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• 8 years of Twitter

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/04/11/8-years-of-twitter/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 11, 2014 To mark 8 years in existance,  Twitter  launched the facility to look back in time and trace your first tweet.

• 8th March is International Women’s Day

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/08/8th-march-is-international-womens-day/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2017 The theme this year is be bold for change.

• Only 2% of children have the critical literacy skills they need to tell if a news story is real or f

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/06/22/only-2-of-children-have-the-critical-literacy-skills-they-need-to-tell-if-a-news-story-is-real-or-fake/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 22, 2018 According to the final report from the Commission on Fake News and the Teaching of Critical Literacy Skills  which was established by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on...

• Human rights day

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/12/14/human-rights-day/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 14, 2018 The United Nations observance of this day occurs every 10 th December.   The official website has related resolutions and news for 2018.

• 49% of adults in the UK use social media for news

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/08/02/49-of-adults-in-the-uk-use-social-media-for-news/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 2, 2019 Fascinating fact from the Latest Ofcom news consumption in the UK annual report. Yet only 37% trust social media. Get the full facts by downloading the report from the website.

• Global Slavery Index

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/23/globval-slavery-index/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2013 Global slavery index.   Published this week by the Walk Free Foundation.

• News clips archives

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/08/21/news-clips-archives/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 21, 2013 University of Virginia Library WSLS-TV. Archive online: http://news.virginia.

• Foreign Policy, Diplomacy and Twitter

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/08/23/foreign-policy-diplomacy-and-twitter/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 23, 2013 Foreign Policy magazine Release their annual list of top 100 key people to follow on Twitter See the full list that includes politicians, diplomats and key political thinkers.

• Primary Sources: speeches

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/09/04/1266/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 4, 2013  Library of Congress Recorded Sound Collections. The National jukebox is its open access section. Which has classic recordings.  For speeches, choose spoken word speeches.

• Lantern: Media History

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/09/04/1276/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 4, 2013 Lantern : Media History A free, open access search platform for media history research.  Directors include academics   Eric Hoyt, Carl Hagenmaier, and Wendy Hagenmaier.