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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.
Twitter, politics and the public: Research roundup
Updated June 2013: A review of scholarly studies that examine Twitter use by politicians, policymakers and the public.
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.
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.
What is Big Data? Research roundup, reading list
2012 review of research studies on Big Data and its implications.
What’s New in Digital Scholarship?: March 2013
March 2013 review of the latest studies in the areas of journalism, digital media and communications, cross-posted at the Nieman Journalism Lab.
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.
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.
Digital activism and organizing: research review and reading list
2013 review of studies on digital advocacy, Internet activism and citizen participation online.
Pew Research: Twitter Reaction to Events Often at Odds with Overall Public Opinion
2013 report from the Pew Research Center demonstrating how discussions on Twitter often do not reflect more general national sentiment.
Questioning the network: The year in digital media research, 2012-13
2012-13 review of 10 new interesting studies in the realm of digital media, social media and communications. A cross-post with Nieman Journalism Lab.
What’s New in Digital Scholarship?: February 2013
February 2013 review of the latest studies in digital-oriented academic disciplines; the new studies touch on journalism, social media and communications. A cross-post with Nieman Journalism Lab.
2013 study from the University of Georgia and the Connected Action Consulting Group on political interactions on Twitter and cross-ideological communications.
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.
Global protest, technology and social media: Research roundup
2012 review of scholarship on the Internet, social media and political activism around the world.
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.
New Media and Conflict After the Arab Spring
2012 study by the United States Institute of Peace on the role of Twitter in the Arab Spring uprisings.
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.
Political Polarization on Twitter
Study by the Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research at Indiana University, Bloomington on Twitter user behavior before the 2010 U.S. midterm elections.
