Cleveland Plain Dealer Cleveland.com
(http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2014/12/college_enrollment_continues_t.html)

Crains Cleveland Business
(http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20141212/FREE/141219939/kent-state-to-use-300000-grant-to-study-social-media-use-during)

WKSU Radio Station
(http://www.wksu.org/news/story/41296)

Deccan Herald
(http://www.deccanherald.com/content/447730/researchers-scan-social-media-use.html)

India.com
(http://us.india.com/whatever/researchers-to-scan-social-media-use-during-disasters-222473/)

Akron Beacon Journal Ohio.com
(http://www.ohio.com/news/local/kent-state-researchers-studying-tweets-in-crisis-situations-1.555002)

A nice suite of studies on the role that social media are playing in U.S. politics can be found at the following links:

• Social Media and Voting: http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Social-Vote-2012.aspx
• Social Media and Political Engagement: http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Political-engagement.aspx
• Politics on Social Networking Sites: http://pewinternet.org/Topics/Activities-and-Pursuits/Politics.aspx?typeFilter=5

For a full overview of Pew Internet’s research on the internet and politics, see: http://pewinternet.org/Topics/Activities-and-Pursuits/Politics.aspx?typeFilter=5