Political Polarization on Twitter
People increasingly get their news from social networks, and social networks are increasingly politically polarized. While both liberals and conservatives use Twitter, its use has not brought them...
View ArticleNew Media and Conflict After the Arab Spring
What role did social media play in the Arab Spring? Cyberskeptics and cyberoptimists alike debate the degree to which the 2010-2011 revolutions in Arab countries were powered by social platforms like...
View Article“Social science done on deadline”: Research chat with ASU’s Steve Doig on...
Steve Doig is the Knight Chair in Journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University, specializing in computer-assisted reporting. Prior to...
View ArticleExplaining Journalists’ Trust in Public Institutions Across 20 Countries
If journalists do not trust government institutions, this is likely to be reflected in their reportage and may ultimately shape the opinions of citizens about government. What societal factors...
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Research chat: Harvard’s Gary King on data, social science and media connections
Gary King is director of Harvard University’s Institute for Quantitative Social Science, which works to create tools and foster collaboration across the university and beyond. The Albert J. Weatherhead...
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Sports-related concussions and traumatic brain injuries: Research roundup
The issue of concussions in sports has attracted considerable media coverage in recent years. Understandably, the early focus was on professional football, a game built around high-speed, full contact...
View ArticleDoes March Madness Lead to Irrational Exuberance in the NBA Draft?
The NBA draft is just three months after March Madness every year, and NBA executives have to decide how a player’s performance over the games in March — a maximum of six, from the tournament’s first...
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Understanding data journalism: Overview of resources, tools and topics
The notion that journalism should become more data-driven — and get a little closer to social science — is not a completely new idea. The journalistic sub-field of computer-assisted reporting, embodied...
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John Huey, former Time Inc. editor-in-chief: Research chat
John Huey was the editor-in-chief of Time Inc. from 2006 until December 2012, overseeing the editorial content of all Time Inc.’s U.S. magazines, websites, and other digital content including Time,...
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News apps and data: A brief primer and overview
In the age of Big Data, journalists are now using new digital tools to better visualize and present information. One approach is to build “news apps” — interactive data visualizations, on any platform,...
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Research chat: Martin Nisenholtz on the New York Times and the business of...
Martin Nisenholtz is a senior advisor for the New York Times Company and an adjunct associate professor at the Columbia Journalism School. One of the pioneers in the field of digital media, he was...
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Impact of minor-league baseball stadiums, teams
2011 study from the University of San Francisco in the Journal of Sports Economics on the effects of lowever-level baseball teams on community per-capita incomes.The post Economic impact of stadiums...
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Adolescent blogging about social-emotional difficulties
2012 study from researchers at the University of Haifa published in Psychological Services on how blogging by teens can help well-being.The post Therapeutic value of adolescents’ blogging about...
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Partisan polarization surges in Bush, Obama years
2012 study by the Pew Research Center on shifts in American political values, including politics, business, immigration and religion, from 1987-2012.The post Pew Research: Partisan polarization surges...
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Video game players, cognition and multitasking
2012 study by Duke, Penn State and Colby on how skilled video game players are not necessarily better multitaskers.The post Cognitive pitfall! Videogame players are not immune to dual-task costs...
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Conservative, liberal polarization as reflected on Twitter
Study by the Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research at Indiana University, Bloomington on Twitter user behavior before the 2010 U.S. midterm elections.The post Political polarization on...
View ArticleEconomic impact of stadiums and teams: The case of minor-league baseball
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email Professional sports stadiums are typically built with significant public assistance, despite the fact that they are primarily used by a single, for-profit...
View ArticleTherapeutic value of adolescents’ blogging about social-emotional difficulties
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email Why do young people use social media and the Internet? One reason is to keep up with the news, particularly about entertainment and celebrities. Another is to...
View ArticlePew Research: Partisan polarization surges in Bush, Obama years
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email It’s no secret that American politics have become more polarized over the last several decades, particularly when it comes to hot-button issues such as taxation,...
View ArticleCognitive pitfall! Videogame players are not immune to dual-task costs
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email Doing several things at once is often considered a necessary skill in modern society, but with media multitasking — and multitasking involving demanding tasks...
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