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The state of Internet privacy in 2013: Research roundup

2013 collection of recent research on Internet privacy issues.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Urs Gasser of Harvard’s Berkman Center on youth, digital media and tech trends: Research chat

May 2013 interview with Urs Gasser, executive director of Harvard’s Berkman Center on Internet & Society. Among the topics discussed are youth and privacy, bullying, online education, international social networking trends and the news media.

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What’s New in Digital Scholarship: April 2013

April 2013 review of recent studies and reports that relate to news, social and civic media.

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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.

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Social media in the workplace: Research roundup

2013 collection of scholarship relating to social media and the workplace.

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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Birds of a Feather Tweet Together: Integrating Network and Content Analyses to Examine Cross-Ideology Exposure on Twitter

2013 study from the University of Georgia and the Connected Action Consulting Group on political interactions on Twitter and cross-ideological communications.

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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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Social Networking Popular Across Globe: Arab Publics Most Likely to Express Political Views Online

2012 survey by the Pew Research Center’s Global Attitude Project on the use of social networking and mobile phones in 21 countries around the world.

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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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Media Use, Face-to-Face Communication, Media Multitasking and Social Well-Being Among 8-to-12-Year-Old Girls

2012 study from Standford University published in Developmental Psychology on ’tween girl digital media use and development.

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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.

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