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“#Fear of stricter regulations spurs gun sales after mass shootings, new analysis suggests” Credit: CC0 Public Domain It’s commonly known that gun sales go up after a mass shooting, but two competing hypotheses have been put forth to explain why that’s the case: is it because people fear more violence and want to protect themselves,…
“#The brain’s autocomplete feature oversimplifies complex issues and impedes tolerance” Autocomplete is a search engine function that tries to predict the terms being entered into the search bar, and offers suggestions for related searches. Credit: Shutterstock Enter any of the following words into your browser’s search bar: progressive, liberal, conservative, evangelical, right wing, gay, straight,…
“#Study: Increased presence of law enforcement officers in schools does not improve safety” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Concern over the safety of students, teachers, and administrators in U.S. schools continues to grow, in part as a result of school shootings. In response, partnerships between schools and law enforcement agencies have increasingly placed school resource officers…
“#Journalists’ Twitter use shows them talking within smaller bubbles” Illinois journalism professor Nikki Usher has focused her research on elite U.S. newsrooms and how new technology impacts how journalists work. Her recent study with colleague Yee Man Margaret Ng looked at how Washington, D.C., journalists cluster on Twitter.Photo courtesy Nikki Usher Credit: Nikki Usher Usher…
“#Evaluating the effectiveness of travel bans” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain With the reopening of flights during the summer holiday season in Europe, many countries have started to see an increase in COVID-19 infections. A new IIASA-led study sheds light on how COVID-19 spreads regionally and between countries, as well as on how effective governmental measures…
“#COVID-19: Social media users more likely to believe false information” Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study led by researchers at McGill University finds that people who get their news from social media are more likely to have misperceptions about COVID-19. Those that consume more traditional news media have fewer misperceptions and are more likely…
“#Climate change-influenced refugee crisis may lead to long-term settlement issues” Computer simulations of how extreme climate events like floods and droughts influenced migration, researchers found that climate change may not just affect people leaving an area, but it can also affect how many of those people return to that area later. Credit: Pikist While many…
“#Anti-climate action statements get more visibility in news coverage, study finds” Credit: CC0 Public Domain When organizations take a stand against actions to combat climate change, they get more news coverage than their pro-climate action peers, according to a new study by a Brown University researcher. Rachel Wetts, an assistant professor in Brown’s sociology department…
“#Gender differences in prosecution of police assault in Sweden” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In Sweden, prosecutors randomly assigned to cases of police assault are sixteen percentage points more likely to investigate rather than dismiss the case if they are female, according to a study published July 22, 2020 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by…
“#New paper examines disproportionate effect of eugenics on North Carolina’s black population” Sandy Darity. Credit: Duke University A sordid element of North Carolina’s history is its eugenics program, which authorized sterilization of many citizens throughout much of the 20th century. A new Duke University study shows that the eugenics program’s disproportionate effect on Black citizens…