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.
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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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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2012 study published in Journal of Communication from Cornell University on the interpretation and reception of intimate online disclosures.
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2012 study from the University of Minnesota published in Psychological Science on socioeconomic status, SAT scores and college admissions.
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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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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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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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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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2012 review of relevant studies, reports and media resources relating to voter disenfranchisement, fraud and other issues.
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2012 report by the CRS summarizing the proposed immigration reforms on permanent residency status for unauthorized alien students in the United States.
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