When you just cannot get away: Technology and work-life spillover
2013 study in Information, Communication & Society on the rates at which frequent users of communications technologies report work-life conflicts.
Media
Research roundups, articles, explainers and tip sheets about how journalists report the news and how audiences consume it
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Memory tests reduce mind wandering and improve learning of online lectures
2013 study from Harvard University exploring techniques for improving online learning and education.
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What’s new in digital scholarship: March 2013
March 2013 review of the latest studies in the areas of journalism, digital media and communications, cross-posted at the Nieman Journalism Lab.
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Innovation in hybrid spaces: 2011 U.N. Climate Summit and the expanding journalism landscape
2013 study in Journalism on the converging practices of journalistic and advocacy organizations, as seen through the case of climate change-related coverage.
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Facebook, private traits and attributes: Predictions from digital records of human behavior
2013 study from the University of Cambridge (U.K.) and Microsoft Research published in PNAS on Facebook data and privacy.
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State of the news media 2013: Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism
2013 report from the Pew Research Center’s Project on Excellence in Journalism on troubling trends in the news industry, particularly the relationship between declining quality and negative consumer reaction.
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Effects of the Internet on politics: Research roundup
A literature review of studies in the past few years that shed light on issues such as online political polarization.
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Pew Internet: Teens and technology 2013
2013 report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project and Harvard’s Berkman Society for Internet & Society on levels of teen mobile and Internet use.
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Pew Research: Twitter reaction to events often at odds with overall public opinion
2013 report from the Pew Research Center demonstrating how discussions on Twitter often do not reflect more general national sentiment.
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The (non)violent world of YouTube: Content trends in Web video
2012 study in Journal of Communication showing how violence is less prevalent on YouTube than it is on network television.
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