New media and conflict after the Arab Spring
2012 study by the United States Institute of Peace on the role of Twitter in the Arab Spring uprisings, including those in Bahrain, Libya, Tunisia and Egypt.
Research roundups, articles, explainers and tip sheets about how journalists report the news and how audiences consume it
2012 study by the United States Institute of Peace on the role of Twitter in the Arab Spring uprisings, including those in Bahrain, Libya, Tunisia and Egypt.
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2012 study from the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication on women, blogging and feelings of empowerment.
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Study by the Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research at Indiana University, Bloomington on Twitter user behavior before the 2010 U.S. midterm elections.
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2012 study in Archives of Sexual Behavior looking at the extent of the phenomenon among young people of texting revealing images to each other.
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2012 survey from the Pew Internet and American Life Project investigating the extent to which cell phones are being used for online activities
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2012 study in Political Communication on political public relations effects, journalists’ response, and the press coverage that results.
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2012 study in Computers & Education on how Facebook and instant messaging can hurt college students’ grades.
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2012 study by Duke, Penn State and Colby on how skilled video game players are not necessarily better multitaskers.
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2012 study in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly on different reader responses to narrative stories versus policy stories, and the relative benefits of narrative stories.
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2012 interview with George Washington assistant professor David Karpf about the changing patterns of Internet-based activism in America.
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