Economics Our New Look Our little project to expand the number of offerings on the home page grew into an elegant new setting for the same great Miller-McCune stories. Michael Todd
Social Justice Social Networking Breeds Better Citizens? LOL! Facebook friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your earbuds. But don’t ask me to name the Speaker of the House. Tom Jacobs
Social Justice Why Blog? To Change the World — and Blow Off Steam Why do bloggers blog? It sounds like a trick question, but a study of top political bloggers finds their motivations evolve over time. Tom Jacobs
News in Brief Is the Net Best Stuck in Neutrality? The question of 'net neutrality' will impact how you visit Miller-McCune.com in the future, but it's a hot topic of debate today. Emily Badger
Economics PBS Chief to Put Arts Front and Center Big Bird meets big bands: PBS President Paula Kerger is renewing the network's commitment to arts programming and arts education. Tom Jacobs
Economics The Industry of Cool? Blog chatter has helped flat-lining album sales, but does that chatter even matter? Erik Hayden
Economics There’s Good In Pandora’s Box, Too The founder of pioneering Internet musical-taste-diviner Pandora sees his service as unlocking hidden potentials in the moribund music biz. Anna Davison
Social Justice Exploring New Ideas for Arts Journalism USC is looking for new approaches to cultural coverage, the best of which will be showcased at the National Summit on Arts Journalism. Tom Jacobs
Social Justice What’s With the Media’s Twitter and Facebook Obsession? The media may seem obsessed with Twitter because the people who are the media are obsessed with Twitter. David Rosenfeld
Social Justice Online Newspapers Increasingly Popular The amount of time Internet users spend reading online newspapers jumped significantly between 2007 and 2008, according to the just-released annual survey conducted by the University of Southern California's Center for the Digital Future. Tom Jacobs