Does media fragmentation contribute to polarization? Evidence from lab experiments
2014 study in Public Opinion Quarterly that suggests that political polarization cannot be explained by media diversity and the fragmenting of audiences.
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Who gets a press pass? Media credentialing practices in the United States
2014 study from Harvard’s Berkman Center and Shorenstein Center examining patterns of media credentialing and denials of press passes across the United States.
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Measuring the media agenda: How to research news coverage trends on topics
2014 study in Political Communication presenting recommendations for researchers studying news media agenda trends.
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Media bias, partisanship and what it means for democracy: Research chat and reading list
Highlights and audio from a series of 2014 seminars held at the Harvard Kennedy School, as well as a reading list of related work by the scholars, selected by Journalist’s Resource.
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What’s new in digital and social media research, March 2014: From gatekeeping and filter bubbles to virality and sharing
March 2014 of recent papers and reports that analyze various social and news media dynamics.
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How do newspapers affect civic life? Data and analysis on Seattle and Denver
2014 study from Portland State University published in Political Communication on how the loss of newspapers in two U.S. cities diminished civic life.
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Why the press matters: Six compelling investigations and their broad civic impacts
2014 review of the six finalists for the Shorenstein Center’s Goldsmith Prize; the social impacts of each story is articulated by the reporters.
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What’s new in digital and social media research, February 2014: From Twitter and the Trayvon Martin story to geolocation and robot journalism
February 2014 review of latest scholarship on topics such as Twitter networks, geolocation and privacy, and paying for news online.
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Thoughts on the media future: N.Y. Times’ David Carr, BuzzFeed’s Ben Smith, MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell
2014 roundup of recent Harvard Shorenstein Center events with the New York Times‘ David Carr, BuzzFeed’s Ben Smith and MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell.
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May we have your attention please? Human rights NGOs and global communication
2014 study in The International Journal of Press/Politics on how smaller NGOs tend to struggle to communicate on the Internet.
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