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Leon Redbone, Fact Checking, and Ethnography

By Steven Lubet | Published: June 10, 2019

In recent popular music, there have been few if any performers as enigmatic as the late Leon Redbone, who died on May 30. With a...

Also posted in News | Tagged Ethics, Ethnography, Leon Redbone | Leave a comment

Misinformation and Biases Affect Social Media, Intentionally and Accidentally

By Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia and Filippo Menczer | Published: June 3, 2019

Information on social media can be misleading because of biases in three places – the brain, society and algorithms. Scholars are developing ways to identify...

Posted in Research | Tagged Bias in Academia, Social Media, The Conversation | Leave a comment

Heard the One About a Politician Who Became a Friend on Facebook? New Political Communication

By David Canter | Published: May 31, 2019

David Canter considers the impact of changing ways in which politics is communicated. In the age of the internet direct encouragement of what the audience...

Posted in Research | Tagged Elections, Political Science, Social Media | Leave a comment

Better lives with better toilets: An ESRC Better Lives Essay

By Social Science Space | Published: May 16, 2019

Ian Ross is a development economist at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where his studies and work as a research degree student...

Also posted in Career, Recognition | Tagged ESRC Writing Competition, Hygeine, Sanitation, Toilets | Leave a comment

Notes on a G-string: An ESRC Better Lives Essay

By Social Science Space | Published: May 14, 2019

Rosie Cowan ticked numerous beats in her journalism career: politics for the Press Association, business for The Belfast Telegraph, and Ireland and later crime for...

Also posted in Career, Recognition | Tagged ESRC Writing Competition, Rape, Sexual Assault | Leave a comment

Tilting at windmills in a climate-changed world: An ESRC Better Lives Essay

By Social Science Space | Published: May 9, 2019

Celia Robbins, a PhD student at the University of Exeter, spent 25 years working in environment and sustainability. In this shortlisted essay from the ESRC...

Also posted in Career, Recognition | Tagged ESRC Writing Competition, Renewable Energy, Wind | Leave a comment

The illusion of eternal independence: An ESRC Better Lives Essay

By Social Science Space | Published: May 7, 2019

Social anthropologist Chloë Place, a research student at the University of Sussex, had both worked for the National Health Service working with older people with...

Also posted in Career, Recognition | Tagged Dementia, ESRC, ESRC Writing Competition | Leave a comment

SSRC, Social Science One Name Social Media Research Grantees

By Social Science Research Council | Published: May 7, 2019

As part of a pioneering effort to systematically use privacy-protected Facebook data to study the platform’s impact on democracy, the Social Science Research Council and...

Also posted in Announcements, International Debate, Recognition | Tagged Facebook, Fake News, Social Media, Social Media and Democracy Research Grants, Social Science One, SSRC | Leave a comment

Becoming a diagnosis: An ESRC Better Lives Essay

By Social Science Space | Published: May 2, 2019

Sociologist Lauren O’Connell, a postgraduate research student at the University of Essex, holds a scholarship from the Economic and Social Research Council for her doctoral...

Also posted in Career, Recognition | Tagged Eating Disorders, ESRC Writing Competition | Leave a comment

The psychology of flooding: An ESCR Better Lives Essay

By Social Science Space | Published: April 30, 2019

Niall McLoughlin is a PhD candidate in psychology and arts scholar at the University of Bath, as well as an associate with Climate Outreach. In...

Also posted in Career, Recognition | Tagged ESRC Writing Competition, Floods | Leave a comment

Reliving trauma, relieving pain: An ESRC Better Lives Essay

By Social Science Space | Published: April 25, 2019

Alessandro Massazza, a PhD student in the Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, at University College London has received money from the Economic and...

Also posted in Career, Recognition | Tagged ESRC Writing Competition, memory, PTSD, Trauma | Leave a comment

Book Review: Scholarly Communication and Measuring Research – What Does Everyone Need to Know?

By James Hartley | Published: April 23, 2019

Academics are required to not only find effective ways to communicate their research, but also to increasingly measure and quantify its quality, impact and reach....

Also posted in Bookshelf, Impact | Tagged Altmetrics, Metrics, Oxford University Press | Leave a comment

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Leon Redbone, Fact Checking, and Ethnography

Misinformation and Biases Affect Social Media, Intentionally and Accidentally

Heard the One About a Politician Who Became a Friend on Facebook? New Political Communication

Better lives with better toilets: An ESRC Better Lives Essay

Notes on a G-string: An ESRC Better Lives Essay

Tilting at windmills in a climate-changed world: An ESRC Better Lives Essay

The illusion of eternal independence: An ESRC Better Lives Essay

SSRC, Social Science One Name Social Media Research Grantees

Becoming a diagnosis: An ESRC Better Lives Essay

The psychology of flooding: An ESCR Better Lives Essay

Reliving trauma, relieving pain: An ESRC Better Lives Essay

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