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Expert Commentary

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Health, Media

Misrepresentation of randomized controlled trials in press releases and news coverage

by Leighton Walter Kille | October 12, 2013

2012 study in PLoS Medicine on studies, associated press releases and media coverage to understand how accurately the research results were conveyed.

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Economics, Race & Gender

Occupational gender segregation, social stratification and pay differences

by Carol Tan | October 11, 2013

2012 study published in the journal Sociology on the relationship between occupational segregation by gender and the extent of gender inequality.

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Environment, Media

Framing in news coverage of major U.S. natural disasters, 2000-2010

by John Wihbey | October 10, 2013

2013 study from of the University of Missouri and University of Oklahoma in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly on press accounts of 11 major events.

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Criminal Justice, Economics

Reassessing the association between gun availability and homicide rates at the cross-national level

by Cynthia Thaler | October 10, 2013

2011 study in the American Journal of Criminal Justice comparing gun availability and homicide rates across nations.

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Economics

The effect of CEO tenure on corporate investment and disinvestment

by Anna Stansbury | October 9, 2013

2013 study for the National Bureau of Economic Research on the relationship between corporate investment and disinvestment rates and CEO tenure in the United States.

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Education, Race & Gender

Family structure and the well-being of children in youth and adulthood

by Chrissie Long | October 9, 2013

2013 study from Syracuse and Georgetown University in Social Science Research on how single parenthood can affects children’s life outcomes.

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Criminal Justice, Politics & Government

Al-Shabab, chaos in Somalia and international terrorism

by Kristina Mastropasqua | October 8, 2013

2013 review of scholarship and think tank reports that provide key insights into Somali terror group Al-Shabab’s history, funding and internal politics.

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Politics & Government

Political polarization and the American public: From geography to dating

by Alexandra Raphel | October 8, 2013

2013 research review on polarization in various areas of American life, including geographical location, social relationships and dating preferences.

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Informing the news: The need for knowledge-based reporting

by Thomas E. Patterson | October 8, 2013

Essay by Thomas E. Patterson, Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center.

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Economics, Media

What’s new in digital scholarship: September 2013

by John Wihbey | October 7, 2013

September 2013 review of new studies on news, social media and Internet-related behavior and patterns.

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