JOUR 48400: Mass Media Research

Numbers, facts and trends from Pew.

CISER has an extensive data collection with emphasis on labor, political, and social behavior, demography, economics, and health. The collection includes federal and state census files, administrative records, public opinion surveys, economic and social data from national and international organizations, along with studies compiled by individual researchers.

The purpose of Data.gov is "to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government." The site includes searchable data catalogs providing access to data in three ways: through the "raw" data catalog, the tool catalog, and the geodata catalog.

The most comprehensive visualization of U.S. public data. Data USA provides an open, easy-to-use platform that turns data into knowledge. The software code is open source - users can build custom applications by adding other data.

Public opinion data from the European Commission. Data has been gathered since 1973.

Organization of academic and research organizations that maintains a data repository. Offers reports and statistics across cultures, internationally, arranged by themes such as aging, demographics and race. Some data is for members only.

Data tool from the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard that visualizes the flow of the media.

Social, demographic and economic information. Includes the American FactFinder resource.

International data from the United Nations Statistics division. Includes information on greenhouse gases and general environmental data.

Software for data analysis.

Online survey tool that allows one to build surveys, distribute surveys and analyze responses.

NVivo qualitative data analysis software is now available on the computers located in the Data Analytics Lab, Friends 102, for faculty, staff and students who need to complete research projects.