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How has the Internet changed your life?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/12/22/how-has-the-internet-changed-your-life/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 22, 2014 According to the latest Pew Internet report many Americans feel better informed.
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Where is the best place to be a working woman?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/13/where-is-the-best-place-to-be-a-working-woman/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 13, 2015 To mark International Women’s day the Economist created a ‘glass-ceiling index’ which uses OECD data to rank factors including gender pay gaps and labour force participation.
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Truthy project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2010/11/12/truthy-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 12, 2010 Aims to analyse and create visual representations of how information is diffused on Twitter.
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New frontier database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/01/24/new-frontier-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 24, 2011 Columbia Journalism review has launched a new database which aims to index and provide information about digital news outlets in the USA.
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Liberation Technology
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/02/10/liberation-technology/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 10, 2011 A research programme based at Stanford University which is exploring how information technology can be used to defend human rights, improve governance, empower the poor, promote...
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ICON – International Coalition on Newspapers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/05/10/icon-international-coalition-on-newspapers/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 10, 2011 http://icon.crl.edu/about.htm A consortium of member libraries (mainly USA based who are seeking to preserve and improved access to newspapers worldwide).
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Reporters Without Frontiers – Arab Revolt
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/07/19/arab-revolt-reporters-without-frontiers/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 19, 2011 http://en.rsf.org/the-arab-revolt.html Reporters without Frontiers has created a special section on their website to cover the recent Arab uprisings.
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The Ill-Treatment and Torture Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/08/05/the-ill-treatment-and-torture-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 5, 2011 http://www.politicalscience.uncc.edu/cconra16/UNCC/ITT_Data_Collection.
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Mexico Turns to Social Media for Information and Survival
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/09/30/mexico-turns-to-social-media-for-information-and-survival/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 30, 2011 Mexicans are using social media sites such as twitter and face book to exchange information about violence, areas to avoid. Key examples are Wikinarco – https://www.wikinarco.
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What does class mean today?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/09/30/what-does-class-mean-today/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 30, 2011 http://www.esds.ac.uk/news/newsdetail.