Just in time for your Christmas break, a hand-picked selection of posts designed to give you something to think about as the year turns.

Each year, we ask some of the smartest people in journalism and digital media what they think is coming in the next 12 months. Here’s what they had to say. - Predictions for Journalism 2016 » Collections » Nieman Journalism Lab » Pushing to the Future of Journalism

We sift through the academic journals so you don’t have to. Here are 10 of the most interesting studies about social and digital media published in 2015.