The decline of Big Media, 1980s-2000s: Key lessons and trends
2013 essay from BU professor Chris Daly’s book Covering America. He reviews the economics of the news business and key historical turning points.
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Intervention in Syria, the media and public opinion: Research chat with Harvard’s Matt Baum
2013 interview with political scientist Matthew Baum of Harvard on the news media, public opinion dynamics and implications for intervention in Syria.
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How psychological framing affects economic market prices in the lab and field
2013 study by the University of Muenster, Caltech and UCLA on how grouping of possible outcomes can influence the assignment of risk.
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The genetics of political orientations: Review of the evolving field of “genopolitics”
2013 review of studies on the connection between human genes and political preferences. Research from both political scientists and geneticists are reviewed.
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Explaining rape during civil war: Cross-national evidence (1980-2009)
2013 study by the Harvard Kennedy School published in the American Political Science Review on possible causes to variation in rapes during 86 major conflicts.
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Female involvement and the gender gap in corporate crime
2013 study in American Sociological Review that examines cases of white-collar fraud to better understand gender differences in how crimes were perpetrated
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Human appropriation of global production in the 20th century
2013 study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) on long-term trends in human consumption of global biosystems production.
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Computer usage and access in low-income urban communities
2013 study from USC showing the promise and challenges involved in a program providing access to computers to low-income residents in Los Angeles.
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Microfinance and poverty alleviation in sub-Saharan Africa
2012 scholarly literature review regarding microfinance programs and their effects in developing African countries.
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Journalism education reform trends, ideas and research: Roundup of recent news, publications
Collection of articles and projects with a journalism education reform theme published in 2012-2013.
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