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Learning to swim in murky seas: Exploitation of the Electorate via Social Media
Health, Sports & Psychology

Learning to swim in murky seas: Exploitation of the Electorate via Social Media

...analysis and economic argument. As Andrew Mullen from Northumbria University discusses, the leave and remain campaigns employed similar strategies, but differed in their ability to connect with voters via social media. In his words, “The critical difference, […], was that the leave campaign was much more successful at targeting than the Remain campaign. Although the...
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Brexit: On the vote in Wales
Society, Politics & Law

Brexit: On the vote in Wales

...analysis of the British labour movement, it has always been ignored by the Labour intellectuals who serve as the gatekeepers of Wales’ official ‘story’. This version of Wales – which has to be contextualised within the history of the British labour movement and the British working class more generally – may be unpalatable, but one cannot really understand the...
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Does the rural idyll really exist?
Nature & Environment

Does the rural idyll really exist?

...Publishing Ltd Town and Country Edited by A Barnett & R Scruton, Jonathan Cape Analysis of Responses to the Discussion Document "Quality in Town and Country" Department of the Environment, The Stationery Office Books If you think you might be interested in studying more about these subjects, find out more about the Faculty of Social Sciences at The Open University....
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Jury Decision-Making: What’s the Story?
Society, Politics & Law

Jury Decision-Making: What’s the Story?

...Analysis of Evidence. 2nd edn. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Available at: http://ebooks.cambridge.org/ref/id/CBO9780511610585. Cohen, F.S. (1935) ‘Transcendental Nonsense and the Functional Approach’, Columbia Law Review, 35(6), pp. 809–849. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2307/1116300. Devine, D.J. et al. (2001) ‘Jury Decision Making: 45 Years of...
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‘Lydios logos’: the story of Croesus
History & The Arts

‘Lydios logos’: the story of Croesus

...analysis and exploration of ‘The Histories’, draw up a table to keep notes of key people, places and points discovered in the different narratives. Although chronology is a challenge, as we have discussed, put in a few connections and dates that are certain. Refer to the Timeline to cross-reference your own observations. Leave an extra column for your own notes and...
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Unlocking the diversity of the past
History & The Arts

Unlocking the diversity of the past

...analysis and commentary but, stitched together, patterns begin to emerge. [Clipping from the North Wales Chronicle] Newspaper article from The North Wales Chronicle, 1837 - Courtesy of Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales [Clipping from South Wales Echo] Newspaper article from the South Wales Echo, 1897 - Courtesy of Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru /...
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Three Irish Poets – Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill
OpenLearn Ireland

Three Irish Poets – Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill

...analysis of literature, you might be interested in taking the second-level course A230, Studying Literature. Sources and References Colman, Anne Ulry (1996) Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century Irish Women Poets, Galway: Kenny’s Bookshop Galway. Crotty, Patrick (1995) ed. Modern Irish Poetry: An Anthology, Belfast: Blackstaff Press. Duffy, Charles Gavan (1889) The Irish...
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Developing Stamina for Decolonising Higher Education
Education & Development

Developing Stamina for Decolonising Higher Education

...analysis, decolonisation remains impossible as long as our livelihoods continue to be underwritten by systemic violence and unsustainability. Resources for Developing Affective and Relational Capacities As mentioned above, there is no universal guide to decolonisation. It demands different things of different people, and thus it is important to have different resources,...
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