Google effects on memory: Cognitive consequences of having information at our fingertips
2011 study by Columbia, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Harvard on effects of Internet search engines on human memory.
Media
Research roundups, articles, explainers and tip sheets about how journalists report the news and how audiences consume it
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Watchdog or lapdog? Media freedom and government respect for human rights
2009 paper in International Studies Quarterly on the impact of media freedom on human rights, dependant on the presence of other democratic institutions
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Online political mobilization and advocacy groups: Beyond clicktivism
2011 study in the Policy & Internet Journal on claims that mass email techniques used to mobilize people reduce activist energy.
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Social networking sites: Levels of trust, engagement
2011 study by the Pew Research Center on levels of trust, tolerance and engagement among social networking users.
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The relationship of leadership quality to the political presence of civic associations
2011 study in Perspectives on Politics on impact of leadership strength on effectiveness of citizen groups.
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Newspaper coverage of political scandals
2011 Journal of Politics study on partisan bias in how scandals are covered by U.S. news organizations.
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Click trajectories: End-to-end analysis of the spam value chain
2011 study by UC San Diego and UC Berkeley on strategy for disrupting the infrastructure on which spam advertising is based.
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Weapon of the strong? Participatory inequality and the Internet
2010 study by Perspectives on Politics on Internet usage and patterns of participatory inequality in American politics.
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Can social navigation inform online privacy preferences?
2011 study by the University of California, Irvine, on how users determine personal privacy settings on social networks.
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Community information and civic engagement
2011 survey by Pew, Knight and Monitor Institute on how information sharing can spur community engagement and satisfaction.
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