How adolescents cope with digital stress
2015 study in the Journal of Adolescent Research that analyzes online comment threads from adolescents to better understand how they advise one another about online bullying.
Media
Research roundups, articles, explainers and tip sheets about how journalists report the news and how audiences consume it
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Top 10 new research articles on digital news, social media for 2015
2015 year-end compilation of the best research in digital news and social media according to a range of scholars, digital gurus and journalists. Item first was published at Nieman Lab.
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How social media influences Millennials’ political views
2015 study from the University of Hawaii that looks at how young adults who are known as “millennials” use social media to inform their political opinions.
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Link between TV viewing time and mortality
2015 meta-analysis published in the American Journal of Epidemiology that explores the link between television viewing time and mortality.
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Does the Internet help more Americans become politically active?
2015 research brief from the Scholars Strategy Network that looks at online political activism and whether the Internet encourages certain groups of people to become more engaged in political activities.
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Why media should think twice about public-opinion polls: Panel discussion
2015 panel discussion on the media’s widespread use of public-opinion polls during Harvard University’s Theodore H. White Seminar on Press and Politics.
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News paywalls: Consumer views on paying for content
2015 study published in Electronic News that explores how consumers view the economic nature of news and consumers’ willingness to pay for multi-platform news products.
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Crowdsourced projects and skewed results: Research findings on participation and social influence factors
2015 and 2011 papers in PNAS that highlight dynamics within crowdsourcing projects and provide notes of caution around factors that can produce weaker or even flawed results.
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How does social media use influence political participation and civic engagement? A meta-analysis
2015 paper in Information, Communication & Society reviewing existing research on how social media use influences measures such as voting, protesting and civic engagement.
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Investigating racial injustice with Nikole Hannah-Jones
2015 talk by journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones focusing on how she approaches and investigates issues of racial injustice and what she thinks about newsroom diversity and the media’s broader coverage of racial issues.
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