What audiences think of journalists’ social media use
2015 study from the Weinstock Center for Journalism at Lehigh University that examines audiences’ perceptions of journalists who use social media to interact with the public.
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Public opinion on biomedical research: The interplay of partisanship and beliefs about science
2014 study by American University and Columbia on the factors influencing public opinion on research, including partisanship, ideology, education and attitudes toward science.
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Informing the news: The need for knowledge-based reporting
Essay by Thomas E. Patterson, Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center.
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Using the Enron e-mail archive to understand corporate political attention
2013 study in Legislative Studies Quarterly on the nature of Enron’s efforts to influence the Congressional and regulatory rule-making process.
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Can wages buy honesty? The relationship between relative wages and employee theft
2012 study from the University of Illinois and Harvard Business School on how higher wages can reduce incidences of theft in the workplace.
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Justice Department vs. AP: Perspectives on a First Amendment fight
2013 aggregation of documents on the emerging controversy over the Justice Department’s decision to review phone records of Associated Press reporters.
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Physician-assisted suicide: Research roundup
2012 research review of relevant studies and data on assisted suicide and policies related to this issue, both in the United States and around the globe.
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Military and intelligence codes of conduct and ethical lapses: Research roundup
2012 review of analysis and scholarship that shed light on ethical issues relating to the U.S. military.
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State policies and gender earnings inequality in the United States
2010 study in The Sociological Quarterly on how work environments and social policies may impact the gender wage gap.
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Confidence in banks, financial institutions and Wall Street, 1971-2011
2012 longitudinal study from Stanford University on public opinion and financial crises.
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