Personal opinions, social capital and the spiral of silence
2012 study in the International Journal of Public Opinion Research on the extent to which social capital affects one’s propensity to share opinions publicly.
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Explaining journalists’ trust in public institutions across 20 countries
2012 study from the University of Munich and University Rey Juan Carlos on journalists in 20 countries and their levels of institutional trust.
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Public intimacy: Disclosure interpretation and social judgments on Facebook
2012 study published in Journal of Communication from Cornell University on the interpretation and reception of intimate online disclosures.
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Research chat: DePaul’s Mike Reilley on information resources, journalism education
2012 interview with DePaul journalism educator and Journalist’s Toolbox editor Mike Reilley.
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The role of socioeconomic status in SAT score, grades and college-admissions decisions
2012 study from the University of Minnesota published in Psychological Science on socioeconomic status, SAT scores and college admissions.
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Persistent cannabis users show neuropsychological decline from childhood to midlife
2012 study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on the potential relationship between the long-term use of marijuana and IQ declines.
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Pew report: The high cost, low return of longer prison terms
2012 Pew Center on the States report on incarceration rates in the United States, strategies and costs they impose, from 1990 to 2009.
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Creating “no excuses” (traditional) public schools: Evidence from Houston
2011 study from Harvard University examining whether techniques used to raise scores in charter schools can be successfully transplanted to traditional public schools.
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Pew Research Center: The lost decade of the middle class
2012 report from the Pew Research Center on survey data relating to middle-class Americans, with economic context from government data.
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Voter ID, voting rights and election 2012: Research roundup
2012 review of relevant studies, reports and media resources relating to voter disenfranchisement, fraud and other issues.
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