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Are millennial workers ‘lazy’ ‘digital addicts’?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/02/are-millennial-workers-lazy-digital-addicts/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 2, 2015 These are some of the myths challenged by the IBM global study of over 1,700 workers born between 1980-1993.
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The EU’s most digitally advanced nations
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/09/the-eus-most-digitally-advanced-nations/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 9, 2015 Denmark is the most digitally advanced nation According to the new Digital Society and Economy Index from the European Commission which measures progress in EU nations.
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Conflict in the Philippines
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/30/conflict-in-the-philippines/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 30, 2015 The new Bangsamoro Conflict Monitoring System from Alert and the World Bank is collecting current and historic data on incidences of political violence in the region.
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Press freedom
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/15/press-freedom-2/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 15, 2015 To mark World Press Freedom day, UNESCO adopted the Riga Declaration . This affirms the importance of free journalism for sustainable development.
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UK Elections: voter’s regret
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/15/uk-elections-voters-regret/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 15, 2015 Voter’s regret An interesting fact has been the surge in LibDem membership applications since the election . The Conversation discusses the psychology of voter regret.
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American race riots
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/26/american-race-riots/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 26, 2015 Newsmuseum has created a teaching and learning site which has archived front pages of newspaper coverage of events, plus lesson plans and links to historical resources on early...
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Where is the worst place to be a journalist?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/04/where-is-the-worst-place-to-be-a-journalist/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 4, 2016 According to the 2016 Index produced annually by The Committee to Protect Journalists Somalia tops the rankings.
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Ken Weir
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/author/khw11/
Censoring Academics works well for Publishers Posted by Ken Weir in School of Business Blog on June 18, 2014 Kenneth Weir, Lecturer in Accountancy at the School, examines the popularity of a controversial article which he, David Harvie, Geoff Lightfoot and Simon Lilley,...
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Historical Newspaper Archives: Finance and Economics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/14/historical-newspaper-archives-finance-and-economics/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 14, 2015 The University has recently acquired some historical newspaper archives amongst which are the Economist 1843-2011 and the Financial Times 1888-2010.
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Accountable Journalism site launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/01/accountable-journalism-site-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 1, 2015 New from the The Ethical Journalism Network and the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute , University of Missouri.