Tweeting Is Believing? Understanding Microblog Credibility Perceptions
2012 paper from Microsoft Research on assessing the credibility of tweets.
Media
Research roundups, articles, explainers and tip sheets about how journalists report the news and how audiences consume it
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Social media and participation in political protest: Observations from Tahrir Square
2012 study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on the effects of social networks in the 2011 uprising in Egypt.
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Analysis of the Information Behaviors, Goals and Intentions of Frequent Internet Users
2012 study from University of Maryland, University of Michigan and Duke University on Internet practices and preferences.
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Optimal Sampling of News Organizations’ Paid Content
2011 paper from the Columbia Business School on paywall strategies for news organizations’ online content.
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Overview of state anti-bullying legislation and other related laws
2012 report from Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society on current laws as well as definitions of bullying, prevention strategies, and educational, social and legal responses.
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Misinformation and fact-checking: Research findings from social science
2012 New America Foundation report on cognitive and psychological phenomena that make the task of journalistic corrections difficult.
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Who gives a tweet? Evaluating microblog content value
2012 study from researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, MIT and Georgia Institute of Technology on audience attitudes and Twitter content.
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New Internet world: Global perspectives on freedom of expression, privacy and trust
2011 study from INSEAD and the Oxford Internet Institute exploring the Internet attitudes and behaviors of more than 5,400 respondents in 13 countries.
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Quantifying global transfers of copyrighted content using BitTorrent
2011 study from Carnegie-Mellon University on BitTorrent online downloads of copyrighted material.
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How do phone and Internet surveys compare?
2011 study from Stanford University, University of Pennsylvania, University Chicago and LinChiat Chang Consulting in Public Opinion Quarterly on survey sampling and accuracy.
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