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Social Sciences - Media Sciences/Political Sciences - 30.01
Why some immigrants get citizenship
Study: Country of origin a 'massive disadvantage' for some immigrants, regardless of qualifications. - For immigrants, the path to citizenship in many countries is filled with hurdles: finding a job, learning the language, passing exams.
Why some immigrants get citizenship
Study: Country of origin a 'massive disadvantage' for some immigrants, regardless of qualifications. - For immigrants, the path to citizenship in many countries is filled with hurdles: finding a job, learning the language, passing exams.
Media Sciences/Political Sciences - 23.01
Wikipedia inadvertently causing its own decline in participation
News Release - University of Minnesota research finds that changes made by the Wikipedia community to manage quality have crippled the growth they were designed to manage - MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (01/23/2013) —University of Minnesota computer science researchers studying Wikipedia have found that several changes the community made to manage the quality and consistency of submissions to the popular online encyclopedia are causing its decline in contributors.
Wikipedia inadvertently causing its own decline in participation
News Release - University of Minnesota research finds that changes made by the Wikipedia community to manage quality have crippled the growth they were designed to manage - MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (01/23/2013) —University of Minnesota computer science researchers studying Wikipedia have found that several changes the community made to manage the quality and consistency of submissions to the popular online encyclopedia are causing its decline in contributors.
Media Sciences/Political Sciences - 11.10.2012
Making Crowdsourcing More Reliable
From Wikipedia to relief efforts after natural disasters, crowdsourcing has become a powerful tool in today's connected world. Now an international team of researchers including a computer scientist at the University of California, San Diego, report they have found a way to make crowdsourcing more reliable.
Making Crowdsourcing More Reliable
From Wikipedia to relief efforts after natural disasters, crowdsourcing has become a powerful tool in today's connected world. Now an international team of researchers including a computer scientist at the University of California, San Diego, report they have found a way to make crowdsourcing more reliable.
Media Sciences/Political Sciences - 25.09.2012
Know how much you’re texting while driving? U-M study says no
ANN ARBOR, Mich.-Texting while driving is a serious threat to public safety, but a new University of Michigan study suggests that we might not be aware of our actions. - U-M researchers found that texting while driving is predicted by a person's level of "habit"-more so than how much someone texts.
Know how much you’re texting while driving? U-M study says no
ANN ARBOR, Mich.-Texting while driving is a serious threat to public safety, but a new University of Michigan study suggests that we might not be aware of our actions. - U-M researchers found that texting while driving is predicted by a person's level of "habit"-more so than how much someone texts.
Media Sciences/Political Sciences - Business/Economics - 11.07.2012
Americans’ information needs not being met, study finds
Americans' lives are still grounded in the communities where they live and require a set of basic information to navigate daily life, despite the proliferation of technology that seems to shrink the world by the hour.
Americans’ information needs not being met, study finds
Americans' lives are still grounded in the communities where they live and require a set of basic information to navigate daily life, despite the proliferation of technology that seems to shrink the world by the hour.
Media Sciences/Political Sciences - Computer Science/Telecom - 11.08.2011
University of Minnesota researchers reveal Wikipedia gender biases
Gender gap shows no sign of closing over the past five years - MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (08/11/2011) —Computer science researchers in the University of Minnesota's College of Science and Engineering are leading a team that has confirmed a substantial gender gap among editors of Wikipedia and a corresponding gender-oriented disparity in the content.
University of Minnesota researchers reveal Wikipedia gender biases
Law/Forensics - Media Sciences/Political Sciences - 17.07.2011
Face value
Study shows that low-information voters are most likely to be swayed by candidates' appearances. - CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The looks of political candidates are a key factor influencing voters, a phenomenon identified by a number of scholars in recent years.
Face value
Study shows that low-information voters are most likely to be swayed by candidates' appearances. - CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The looks of political candidates are a key factor influencing voters, a phenomenon identified by a number of scholars in recent years.
Media Sciences/Political Sciences - 6.06.2011
Anger motivates people to vote, U-M study shows
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Though pundits and candidates suggest there is too much anger in politics, the emotion does have a potential benefit—it significantly motivates citizens to vote, according to a University of Michigan study.
