Geography and high-tech employment growth in U.S. counties
2014 study in the Journal of Economic Geography showing urban clustering and proximity to educational institutions are associated with high-tech sector growth.
Media
Research roundups, articles, explainers and tip sheets about how journalists report the news and how audiences consume it
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Journalists’ insights on the evolving nature of the media: Spring 2014 highlights at the Shorenstein Center
Spring 2014 highlights from talks by journalists and media thinkers, including David Carr, Julia Angwin, Andrew Revkin, Deborah Amos, Brian McGrory, Ben Smith and Andrea Mitchell
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Who gets a press pass? Media credentialing practices in the United States
2014 study from Harvard’s Berkman Center and Shorenstein Center examining patterns of media credentialing and denials of press passes across the United States.
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What’s new in digital and social media research, May 2014: Crowdsourcing, analytics, Twitter patterns, product ratings
May 2014 review of the latest papers and studies on topics ranging from crowdsourcing innovations to media ethical dilemmas over the use of Web analytics.
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Measuring the media agenda: How to research news coverage trends on topics
2014 study in Political Communication presenting recommendations for researchers studying news media agenda trends.
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What’s new in digital and social media research, April 2014: Facebook rumor cascades, online comments, collaborative news clips, more
April 2014 review of recent studies on a range of digital media topics, from information diffusion on Facebook to news business models.
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Media bias, partisanship and what it means for democracy: Research chat and reading list
Highlights and audio from a series of 2014 seminars held at the Harvard Kennedy School, as well as a reading list of related work by the scholars, selected by Journalist’s Resource.
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Can citizen campaigns and voluntary standards make businesses socially responsible? Research brief
2014 review of research concludes that, in order to ensure corporate social responsibility, voluntary regulation proves inadequate.
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What’s new in digital and social media research, March 2014: From gatekeeping and filter bubbles to virality and sharing
March 2014 of recent papers and reports that analyze various social and news media dynamics.
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How low-income people react to online applications for welfare benefits: Research brief
2014 research on the impact of state welfare agencies’ increasing use of the Internet to communicate with current clients and those applying for benefits.
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