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.
Media
Research roundups, articles, explainers and tip sheets about how journalists report the news and how audiences consume it
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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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Misinformation and its correction: Continued influence and successful debiasing
2012 metastudy in Psychological Science in the Public Interest on how misinformation originates and spreads and why it is difficult to correct.
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Emerging cyber threats report, 2013
2012 report report from the Georgia Tech Information Security Center and the Georgia Tech Research Institute on the greatest cybersecurity threats.
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Risky disclosures on Facebook: The effect of having bad experiences
2012 study in the Journal of Adolescent Research on the relationship between having a negative online experience and use of privacy settings.
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Learning curve: How graduates solve information problems once they join the workplace
2012 report from Project Information Literacy on the mismatch between the employers’ needs and the research skills and habits that young people are displaying on the job.
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Irony of satire: Political ideology and the motivation to see what you want to see in The Colbert Report
2011 study in the International Journal of Press/Politics investigates the influence of political ideology on a viewer’s perceptions of satirist Stephen Colbert.
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