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Justice Department vs. Associated Press: Perspectives on a First Amendment fight
2013 aggregation of documents and background perspectives on the emerging controversy over the Justice Department’s decision to review phone records of Associated Press reporters.
What’s New in Digital Scholarship: April 2013
April 2013 review of recent studies and reports that relate to news, social and civic media.
2013 research review of academic literature and practical tips for instilling good online information-seeking habits.
What’s New in Digital Scholarship: January 2013
January 2013 review of recent studies and reports relating to news, social and civic media.
The Boston Marathon bombing and media resources: Reporting tips, terrorism-related data
2013 review of media-related resources and terrorism-specific data and studies that may be useful for further coverage of the Boston Marathon attacks.
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.
State of the News Media 2013: Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism
2013 report from the Pew Research Center’s Project on Excellence in Journalism on troubling trends in the news industry, particularly the relationship between declining quality and negative consumer reaction.
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.
Mobile News: A Review and Model of Journalism in an Age of Mobile Media
2013 review of research literature in Digital Journalism about the rise of mobile devices and the response of news organizations.
Misinformation and Its Correction: Continued Influence and Successful Debiasing
2012 metastudy in Psychological Science in the Public Interest on how misinformation originates and spreads, why it is difficult to correct, and how best to counteract it.
2012 study from Boston University and the University of Minnesota published in Public Opinion Quarterly on news reporting and opposition to the Afghanistan War.
That’s Not the Way It Is: How User-Generated Comments on the News Affect Perceived Media Bias
2012 study published in the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication on the impact of reader comments on perceptions of bias in online news articles.
Future of Mobile News: Growth in Mobile Audiences and What It Means
2012 report from the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism on the rise of mobile news and emerging data on audience habits and reading/buying patterns.
Local Political Knowledge and Assessments of Citizen Competence
2012 study in Public Opinion Quarterlyon citizen levels of local and national political knowledge, and evidence that citizens have more knowledge than scholars previously believed.
Misrepresentation of Randomized Controlled Trials in Press Releases and News Coverage
2012 study published in PLoS Medicine that analyzes studies, their associated press releases and subsequent media coverage to understand how accurately the research results were conveyed.
