Tag: research
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“I’m working on my family tree” is a perfectly good excuse to swear at your ancestors ten times a day
One night a few weeks ago, instead of working on the family tree — which I have been doing in my “free” time (ha), rather obsessively, tbqh, for the past, oh, five months or so, judging by the increments of “ryansholin+freetrial5” accounts I am running on various genealogy websites — I tweeted about it. And…
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Riders on the Storm
David Brooks on how recent Internet use research continues to dismantle Cass Sunstein’s original “Daily Me” thesis. Riders on the Storm
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Is this the democratization of media or a Media Republic?
A massive new report from the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University takes on some of the most important questions about change in the world of journalism — and to be more precise, change in the world of information distribution, consumption, and participation. I talked with project leader Persephone Miel during a…
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The Next Future of the Internet – Pew Internet & American Life Project Commentary
Pew study (looks like a survey of influentials/”experts”) with some relevant findings: Future of Intarwebs = mobile, and will not save the world for you. The Next Future of the Internet – Pew Internet & American Life Project Commentary
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How we read online. – By Michael Agger – Slate Magazine
Detailed notes on what links, subheads, lists, and reasonably sized paragraphs do for the readability of your online screeds. And new stories, yes? via Rex, among others. How we read online. – By Michael Agger – Slate Magazine
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APME | Online Credibility Gap
Noteworthy study, especially the comparison between what readers think of comments and what editors think of comments. APME | Online Credibility Gap
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Consumption spreads faster today – The New York Times
There’s a good graph here comparing the adoption of different technologies. Useful for presentations, school-related stuff. via kottke. (sidenote: the graphic credits Nicholas Felton, of amusing Annual Report lore.) Consumption spreads faster today – The New York Times
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Newspaper/Web Readers More Likely to Be ‘Influencers’ – E & P
No shit. Newspaper/Web Readers More Likely to Be ‘Influencers’ – E & P