Political News in Online and Print Newspapers

Online newspapers: A substitute or complement for print newspapers and other information channels?

Research suggests that online newspapers are not as good as their printed counterparts in widening the range of topics their audience is aware of. But should we be concerned about that? So far, visiting online newspapers does not seem to be a substitute for reading traditional newspapers. But the evidence is scarce; only a few studies specifically look at the impact of online newspapers. In thi...

Book Review: Digitizing the News: Innovation in Online Newspapers

Exploring Interaction: Print and Online News Media Synergies

Synergies between print and online activity in the newspaper industry are not fully understood. Nor is their influence on newspaper circulation rates. Both issues are investigated using data from a small survey of regional newspapers. In particular, we show how cross-media synergies for print and online interaction can be estimated against a simple conceptual model. Also how different combinati...

Schizophrenia Forum - Print News

21 November 2006. The enzyme AKT1 has been implicated in both schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. A new study in the November 7 issue of PNAS finds that a mouse lacking the gene for AKT1 shows subtle alterations of neuronal morphology in prefrontal cortex, as well as deficits in working memory. Joseph Gogos and Maria Karayiorgou of Columbia University in New York City also report that the absen...

Schizophrenia Forum - Print News

7 January 2009. It was reported several years ago that the gene for Nogo-66 receptor 1 (NGR, or RTN4R), located in the chromosome 22q11 region, may influence genetic predisposition to schizophrenia (Liu et al., 2002). Stephen Strittmatter and colleagues of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, find support for this association in a study published in the December 3 issue of the Journal of ...