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New Media Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/07/01/new-media-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 1, 2011 A weekly report that captures the leading commentary of news-focused blogs and social media sites and compares their subjects to that of the mainstream press. http://www.journalism.
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ICM polls archive online (via The Guardian)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/07/25/icm-polls-archive-online-via-the-guardian/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 25, 2011 http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2009/oct/21/icm-poll-data-labour-conservatives Voting intentions in UK elections since 1984 – (via the Guardian datablog).
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Voter behaviour and the Internet
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/02/13/voter-behaviour-and-the-internet/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 13, 2012 How the internet is changing voter behaviour; see this recent Google blog post: http://googlepolitics.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-poll-how-web-is-connecting-voters.
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New Economics Foundation
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/02/23/new-economics-foundation/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 23, 2012 http://neweconomics.org/ Aims to improve quality of life by promoting innovative solutions that challenge mainstream thinking on economic, environmental and social issues.
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Many access news on smartphones
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/20/many-access-news-on-smartphones/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 20, 2016 According to a number of recent research studies many people are now using their smartphones. A report from the Knight Foundation recently found that , 89% of the U.S.
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Fake News – a new tool
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/06/fake-news-a-new-tool/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 6, 2017 Hoaxy is a joint project of the Indiana University Network Science Institute ( IUNI ) and the Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research it aims to provide visualisations of fake...
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Sakura celebration: Students plant ‘symbol of Japan’ on Leicester campus
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/cherry-blossom
The tree planting was lent special significance in the University’s Centenary year, as Leicester’s first international student, Tamotsu Shishikura, came to the University College from Tokyo to study English between 1922 and 1924.
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Prophesying Leicester City’s success in 1895?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/05/12/prophesying-leicester-citys-success-in-1895/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on May 12, 2016 In a previous blog post, I talked about the early days of Leicester Fosse Football Club. The Fosse, or ‘The Fossils’ as they were known to their supporters, eventually became Leicester City in 1920.
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Library Special Collections: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 9
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/page/9/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Volunteering with UOSH
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2019/06/20/volunteering-with-uosh/
Posted by Colin Hyde in Library Special Collections on June 20, 2019 Hello I’m Ellie Priestley, a second year Ancient History and History student here at the University of Leicester.