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UK slips in gender equality rankings
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/03/uk-slips-in-gender-equality-rankings/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 3, 2014 Released this week by the World Economic Forum. The latest gender gap report which rates nations according to disparity between the sexes in health, education and work.
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State of Bitcoin 2015
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/01/16/state-of-bitcoin-2015/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 16, 2015 The latest report from Coin Desk stated that in 2014 Bloomberg regarded Bitcoin as the worst performing currency.
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NATO Archives Online
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/02/02/nato-archives-online/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 2, 2015 The official website now contains early committee documents from 1949-1959, press releases from 1961 onwards and over 300 full text books.
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Accuracy of web-based news
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/02/20/accuracy-of-web-based-news/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 20, 2015 How news websites spread rumours Lies, Damn Lies and Viral Content – a new report from the Tow Center examines the role of journalists .
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Smart phone usage USA 2015
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/04/15/smart-phone-usage-usa-2015/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 15, 2015 According to the Pew Research Center, nearly two thirds of Americans now depend on their smart phones for daily life. Download the Pew survey results for the full data.
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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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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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Media pluralism and democracy
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/25/media-pluralism-and-democracy/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 25, 2016 Published this week, the latest Eurobarometer survey of EU citizens on Media pluralism and democracy found that 57% of EU citizens believe that the media in their countries...
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Global Risks in the World 2017
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/13/global-risks-in-the-world-2017/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 13, 2017 This week the World Economic Forum released its latest annual report on risk in 2017. It focuses on five areas, economic, social, technological, geopolitical and environmental.