Andrew Dunn
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November 2nd was the international day to end impunity about crimes against journalists. Released to mark the occasion was a special report from UNESCO World trends in freedom of expression and media development: special digital focus 2015 It covers countering online hate and protecting journalists in the digital age, and the role of internet intermediaries in fostering […]
Hansard Corpus
Website containing nearly every speech in the British Parliament 1803-2005 with some linguistic analysis. Developed by the University of Glasgow. http://www.hansard-corpus.org/
Paragon Project
Institute of Economic Affairs launch Paragon Project The IEA is a free market think tank founded in 1955. It has just launched a major research 5 year project to consider policy making in the British politics. This will cover all areas of service. Research papers will be published on the website considering what the role […]
Who owns the UK Media?
An interesting new report from the Media Reform Coalition states that 3 companies own 71% of the market. It includes coverage of ownership and control of local newspapers, radio, TV and national print and online services.
Is Britain fairer?
The Equality and Human Right Commission has just released the 2015 review of the state of human rights in the UK – Is Britain fairer? It measures progress since 2010 in a number of key domains. Life Health Physical security Legal security Education Standard of living Productive and valued activities Individual, family and social life Identity, […]
Research Data Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences
A new free open access journal from Brill and a number of research institutes based in the Netherlands seeks to highlight research based on data. All articles focus upon methods and associated datasets are stored in DANS Materials are in English and Dutch. The first issue has content on socio-economic history.
Women on Boards
Latest 5 year progress summary from Lord Davies shows progress. Get the full data plus previous reports from the UK government website. CBI response Women on Boards resource centre has numerous links to academic and business research reports and resources Fawcett society response to the report. Academic comment on the Conversation blog
Key Note help videos
Key Note has produced a suite of help videos; find them at https://www.keynote.co.uk//content/our-videos Key Note provides market reports for the UK market and 10 years’ financials for UK companies. It is also useful for people looking for a job in the UK in that it allows you to search for companies by geographical location, sector […]
African sources of information
Kenya digital archives: Google has been partnering with the Kenyan National Archives to provide free access to a great new online digital library . This currently has 8 online exhibitions with over 1,000 items in total. Topics are heroes of the nation (including independence) traditional carvings, calabash currently available are images and photographs only. Other […]
Who trusts advertising ?
Free to download from the Nielsen site a report on global trust in advertising. It considers whether people trust traditional media more than the internet online and mobile. Does it matter where they live or their age.
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