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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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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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Internet sites and censorship
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2010/11/12/internet-sites-and-censorship/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 12, 2010 The Hercdict site, maintained by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, gathers reports of blocked and inaccessible sites worldwide. http://www.herdict.
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The Guardian Activate conference on digital media
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/07/01/the-guardian-activate-conference-on-digital-media/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 1, 2011 New York, 2011. Some useful videos from this key event: http://www.guardian.co.
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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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Hansard Corpus
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/06/hansard-corpus/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 6, 2015 Website containing nearly every speech in the British Parliament 1803-2005 with some linguistic analysis. Developed by the University of Glasgow. http://www.hansard-corpus.
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New BFI Library
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/10/23/new-bfi-library/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2012 http://www.bfi.org.
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Advertising expenditure
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/05/04/advertising-expenditure/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 4, 2012 BRAD Insight at http://www.bradtop100.co.uk/02-finance/ shows the 100 UK companies who spent the most on advertising in 2011.
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About the LLI
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