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.
Media
Research roundups, articles, explainers and tip sheets about how journalists report the news and how audiences consume it
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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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Politicized places: When immigrants provoke opposition
2011 study in American Political Science Review on the societal conditions that spur anti-immigrant sentiment.
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Tornado warning and response at a university campus
2010 study by Mississippi State University published in Natural Hazards on the effectiveness of a large university’s emergency warning system.
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Expanding U.S. broadband, Internet infrastructure
2010 report from the Pew Center on the States on the challenges the country faces in providing high-speed Internet access to all Americans.
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Pew Research Center report: The Internet and campaign 2010
Pew Research Center report surveying online participation during election season.
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Beyond borders: Is media freedom contagious?
2010 study published in Kyklos: International Review of Social Sciences on the geographic spillover of increased media freedom.
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Online metrics and the future of digital journalism
2010 study by Columbia University’s Tow Center for Digital Journalism on the difficulties for media organizations of understanding their online audiences.
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Predicting U.S. elections through search volume in Google Trends
2011 Wellesley College study looking at whether Google Trends volume was predictive of 2008 and 2010 U.S. Congressional elections.
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Measuring influence in Twitter: The million follower fallacy
2010 study for the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence on how social media users wield influence.
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