Multitasking, social media and distraction: Research review
2013 research review of major studies relating to multitasking and distraction, with an emphasis on young people and social media.
Media
Research roundups, articles, explainers and tip sheets about how journalists report the news and how audiences consume it
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What’s new in digital scholarship: June 2013
June 2013 roundup of research. Topics include drone journalism, surveillance, Twitter in conflict zones, crowdsourced information platforms, and remix culture.
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The rise of contextual journalism, 1950s-2000s
2013 study from Columbia University showing that the interpretation of events has become an increasingly important element of journalism.
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Twitter, politics and the public: Research roundup
Updated June 2013: A review of scholarly studies that examine Twitter use by politicians, policymakers and the public.
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Marital satisfaction and break-ups differ across on-line and off-line meeting venues
2013 study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences showing that online relationships often produce more long-lasting marriages.
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Unique in the crowd: The privacy bounds of human mobility
2013 study in Scientific Reports demonstrating that small amounts of geographical data from cell phones can be used to identify individuals.
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Mapping the global Twitter heartbeat: The geography of Twitter
2013 study from Silicon Graphics International (SGI), the University of Illinois, and social media data vendor GNIP on geography and Twitter use.
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What’s new in digital scholarship: May 2013
May 2013 collection of interesting nine new studies/reports in the realms of social and news media, global technology and more.
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Digital media and society: Covering social media, technology and a networked world
Semester-long course on digital media and its impact on society, politics, journalism, privacy, law and the economy.
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Justice Department vs. AP: Perspectives on a First Amendment fight
2013 aggregation of documents on the emerging controversy over the Justice Department’s decision to review phone records of Associated Press reporters.
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