Andrew Dunn
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Democratic reflection App The Election Debate Visualisation (EDV) project a collaboration between The Knowledge Media Institute (KMi) at The Open University and the University of Leeds. It was created in 2010 to analyse and study the nature and impact of the first televised leaders debates. Its website has details of the study and a number of […]
Death Sentences in 2014
Amnesty International publishes its latest annual report and statistical data on the death penalty worldwide in 2014.
Election turnouts
History Workshop has posted an interesting 1955 anarchist pamphlet on its website called vote for Joe Soap. It raises the issue for voter non turnout. This parliamentary briefing tracks levels of turnout in the Uk since 1900 for general elections. There are also tables for 18-24 year olds and regions and some international comparisons. For […]
The Tablet Book
Reframe’s digital publishing platform release the free open access Tablet Book. Reframe specialises in media and cultural studies. Its editorial staff are based at the University of Sussex. The book contains papers from a 2013 symposium hosted by the group topics covered include: the take up and usage of tablets readers and iPads across many […]
Smart phone usage USA 2015
According to the Pew Research Center, nearly two thirds of Americans now depend on their smart phones for daily life. Download the Pew survey results for the full data. Interestingly, 7% depend on their phone for Internet access.
Does the Internet have a negative effect of Morality?
Certainly according to the latest Pew global attitudes survey from Spring 2014 which covered 32 nations. 53% of respondents from emerging and developing nations felt the Internet had a positive effect on education but at the same time 43% felt that it had a negative impact on morality . Get the full results and methodology […]
Conflict in the Philippines
The new Bangsamoro Conflict Monitoring System from Alert and the World Bank is collecting current and historic data on incidences of political violence in the region. It includes reports and charts of conflicts.
UK elections
‘Only 16% of 18-24 year olds certain to vote’ One of the findings from the latest annual audit of UK political engagement published by the Hansard Society. Other topics include levels of trust in politicians and the impact of the Scottish referendum on turnout. Staff and students can use Box of Broadcasts (TV and Radio Recordings) […]
Nigerian Security
Nigerian Presidential elections are due to take place soon. The Nigeria Security Tracker from the Council on Foreign Relations provides a useful tool for understanding the background of political violence since 2011.
Women: political and economic participation
Beijing +20 The UN has launched a new website to mark the 20th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a visionary agenda for women’s empowerment. Relive the occasion with Hillary Clinton’s inspiring speech However a recent summary report has revealed that, despite progress, urgent action is still needed in some areas. IPU […]
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