UK Political web observatory
UK Political Web Observatory has been created by Linkfluence and Westminster Advisers with Dr Nick Anstead. In early 2016 they examined 819 sites to create a spatialised visual interactive map of online networks viewpoint on Brexit enabling users to explore the interconnections and influence of specific groups. Detailed information on the methodology used is available […]
Is the Treasury being Economic with the truth about Brexit?
Recently the UK government claimed that a possible UK exit from Europe would have an immediate economic impact. Certainly according to a report published by Civitas this week The HM treasury claims do not add up. For other opinions see the IFS analysis of the impact on public finance. And reports issued which state that […]
EU referendum
View Demos visual mapping of the Brexit Twitterosphere for a stunning visual examination of key players and networks. Find out which three women were key players during the first week of May!
Refugee use of mobile phones
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 […]
Government launches new EU Referendum website
See the new site which has provoked such a controversy. It includes the leaflet recommending remaining in the EU.
First Draft News
With the shocking news from Belgium this week, we see the media using eye witness and social media resources. First Draft News is created by a coalition of organisations to offer journalists advice and resources on using and verifying social media and citizen journalism sources.
Gender statistics database
European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) (an autonomous body of the European Union) has just launched a new gender statistics database for researchers which enables easy comparisons between European and other nations. It includes indicators on men and women in many fields ranging from health to education, work and earnings, social attitudes and gender-based violence. […]
EU referendum where do Eurosceptics live?
YouGov this week revealed the 10 most Eurosceptic and EU friendly parts of the UK. Havering is most likely to vote out- along with Blackpool and Southend! For more in-depth academic analysis of who supports and opposes EU membership see this recent article by John Curtice, Senior Research Fellow at NatCen and Professor of Politics […]
Europe-wide data
The European Data portal has now passed from Beta to permanence. You can now use it to quickly find news and the latest open data from EU nations. It includes 13 browsable categories ranging from health to cities. There is also a data training companion. Also growing is the broader OpenAire website which now has […]
UK/EU renegotiation
Read the full text of David Cameron’s statement to parliament on the UK government website and the proposals sent by the European Council Parliament TV has a recording of the debate and there is a transcript in Hansard. For access to free discussion and news services search for ‘Brexit’ on European Sources online, an online database and […]
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