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BBC 100s
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/01/17/bbc-100s/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 17, 2022 BBC 100 A website celebrating the anniversary of the BBC with a 100 objects (technology and props), 100 oral history clips, a timeline of events and biographies of 100 icon...
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Big Boys
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/01/11/big-boys/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 11, 2024 A playlist of the Channel 4 comedy series, Big Boys, is available at https://learningonscreen.ac.
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29th May: UN International Day of Peacekeepers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/06/01/29th-may-un-international-day-of-peacekeepers/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 1, 2018 29th May is UN International Day of Peacekeepers . On the 70th anniversary view a list of those who died in 2017 and explore other free resources.
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What is the world’s most influential think tank?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/02/02/what-is-the-worlds-most-influential-think-tank/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 2, 2015 Find out by checking the 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report released by the University of Pennsylvania .
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Homosexuality – is it still considered a disease?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/26/homosexuality-is-it-still-considered-a-disease/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 26, 2015 Controversy continues concerning the WHO stance towards homosexuality.
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What is the future of news?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/02/06/what-is-the-future-of-news/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 6, 2015 A new report from the BBC considers how the growth of the Internet is changing the way we access news.
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Innovative use of social media in the Pakistan elections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/17/innovative-use-of-social-media-in-the-pakistan-elections/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 17, 2013 The Election commission worked with a site called Jaag Pakistan website which aimed to encourage reporting of electoral fraud and violence. This used crowd sourced technology.
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Pew Internet and American Life
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/06/17/pew-internet-and-american-life/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 17, 2011 http://www.pewinternet.org/ A project which provides free access to reports and surveys on the impact of the Internet, Web 2.0 and associated technology on American life.
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US Census bureau historical voting publications
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/03/02/us-census-bureau-historical-voting-publications/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 2, 2012 http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/socdemo/voting/publications/historical/index.html Statistical data on US national and presidential elections.
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US Mid-Term Elections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/09/us-mid-term-elections/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 9, 2018 Lots of links on this subject. New York Times collected examples of misinformation over 4,000 were sent from social media.