian countries in terms of technological development and economics.
Mobile Leapfrogging and Digital Divide Policy
2013 paper from the New America Foundation reviewing existing scholarship on mobile phone use in the developing world and critically examining the potential downsides versus building more broadband infrastructure to support PCs.
2013 review of research and article in the journal Science on the global energy consumption of Internet and communications technology.