Anger motivates people to vote, U-M study shows
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Though pundits and candidates suggest there is too much anger in politics, the emotion does have a potential benefit—it significantly motivates citizens to vote, according to a University of Michigan study.
Media Sciences/Political Sciences - 25.05.2011
Not all citizens’ votes created equal
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - "One person, one vote" is often the rallying cry for democratic reform, suggesting everyone should get an equal say in their government. - Yet in some of the oldest and largest democracies, some votes are worth far more than others by design.
Not all citizens’ votes created equal
Media Sciences/Political Sciences - 2.03.2011
U.S. bombing in Vietnam drove civilians to Viet Cong
For the first time, a study shows that the aerial bombing of Vietnamese civilians by U.S. and allied forces was an ineffective, wrongheaded strategy that drove neutral citizens into the arms of the Viet Cong.
U.S. bombing in Vietnam drove civilians to Viet Cong
Life Sciences - Media Sciences/Political Sciences - 28.10.2010
Researchers Find a ’Liberal Gene’
Liberals may owe their political outlook partly to their genetic make-up, according to new research from the University of California, San Diego, and Harvard University. Ideology is affected not just by social factors, but also by a dopamine receptor gene called DRD4.
Researchers Find a ’Liberal Gene’
Liberals may owe their political outlook partly to their genetic make-up, according to new research from the University of California, San Diego, and Harvard University. Ideology is affected not just by social factors, but also by a dopamine receptor gene called DRD4.
Media Sciences/Political Sciences - Business/Economics - 7.10.2010
Stanford’s Knight fellows aim to reinvent the news industry
Knight fellows are pursuing ideas that may aid journalists and change the path of journalism – new ways to merge war reporting with social media, for example. - BY ADAM GORLICK - The Knight Fellowships program is one of the best-known havens for journalists.
Stanford’s Knight fellows aim to reinvent the news industry
Knight fellows are pursuing ideas that may aid journalists and change the path of journalism – new ways to merge war reporting with social media, for example. - BY ADAM GORLICK - The Knight Fellowships program is one of the best-known havens for journalists.
Media Sciences/Political Sciences - 27.07.2010
Looks like a winner
When you vote in an election, your choice is surely not influenced by anything as superficial as a candidate‘s looks, right' - Right? - New research from MIT political scientists shows that the appearances of politicians do indeed strongly influence voters - and that people around the world have similar ideas about what a good politician looks like.
Looks like a winner
Media Sciences/Political Sciences - 14.07.2010
Latest Badger Poll results to be released
by Stacy Forster - The results of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's 30th Badger Poll will be released this week. - The findings of the Badger Poll conducted by the UW Survey Center will be posted at 10 a.m. over two days at http://www.uwsc.wisc.edu/bpoll.php.
Latest Badger Poll results to be released
by Stacy Forster - The results of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's 30th Badger Poll will be released this week. - The findings of the Badger Poll conducted by the UW Survey Center will be posted at 10 a.m. over two days at http://www.uwsc.wisc.edu/bpoll.php.
Earth Sciences - Media Sciences/Political Sciences - 23.03.2010
Columbia's Dart Center Helps Haiti's Journalists Cope With Trauma
As the world media continues to cover the aftermath of Haiti's earthquake, the country's own journalists are confronting the challenges of reporting on a disaster that has affected them both as survivors as well as witnesses.
Columbia's Dart Center Helps Haiti's Journalists Cope With Trauma
As the world media continues to cover the aftermath of Haiti's earthquake, the country's own journalists are confronting the challenges of reporting on a disaster that has affected them both as survivors as well as witnesses.
Science Wire
Business/Economics - Media Sciences/Political Sciences - 11.01
Hollywood goes to college: UCLA to help industry craft stories around global issues
UCLA's Burkle Center for International Relations has launched a new program to move discussions of pressing global challenges beyond the classroom and into the writers' rooms of TV shows, films, video games and more.
