Global social networking: Arab publics most likely to express political views online
2012 survey by the Pew Research Center’s Global Attitude Project on the use of social networking and mobile phones in 21 countries around the world.
Media
Research roundups, articles, explainers and tip sheets about how journalists report the news and how audiences consume it
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The impact of local combat casualties on support for the war in Afghanistan
2012 study from Boston University and the University of Minnesota published in Public Opinion Quarterly on reporting and attitudes about Afghanistan.
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Misplaced confidences: Privacy and the control paradox
2012 study from Carnegie Mellon University published in Social Psychological and Personality Science on user-controlled privacy settings online.
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday: Consumer intentions on two major shopping days
2012 study from Kansas State published in the Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services on Black Friday, Cyber Monday and customer preferences.
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Future of mobile news: Growth in mobile audiences and what it means
2012 report from the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism on the rise of mobile news and emerging data on audience habits and reading/buying patterns.
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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.
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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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