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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Research roundups, articles, explainers and tip sheets about how journalists report the news and how audiences consume it
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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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May we have your attention please? Human rights NGOs and global communication
2014 study in The International Journal of Press/Politics on how smaller NGOs tend to struggle to communicate on the Internet.
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What’s new in digital scholarship, January 2014: Crowdfunding, disruption, Arabic Twitter, youth engagement, more
January 2014 review of latest studies in journalism, communications, computer science and global technology.
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Digital media scholarship: A dozen highlights from 2013
2013 year-in-review list of a dozen top studies and reports in the area of digital, social and news media-related scholarship.
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Government leaks, prosecutions and the news media: Recent research
2013 review of new report for the Committee to Protect Journalists and a Harvard Law Review article that shed light on the issue of leak prosecutions and the news media.
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Reporters talking shop and the issues: Fall 2013 highlights at the Shorenstein Center
2013 highlights from talks by journalists and media thinkers, including Bart Gellman, Maggie Haberman, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Ethan Zuckerman, Chuck Todd and Joan Walsh.
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