100 Voices that made the BBC – Elections
A significant new audio and visual archive of historic election coverage released as part of a research project by the BBC and University of Sussex. It includes film material from every election since 1950, archive documents on the development of election broadcasting and oral history clips with politicians and presenters. For example see this clip […]
Election 2015: TV debates
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 […]
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 […]
How do recent graduates communicate?
Does the transition from college to the workplace effect how you communicate? This question was considered in a recent qualitative study by Google staff at the 48th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.
Media use of Images
BagNews provides useful discussion between photojournalists and researchers on the framing of particular events using photographs. The most recent discussion considers the representation of surveillance in traditional and social media.
The EU’s most digitally advanced nations
Denmark is the most digitally advanced nation According to the new Digital Society and Economy Index from the European Commission which measures progress in EU nations. Consult the website to find out more about the 30 indicators used.
Accuracy of web-based news
How news websites spread rumours Lies, Damn Lies and Viral Content – a new report from the Tow Center examines the role of journalists. See further examples from: Poyner Center blog Reports from the Reuters Institute include a recent comparison of accuracy in online and ‘legacy’ media. European Journalism Observatory
‘More than 40% of girls are sexting’ (NSPCC)
Sexting is common amongst girls, according to a new report from the NSPCC . It is based on a comparative EU project considering abuse in teenage intimate relationships on and offline. Also on this: Ditch the Label has reports on cyberbullying and the pressure to sext EU Kids online researches child Internet safety. NSPCC research studies In a recent Berkman […]
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