Digital Studies in the Social Sciences – Fant Memorial Library

Digital studies examples in the social sciences, including a word cloud map from a political science project on twitter and the 2016 presidential campaign, a qualitative analysis project about behavioral factors and health, and a still of an interactive graphic from a project on women's experiences in prison.

Political Science

Featured Projects

“Digging Deeper into Racial Disparities,” Elizabeth Nash, PolicyMap, 2020 – maps that show differences in race based on incarceration rates, economic status, and mortgage loan denials.
Campaign donations in Mississippi Governor’s Race 2019. Mississippi Today.
“Do your lawmakers look like you?” Alex Rozier and Kayleigh Skinner, Mississippi Today, 2019.

Communication

Featured Projects

Biggest Junk News of the Year, Information is Beautiful, 2018 – False news and its spread for 2017 and 2018.
“Trans Folks Walking,” Cody Mejeur, University of Buffalo – an interactive game depicting experiences of trans people
“Media-Bias in Adams County: The 2016 Election,” Erik Carneal, Gettysburg College student – a project analyzing news and its effects on election results

Psychology and Family Sciences

Featured Projects

Public Secrets, Sharon Daniel and Erik Loyer, 2008 – documenting conversations with women prisoners at the California Correctional Women’s Facility
Project SFHERE, Brown University, University of Minnesota, and University of Vermont, 2017 – project studying interactions between familial and behavioral factors and certain health conditions.