Press secretaries, journalists and editors: Shaping local Congressional news coverage
2012 study in Political Communication on political public relations effects, journalists’ response, and the press coverage that results.
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No A 4 U: The relationship between multitasking and academic performance
2012 study in Computers & Education on how Facebook and instant messaging can hurt college students’ grades.
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Global oil: Areas of growth, capacity and long-term outlook
2012 study from the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center on how the production of oil may increase rapidly in the coming decade.
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Effect of narrative news format on empathy for stigmatized groups
2012 study in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly on different reader responses to narrative stories versus policy stories, and the relative benefits of narrative stories.
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Expert credibility in climate change
2010 study in PNAS analyzing the beliefs of more than 1,000 scientists about human-induced climate change.
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Research chat: David Karpf, scholar of Internet organizing and activism
2012 interview with George Washington assistant professor David Karpf about the changing patterns of Internet-based activism in America.
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Advanced Internet research techniques: Five key lessons from Google
Overview of search lessons and techniques from Google, with a focus on how to locate scholarly and research-related resources.
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Political and judicial checks on corruption: Evidence from American state governments
2008 study in Economics & Politics on how the theory of the balance of powers plays out at the state level, and how partisan influence can change dynamics.
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Enforcement and public corruption: Evidence from U.S. states
2010 study from Harvard and the University of Copenhagen about the relationship between rates of public corruption and available legal resources.
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Research chat: Ron Suskind on investigative reporting, interviewing and documents
2012 interview with author and investigative reporter Ron Suskind about his reporting and writing techniques.
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