What’s new in digital scholarship: June 2013
June 2013 roundup of research. Topics include drone journalism, surveillance, Twitter in conflict zones, crowdsourced information platforms, and remix culture.
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Twitter, politics and the public: Research roundup
Updated June 2013: A review of scholarly studies that examine Twitter use by politicians, policymakers and the public.
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Mapping the global Twitter heartbeat: The geography of Twitter
2013 study from Silicon Graphics International (SGI), the University of Illinois, and social media data vendor GNIP on geography and Twitter use.
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What’s new in digital scholarship: May 2013
May 2013 collection of interesting nine new studies/reports in the realms of social and news media, global technology and more.
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Urs Gasser of the Berkman Center on digital media and tech trends: Research chat
May 2013 interview with Urs Gasser, executive director of Harvard’s Berkman Center. He discusses youth and privacy, bullying, social networking trends and the news media.
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What’s new in digital scholarship: April 2013
April 2013 review of recent studies and reports that relate to news, social and civic media, including Internet surveillance and the mobile “revolution” in the developing world.
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The Boston Marathon bombing and media resources: Reporting tips, terrorism-related data
2013 review of media-related resources and terrorism-specific data and studies that may be useful for further coverage of the Boston Marathon attacks.
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Social media in the workplace: Research roundup
2013 collection of scholarship on social media and the workplace, including recruitment and screening, the employee-employer relationship and legal issues.
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What’s new in digital scholarship: March 2013
March 2013 review of the latest studies in the areas of journalism, digital media and communications, cross-posted at the Nieman Journalism Lab.
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Effects of the Internet on politics: Research roundup
A literature review of studies in the past few years that shed light on issues such as online political polarization.
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