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Tahrir Square

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.

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Innovation in Hybrid Spaces: 2011 U.N. Climate Summit and the Expanding Journalism Landscape

2013 study in Journalism on the converging practices of journalistic and advocacy organizations, as seen through the case of climate change-related coverage.

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Effects of the Internet on politics: Research roundup

A literature review of studies in the past few years that shed light on issues such as online political polarization.

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Digital activism and organizing: research review and reading list

2013 review of studies on digital advocacy, Internet activism and citizen participation online.

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The Arab Spring and the Internet: Research roundup

Roundup of recent studies that bring a scholarly, data-driven lens to questions around the Arab Spring.

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National Leadership Index 2012: A National Study of Confidence in Leadership

2012 study by the Harvard Kennedy School on Americans’ attitudes toward national leaders.

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Voting, polling problems and media coverage on Election Day: Research roundup

2012 review of research on Election Day-related issues.

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Getting Out the Vote: Minority Mobilization in a Presidential Election

2011 study in Political Behavior showing how minorities frequently receive less in-person contacts, and how this explains different voter participation rates.

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The profile of undecided voters: Research roundup

October 2012 review of analysis, polls and research on so-called undecided voters, on the eve of the 2012 presidential election.

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Global protest, technology and social media: Research roundup

2012 review of scholarship on the Internet, social media and political activism around the world.

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The Influence of Debate Viewing Context on Political Cynicism and Strategic Interpretations

2011 study from the University of Texas at Austin in American Behavioral Scientist on the impact of presidential debate viewing on cynicism levels.

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Unemployment and Voter Turnout

2012 study by the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Marquette University on unemployment and voter turnout.

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Seven big questions about the 2012 presidential election: Research roundup

2012 research review of overarching questions yet to be answered in campaign 2012.

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Facebook Experiment in Social Influence and Political Mobilization

2012 study in Nature that analyzes a large-scale experiment to influence voter behavior through messages on a social network.

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Social Capital and the Spiral of Silence

2012 study published in the International Journal of Public Opinion Research explores the extent to which increased social capital effects ones propensity to share their opinions publicly.

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Does Blogging Empower Women? Exploring the Role of Agency and Community

2012 study from the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication on women, blogging and feelings of empowerment.

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Impact of Race and Ethnicity, Immigration and Political Context on Participation in American Electoral Politics

2012 study from Harvard, Brown, Univ of Missouri on various factors that influence voting behavior in minority communities.

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Growing Gap in Favorable Views of Federal, State Governments

2012 Pew Research survey looking at variation in citizen assessments of government at different levels, and partisan divides.

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Exploring Russian Cyberspace: Digitally Mediated Collective Action and the Networked Public Sphere

2012 study by Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society on Russia’s relative Internet freedom.

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Voting Problems, Polling Places and the Private Act of Voting

2011 study in Public Opinion Quarterly on issues relating to security and privacy in polling places.

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