Research roundups, articles, explainers and tip sheets about how journalists report the news and how audiences consume it
2014 paper from Harvard’s Shorenstein Center synthesizing a wide variety of industry data, surveys and academic literature to look at fundamental shifts in the media ecosystem.
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Fall 2014 highlights from talks by journalists and media thinkers, including Charles M. Blow, Miriam Elder, Hendrik Hertzberg, Robin Sproul, Amy Walter and Charles Lewis.
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2014 study in the journal Environment and Behavior showing how the mere presence of mobile devices can influence the quality of human interactions.
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2014 study from Pennsylvania State University published in PLoS One that uses computer-science techniques to estimate the total amount of research knowledge available on the Web.
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August-September 2014 review of recent academic studies, covering topics ranging from citizen journalism and transparency to Wikipedia and social media.
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2014 conversation with a leading practitioner of data journalism. Cohen is editor of computer-assisted reporting at the New York Times and board president of Investigative Reporters & Editors.
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2014 study in Public Opinion Quarterly that suggests that political polarization cannot be explained by media diversity and the fragmenting of audiences.
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2014 paper published in Psychological Science that uses three experiments to compare the ability of students to remember and understand information depending on how they take notes.
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July 2014 review of recent studies relating to online comment threads, media fact-checking on Twitter, social media content flagging and more.
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2014 study in the Journal of Economic Geography showing urban clustering and proximity to educational institutions are associated with high-tech sector growth.
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