What’s new in digital scholarship: July 2013
July 2013 review of new studies on news paywalls, online activism, Instagram, news framing, the Arab Spring, online information-seeking and more.
July 2013 review of new studies on news paywalls, online activism, Instagram, news framing, the Arab Spring, online information-seeking and more.
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2013 review of studies on digital advocacy, Internet activism and citizen participation online.
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Review of a 2013 paper in The Review of Economic Studies and other studies that shed light on the connection between food insecurity and violent conflict.
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2013 study from Harvard University and UC Berkeley on factors that can contribute to intergenerational income mobility rates.
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2013 roundup of academic studies, published in the past few years, that shed light on the dynamics of right-wing extremism in Europe and provide wider political context.
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2013 study from University of Kentucky, University of Kansas and Tennessee State on teacher quality in Appalachia and the challenges of improving rural education systems.
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2013 review of relevant reports and data relating to the success of college majors in securing employment, with particular focus on a May 2013 Georgetown report.
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2013 review of relevant studies and reports on weather trends and heat waves, examining both technical studies and public health estimates of the impact on mortality rates.
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2013 review of reearch on the health effects of coal, with a focus on a study in PNAS on the relationship between coal combustion and mortality in China.
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2013 meta-analysis in the Journal of Economic Surveys comparing the results of 68 studies on impact of public-capital investments on economic productivity.
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