Local political knowledge and assessments of citizen competence
2012 study in Public Opinion Quarterly on evidence that citizens have more knowledge of local and national politics than scholars previously believed.
Media
Research roundups, articles, explainers and tip sheets about how journalists report the news and how audiences consume it
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Overcoming negative media coverage: Does government communication matter?
2012 study in the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory on the relationship between proactive external communications efforts of government agencies and the subsequent media coverage.
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Facebook experiment in social influence and political mobilization
2012 study in Nature that analyzes a large-scale experiment to influence voter behavior through messages on a social network.
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Pew report: Americans and their cellphones, 2011
2011 report by the Pew Internet & American Life Project on the ways Americans use mobile phones.
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Media use, face-to-face communication and social well-being among 8-to-12-year-old girls
2012 study from Standford University published in Developmental Psychology on ’tween girl digital media use and development.
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Explaining journalists’ trust in public institutions across 20 countries
2012 study from the University of Munich and University Rey Juan Carlos on journalists in 20 countries and their levels of institutional trust.
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Public intimacy: Disclosure interpretation and social judgments on Facebook
2012 study published in Journal of Communication from Cornell University on the interpretation and reception of intimate online disclosures.
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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.
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Does blogging empower women? Exploring the role of agency and community
2012 study from the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication on women, blogging and feelings of empowerment.
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Political polarization on Twitter
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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