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Economics, Media, Politics & Government

Internet filtering and circumvention tool usage report

by Christopher Olver | August 9, 2011

2010 report by Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society on global usage of Web-based tools designed to circumvent Internet content filtering.

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Economics, Education

Science, technology, engineering and mathematics: Good jobs now and for the future

by Christopher Olver | August 8, 2011

2011 report by the U.S. Department of Commerce on the current state of the science, technology, engineering and math-based job industries.

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Media

Arousal increases social transmission of information

by John Wihbey | August 5, 2011

2011 study by the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, in Psychological Science on the underlying factors that drive people to share news

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Criminal Justice, Race & Gender

The road ahead: Unanalyzed evidence in sexual assault cases

by Rozanne Larsen | August 5, 2011

2011 report by the National Institute of Justice on neglected evidence problems in sexual assault cases nationwide.

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Environment

Fast food restaurants, food stores and health

by Rozanne Larsen | August 4, 2011

2011 study in Archives of Internal Medicine on links between proximity to certain types of foods and health outcomes.

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Economics, Media

Information needs of communities: The changing media landscape in a broadband age

by John Wihbey | August 4, 2011

2011 FCC report on the changing information environment in the 21st century and the challenges for both the press and democracy.

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Environment

United Nations IPCC Fourth Assessment Report on Climate Change

by John Wihbey | August 3, 2011

U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report presenting the latest consensus science on temperature rise, its causes and future implications

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Economics, Politics & Government, Race & Gender

Women in the federal government: Ambitions and achievements

by Rozanne Larsen | August 3, 2011

2011 report by the U.S. government on progress of women in federal hiring and attainment of higher-level positions.

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Economics, Politics & Government

Bribes, lobbying and development

by Christopher Olver | August 2, 2011

2011 study in the American Political Science Review on how cycles of bribery can trap developing countries in corruption.

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Media

Cognitive control in media multitaskers

by John Wihbey | August 1, 2011

2009 study by Stanford University in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on mental effects of consumption of several media streams at once.

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