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Article looks at three separate studies of the educational benefit of home computers for lower income children. The studies indicate that the educational value of universal broadband access may be minimal, or worse, harmful.

The newspaper industry is struggling to hold onto its audience, and e-readers such as the Kindle may not help, according to a new study.

Tasking itself to produce a study on the "reinvention of journalism," the Federal Trade Commission has encountered many of the same quandaries the industry has.

UGA study: Kindles unlikely to help newspapers

Study: More Will Buy iPad Than Kindle In Next Year - 03/31/2010

The Pulliam Fellowship awards $75,000 to an outstanding editorial writer or columnist to help broaden his or her journalistic horizons and knowledge of the world. The annual award can be used to cover the cost of study, research and/or travel in any field. The fellowship results in editorials and other writings, including books.

Claims of damage from IP piracy are overstated according to a study by the LSE,

newspaper digital media blog

Starting from a study that finds different reading practices for online content and print (or scanning vs. slow reading) the author argues against the trend of increasing technology investment in education. I think the argument would profit from a publisher's perspective, one where it's vital to evaluate how the content fits (or doesn't fit) the format. Like the author, I don't want to read Middlemarch ( my favorite novel) online, nor can I imagine anyone who would or who require it read in that format. Bottom line for me - publishers have much to offer the educational establishment.

This is the article about a study done on response time in Wikipedia I mentioned in class last night. Very interesting stuff!

The Lead Teaser: The stories and issues that gain traction in social media differ substantially from those that lead in the mainstream press. But they also differ greatly from each other. Across a year-long study of blogs, Twitter and YouTube,

Top Newspaper Publishing Stories - Editor & Publisher provides newspaper industry headlines covering emerging and important news.

"More than eight in ten Americans between the ages of 16 and 29 read a book in the past year, and six in ten used their local public library."

Includes other fun stats, and a word cloud!