What’s new in digital and social media research, March 2014: From gatekeeping and filter bubbles to virality and sharing
March 2014 of recent papers and reports that analyze various social and news media dynamics.
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Expanding Medicaid is cost-effective and popular, so why are so many states resisting?
2014 research brief on the reasons behind some states’ resistance to the expansion of Medicaid, by Colleen M. Grogan of the University of Chicago.
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How access to credit is vital for economies hit by natural disaster
2013 study in Oxford Economic Papers showing how credit markets are important for disaster recovery and how this dynamic affects poor nations.
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Testing exclusionary attitudes toward immigrants: Research on intergroup contact
2014 study from Harvard that shows how contact with others of different backgrounds can affect majority community attitudes.
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How low-income people react to online applications for welfare benefits: Research brief
2014 research on the impact of state welfare agencies’ increasing use of the Internet to communicate with current clients and those applying for benefits.
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The impact of natural gas extraction and fracking on state and local roadways
2014 study by the RAND Corporation and Carnegie Mellon on the impact of fracking-related truck traffic on the design life and reconstruction cost of the different types of roadways.
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Public misunderstanding, “birtherism” and flawed survey wording: Research analysis
2014 study from Stanford researchers showing how question wording affected responses to surveys about President Obama’s birth origins and nationality.
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Popular protests, coups and information flows: Research behind the revolutions
2014 study by New York University published in Journal of Politics on the relationship between popular protests, media freedom and coups.
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Students who repeat a year stoke bad behavior in class: Research brief
2014 research brief on how keeping students back can hurt classroom dynamics, from Duke’s Clara G. Muschkin, first published by The Conversation.
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How policymakers can get a rigorous assessment of scientific opinion: Research brief
2013 research on how legislators and other public officials get an honest representation of what scientists know, by Debra Javeline, University of Notre Dame.
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