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• Can social media predict election results?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/26/can-social-media-predict-election-results/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 26, 2015 A recent SSRN paper from Cardiff University developed a model using Twitter and considers how it could be applied to the UK 2015 general election.

• Did the polls get the referendum results right?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/24/did-the-polls-get-the-referendum-results-right/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 24, 2016 Here are some useful starting points for tracing the polls. Remember to check the methodology used.

• Where do rich people live? Are they getting wealthier?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/25/where-do-rich-people-live-are-they-getting-wealthier/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 25, 2016 Get the latest data in the 2016  Global Wealth Report from the Credit Suisse Research Institute.

• World AIDS Day

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/12/06/world-aids-day/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 6, 2016 1st December was World AIDS Day .  In its latest report UNAIDS announced the positive news that  18.

• Hate crimes

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/12/16/hate-crimes/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 16, 2016 MIC launches database of  transgender murders A key initiative has recently been unveiled in tracking this underreported crime.

• Fake News – a new tool

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/06/fake-news-a-new-tool/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 6, 2017 Hoaxy is a joint project of the Indiana University Network Science Institute ( IUNI ) and the Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research it aims to provide visualisations of fake...

• Language of Peace Database

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/10/language-of-peace-database/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 10, 2017 The Legal Tools for Peacemaking Project at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge, in collaboration with the Mediation Support Unit in the UN...

• 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.

• Fake news and journalism standards

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/01/05/fake-news-and-journalism-standards/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 5, 2018 The LSE has launched a Truth, Trust and Technology (T3) Commission.

• Field Guide to Fake News

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/01/22/field-guide-to-fake-news/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 22, 2018 Recently Dartmouth college analysed the extent of election news manipulation in the 2016 USA presidential election.