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Social Media – recent findings
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/08/21/social-media-recent-findings/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 21, 2013 Eurobarometer survey – e communications households What do households in EU nations think of their broadband speed, quality of service and tariffs for internet use.
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Freedom in the World report 2014
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/01/31/freedom-in-the-world-report-2014/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 31, 2014 Freedom in the World report 2014 Just issued by Freedom House see the rankings for civil liberties in nations worldwide. The report also has a useful graphic map of freedoms.
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Are young people the ‘new poor?’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/13/are-young-people-the-new-poor/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 13, 2015 The latest LSE research has revealed that despite better qualifications, young people in their 20s have suffered a higher percentage of falling wages than older generations.
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Is Britain Divided?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/07/04/is-britain-divided/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 4, 2016 Yes, according to the latest issue of the Social Attitudes survey released this week.
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How many women work in UK film production?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/12/how-many-women-work-in-uk-film-production/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 12, 2017 In 2015 25% of the 203 British films in production had no women in any of the six key production roles (director, writer, producer, exec-producer, cinematographer, and editor).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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How can social media be used in emergencies?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/08/22/how-can-social-media-be-used-in-emergencies/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 22, 2014 The Communication and Complex Emergencies Project is a collaboration between the University of Adelaide’s Applied Communication Collaborative Research Unit (ACCRU) and the Australian...
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Online Privacy
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/23/online-privacy/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 23, 2015 Concerns about online privacy have surfaced in a number of key reports recently.