http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/5912

Volume 20, Number 10 – 5 October 2015
A new model to explore non-profit social media use for advocacy and civic engagement

David Chapman, Katrina Miller-Stevens, John C Morris, Brendan O’Hallarn

Abstract

Non-profit organizations are actively using social media platforms as a way to deliver information to end users, yet little is known of the internal processes these organizations follow to implement this tool. We present a case study of one non-profit organization, Blue Star Families, Inc., that is actively engaged in advocacy and civic engagement. We offer a new model to explore non-profit organizations’ use of social media platforms by building on previous models and frameworks developed to explore the use of social media in the public, private, and non-profit sectors.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/13/upshot/yes-soda-taxes-seem-to-cut-soda-drinking.html?smid=tw-upshotnyt&smtyp=cur&_r=0

Interesting, in terms of behaviors.

Does It Make Sense To Split The Check At A Restaurant? | FiveThirtyEight

Interesting set of articles on journalism issues (including Ad Blockers).

http://www.journalism.org/daily-briefings/2015/10/16/boston-globe-and-the-guardian-face-layoffs-and-cuts/

http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/10/08/social-networking-usage-2005-2015/

"Nearly two-thirds of American adults (65%) use social networking sites, up from 7% when Pew Research Center began systematically tracking social media usage in 2005."

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/oct/01/jason-chaffetz/chart-shown-planned-parenthood-hearing-misleading-/

"…if we compare abortions and non-abortion services provided by Planned Parenthood — and if we use standard scales on the axes, we see largely consistent trend lines for both…"

"We rate the claim Pants on Fire."