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.
Media
Research roundups, articles, explainers and tip sheets about how journalists report the news and how audiences consume it
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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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Questioning the network: The year in digital media research, 2012-13
2012-13 review of 10 new interesting studies in the realm of digital media, social media and communications. A cross-post with Nieman Journalism Lab.
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What’s new in digital scholarship? February 2013
Review of recent studies in digital-oriented academic disciplines, including journalism, social media and communications. A cross-post with Nieman Journalism Lab.
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Major memory for microblogs
2013 study from the University of California, San Diego, the University of Scranton and the University of Warwick (UK) published in Memory and Cognition on how microblog content is read and remembered.
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Why most Facebook users get more than they give
2012 report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project on levels of Facebook participation.
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Coming and Going on Facebook
2013 survey from the Pew Internet and American Life Project on Facebook user practices.
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Birds of a feather tweet together: Examining cross-ideology exposure on Twitter
2013 study from the University of Georgia and the Connected Action Consulting Group on political interactions on Twitter and cross-ideological communications.
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Mobile news: A review and model of journalism in an age of mobile media
2013 review of research literature in Digital Journalism about the rise of mobile devices and the response of news organizations.
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