Tag: Communication

Podcast: Steven Pinker on Violence and Human Nature

By Social Science Bites | Published: November 1, 2012

Is the world getting less violent? It seems unlikely. But Steven Pinker has amassed empirical evidence to show that it is. In this interview with Nigel Warburton for the Social Science Bites podcast he explains some of the possible causes of this transformation.

Open Access – but not for authors

By Robert Dingwall | Published: May 23, 2012

Open Access to academic journal papers is a hot button issue. The UK government is in favour, along with major UK research funders and organizations representing university librarians and senior management. The European Commission supports the idea and some US stakeholders have also backed it. A bunch of idealistic scientists are promoting the cause. The [...]

My Social Science Career: Interview with Linda Putnam

By ssseditor | Published: March 30, 2012

As part of a series of occasional interviews with leading social scientists, Linda Putnam, Chair of the Department of Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara, spoke to socialsciencespace about her career.

The Invisible Children in the Seminar Room: Kony 2012 and digital activism.

By sharifmowlabocus | Published: March 27, 2012

Since its earliest days there has been a great deal of writing about online activism and the possibility of forming active publics via the Internet.

My Social Science Career: Interview with Sandra Ball-Rokeach

By ssseditor | Published: January 12, 2012

I’m a sociologist and my primary role at this stage of my career is championing theory-driven research, but also research that you put into action: I’m not just a theorist, or just a researcher, or just an action-person – rather I’m trying to link all of those together.

Nicholas Lemann on journalism, scholarship, and more informed reporting

By ssseditor | Published: January 6, 2012

Nicholas Lemann, Dean and Henry R. Luce Professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, is a veteran national affairs journalist who has spent a career examining issues such as race, inequality and social mobility in America, as well as the dynamics of politics and the press. Many of his articles for The Atlantic [...]

Social Science in an Emergency: An Interview with Andrew Miller MP

By MZurn | Published: December 1, 2011

In 2011 the Science and Technology Select Committee published the report Scientific advice and evidence in emergencies, examining the role of science when emergencies such as the H1N1 influenza pandemic and the volcanic ash disruption occur. Andrew Miller, MP for Ellesmere Port and Neston and chair of the Science and Technology Select Committee, spoke to [...]

Raise that pulse, share that link

By Pacific-Standard Magazine | Published: July 22, 2011

Tom Jacobs reports in Miller McCune Magazine on a recent study which finds anxiety, amusement, and even exercise, can compel people to share information. Do me a favor. Before reading this article, would you mind jogging around the block? Not a practical suggestion at this particular moment? No problem. It’s just that, had you taken a minute [...]

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