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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Research roundups, articles, explainers and tip sheets about how journalists report the news and how audiences consume it
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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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Public misunderstanding, “birtherism” and flawed survey wording: Research analysis
2014 study from Stanford researchers showing how question wording affected responses to surveys about President Obama’s birth origins and nationality.
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Popular protests, coups and information flows: Research behind the revolutions
2014 study by New York University published in Journal of Politics on the relationship between popular protests, media freedom and coups.
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Using social media to improve citizen engagement with government: Research brief
2014 research brief on how government can better engage citizens through the use of social media, by Steven Michael Polunsky, Texas A&M University and the Scholars Strategy Network.
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How do newspapers affect civic life? Data and analysis on Seattle and Denver
2014 study from Portland State University published in Political Communication on how the loss of newspapers in two U.S. cities diminished civic life.
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Online Display Advertising: Targeting and Obtrusiveness
2011 study from the University of Toronto and MIT Sloan School of Management on the effectiveness of contextual and high-visual online advertising campaigns.
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What’s new in digital and social media research, February 2014: From Twitter and the Trayvon Martin story to geolocation and robot journalism
February 2014 review of latest scholarship on topics such as Twitter networks, geolocation and privacy, and paying for news online.
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Thoughts on the media future: N.Y. Times’ David Carr, BuzzFeed’s Ben Smith, MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell
2014 roundup of recent Harvard Shorenstein Center events with the New York Times‘ David Carr, BuzzFeed’s Ben Smith and MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell.
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Computerization, jobs and the future: Research views on technology’s effects
2013-14 research about the way technology is disrupting the U.S. labor market, with a focus on an Oxford University study estimating that 47% of jobs are at risk.
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