Hollywood goes to college: UCLA to help industry craft stories around global issues
Media Sciences/Political Sciences - 27.11.2012
Journalism School Issues Report on "Post-Industrial Journalism"
“Post-Industrial Journalism: Adapting to the Present,” co-authored by Emily Bell , Columbia Journalism professor and director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism; Clay Shirky , NYU professor; and C.W. Anderson , assistant professor, College of Staten Island (CUNY), provides recommendations for how news organizations can survive and thrive in the digital landscape.
Journalism School Issues Report on "Post-Industrial Journalism"
“Post-Industrial Journalism: Adapting to the Present,” co-authored by Emily Bell , Columbia Journalism professor and director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism; Clay Shirky , NYU professor; and C.W. Anderson , assistant professor, College of Staten Island (CUNY), provides recommendations for how news organizations can survive and thrive in the digital landscape.
Media Sciences/Political Sciences - 29.10.2012
Attitudes toward African-Americans have worsened since 2008
ANN ARBOR-This might not be a "post-racial" era after all. - New research indicates that racial attitudes toward African-Americans have worsened since the election of President Barack Obama. - Many people described America as accepting of all races after Obama was voted as the country's first black president in 2008.
Attitudes toward African-Americans have worsened since 2008
ANN ARBOR-This might not be a "post-racial" era after all. - New research indicates that racial attitudes toward African-Americans have worsened since the election of President Barack Obama. - Many people described America as accepting of all races after Obama was voted as the country's first black president in 2008.
Media Sciences/Political Sciences - 24.09.2012
When it comes to policy, moderate politicians keep their mouths shut, says Stanford political scientist
Looking at senators' portrayals of themselves, Stanford political scientist Justin Grimmer found two basic strategies: More extreme candidates talk policy. More moderate candidates talk pork. - Where are all the moderate voices? In a country that's supposed to be more or less centrist in its views, the moderates' relative absence from the national political conversation is surprising.
When it comes to policy, moderate politicians keep their mouths shut, says Stanford political scientist
Media Sciences/Political Sciences - Business/Economics - 27.08.2012
U-Michigan faculty experts advisory: Party national conventions
ANN ARBOR, Mich.-The first of two party national conventions begins today as the Republicans discuss their platform in Tampa. University of Michigan faculty are available to talk to journalists about the GOP convention, as well as issues that will be discussed at next month's Democratic National Convention in Charlotte.
U-Michigan faculty experts advisory: Party national conventions
ANN ARBOR, Mich.-The first of two party national conventions begins today as the Republicans discuss their platform in Tampa. University of Michigan faculty are available to talk to journalists about the GOP convention, as well as issues that will be discussed at next month's Democratic National Convention in Charlotte.
Law/Forensics - Media Sciences/Political Sciences - 23.04.2012
Peacekeeping forces often barrier to lasting peace, research shows
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Could peacekeepers actually be a detriment to ending a war and finding long-term peace? - An analysis of conflicts since World War II shows that that's the case more often than not, say two experts on the subject.
Peacekeeping forces often barrier to lasting peace, research shows
Media Sciences/Political Sciences - 30.01.2012
Multitasking Can Be Done Differently, Affect Perceptions of Work Practices
AUSTIN, Texas — In an age in which "multitasking" is often cited as a core competency for employees, organizational communication researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have begun to better understand the nuances of how different individuals accomplish multiple tasks.
Multitasking Can Be Done Differently, Affect Perceptions of Work Practices
AUSTIN, Texas — In an age in which "multitasking" is often cited as a core competency for employees, organizational communication researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have begun to better understand the nuances of how different individuals accomplish multiple tasks.
Media Sciences/Political Sciences - 27.06.2011
Streamlining union certification process will reduce worker harassment, says study
Streamlining union certification process will reduce worker harassment, says study - Federal regulators need to streamline the process for unionization. By the time a petition for collective bargaining representation is filed, serious anti-union intimidation is in full swing, according to a new study by researchers at Cornell and Columbia universities.
Streamlining union certification process will reduce worker harassment, says study
Streamlining union certification process will reduce worker harassment, says study - Federal regulators need to streamline the process for unionization. By the time a petition for collective bargaining representation is filed, serious anti-union intimidation is in full swing, according to a new study by researchers at Cornell and Columbia universities.
Media Sciences/Political Sciences - 4.04.2011
Did Obama’s election kill the antiwar movement?
