When prophecy fails: How religious groups cope
Review of four academic studies looking at evidence from historical religious movements to explore behavioral patterns after prophecies fail to materialize.
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Impact of the Tea Party movement on the 2010 election
2011 study by Brigham Young University on the effects of the Tea Party political movement on Congressional races.
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Escaping affect: How motivated emotion regulation creates insensitivity to mass suffering
2011 study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology on levels of compassion for large groups of people in need.
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The relationship of leadership quality to the political presence of civic associations
2011 study in Perspectives on Politics on impact of leadership strength on effectiveness of citizen groups.
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Newspaper coverage of political scandals
2011 Journal of Politics study on partisan bias in how scandals are covered by U.S. news organizations.
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Click trajectories: End-to-end analysis of the spam value chain
2011 study by UC San Diego and UC Berkeley on strategy for disrupting the infrastructure on which spam advertising is based.
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Weapon of the strong? Participatory inequality and the Internet
2010 study by Perspectives on Politics on Internet usage and patterns of participatory inequality in American politics.
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Can social navigation inform online privacy preferences?
2011 study by the University of California, Irvine, on how users determine personal privacy settings on social networks.
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Growing income inequality in OECD countries
2011 report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on widening income inequalities among its member countries worldwide.
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Psychological trends and popular U.S. song lyrics
2011 study in Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts on pop music lyrical trends and wider psychological changes.
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