Andrew Dunn
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The Open University has released a research report on how refugees use smartphones. It was led by Prof. Marie Gillespie and was carried out in partnership with France Medias Monde. It investigates the physical and digital journeys of Syrian and Iraqi refugees documenting the digital media services used for news so the EU can develop […]
Many access news on smartphones
According to a number of recent research studies many people are now using their smartphones. A report from the Knight Foundation recently found that , 89% of the U.S. mobile population (144 million users) now access news using a smartphone. Also released this week a Pew report on engagement and reading of news by American […]
Inclusive Growth Monitor
New from the Joseph Rowntree Trust a tool for examining and measuring the relationship between poverty and growth. It contains data on all 39 Local Enterprise Partnerships for 18 indicators showing if economic growth leads to a decrease in poverty and social disadvantage. Interestingly one finding is that in many cases increased prosperity does not necessarily lead […]
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia 2016
IDAHOT 2016 was celebrated on May 17th. Find out why this day was chosen and why it continues to be needed with this blog posting from the LSE. Create your own Facebook avator (Using the Youth Voices Count website) to show your support – every day.
Prison Reform
This week the RSA published an interesting scoping paper on the future prison. Browse their website to see other examples discussing the role and future reform of prisons. Howard League for Penal Reform is the oldest prison reform charity in the UK. Its website has news stories, policy and research publications covering all aspects of […]
Chilean political songs
For political songs try this recently released Spanish archive. Cantos Cautivos: Online Archive of Songs of Political Captivity in Pinochet’s Chile 1973–1990
The Anti-Corruption Summit
The Anti-Corruption Summit has taken place in London. The UK government website contains the proposals for international reform. It includes a collection of essays discussing corruption. plus the new UK government plans to oppose corruption and to govern access to data. For comment see: the Transparency International website. the Anti-corruption manifesto issued by NGOs and Transparency […]
Offshore leaks database
A new enhanced website launched this week by the International Committee of Investigative Journalists which contains all the resources from the Panama Papers tax-avoidance scandal as well as a range of original documents exposing the use and ‘abuse’ of other offshore tax avoidance havens. It now covers over 40 years (1977-2015) and 200 countries. You […]
How diverse are UK journalists?
Find out by reading the results of a survey of 7,000 released this week by Reuters Institute. It is based on a survey of 700 journalists conducted in December 2015. While 45% were women they are less well-paid than men and occupy fewer management positions. The report also found this to be true of Black […]
Are emojis sexist?
Certainly Google engineers think so as they recently submitted a proposal to Unicode: see Expanding Emoji Professions: Reducing Gender Inequality for 13 proposed designs to show professional women and reflect the real world of women in work. This follows previous criticisms expressed in the Huffington Post in 2016 which form part of the campaign #like […]
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