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Since 2003, the antiwar movement in the United States has had much to protest with Americans fighting in Iraq, Afghanistan and now Libya, but the movement—which has dropped off sharply the past two years—may be more anti-Republican than antiwar, says a University of Michigan researcher.
Did Obama’s election kill the antiwar movement?
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Since 2003, the antiwar movement in the United States has had much to protest with Americans fighting in Iraq, Afghanistan and now Libya, but the movement—which has dropped off sharply the past two years—may be more anti-Republican than antiwar, says a University of Michigan researcher.
Law/Forensics - Media Sciences/Political Sciences - 9.12.2010
Federal process for making rules open to influence
With two small children at home, Susan Webb Yackee goes through a lot of peanut butter. - But although many Americans don't think much about what's in their peanut butter, Yackee is one of few who knows that the childhood favorite must contain at least 90 percent peanuts, as well as how that standard was established.
Federal process for making rules open to influence
With two small children at home, Susan Webb Yackee goes through a lot of peanut butter. - But although many Americans don't think much about what's in their peanut butter, Yackee is one of few who knows that the childhood favorite must contain at least 90 percent peanuts, as well as how that standard was established.
Law/Forensics - Media Sciences/Political Sciences - 8.11.2010
Political Science Professor Dorian Warren Assesses Midterm Election Results
In the wake of last week's midterm elections, political science professor Dorian T. Warren answered questions about how a new balance of power will impact Congress and the Obama administration.
Political Science Professor Dorian Warren Assesses Midterm Election Results
In the wake of last week's midterm elections, political science professor Dorian T. Warren answered questions about how a new balance of power will impact Congress and the Obama administration.
Media Sciences/Political Sciences - 12.09.2010
Comfort using cell phones could determine civic, political engagement
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—If you use your cell phone to talk about news of the day or to express opinions about issues, you are more likely to be civically and politically engaged, a new study says.
Comfort using cell phones could determine civic, political engagement
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—If you use your cell phone to talk about news of the day or to express opinions about issues, you are more likely to be civically and politically engaged, a new study says.
Media Sciences/Political Sciences - Administration/Government - 26.08.2010
Journalism Fellows Showcase the Many Dimensions of Aging in America
Ten reporters have spent this summer at Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism producing a series of in-depth multimedia reports on the elderly, depicting the complex dimensions of aging. The reporters are fellows of News21 , a national program that supports new forms of reporting and investigative journalism.
Journalism Fellows Showcase the Many Dimensions of Aging in America
Ten reporters have spent this summer at Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism producing a series of in-depth multimedia reports on the elderly, depicting the complex dimensions of aging. The reporters are fellows of News21 , a national program that supports new forms of reporting and investigative journalism.
Media Sciences/Political Sciences - 24.08.2010
Bloggers are least trusted media, research shows
AUSTIN, Texas — Independent bloggers represent the least trusted media type and are the most likely to be turned down for press pass requests, according to the first academic study to assess the sentiments of media-credentialing executives in sports organizations toward new media coverage.
Bloggers are least trusted media, research shows
AUSTIN, Texas — Independent bloggers represent the least trusted media type and are the most likely to be turned down for press pass requests, according to the first academic study to assess the sentiments of media-credentialing executives in sports organizations toward new media coverage.
Media Sciences/Political Sciences - Business/Economics - 5.05.2010
2010-11 Knight Journalism Fellows named
Twelve U.S. and eight international journalists have been awarded John S. Knight Fellowships to study at Stanford during the 2010-11 academic year. - The selection includes the program's first journalists from Cuba and Armenia, and is the second group of Knight Fellows whose selection was guided by the program's new focus on journalism innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership.
2010-11 Knight Journalism Fellows named
Twelve U.S. and eight international journalists have been awarded John S. Knight Fellowships to study at Stanford during the 2010-11 academic year. - The selection includes the program's first journalists from Cuba and Armenia, and is the second group of Knight Fellows whose selection was guided by the program's new focus on journalism innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership.
Media Sciences/Political Sciences - 22.04.2010
McGill Expert Alert: Second British Election Debate Tonight
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