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Psychological research, obedience and ethics
Society, Politics & Law

Psychological research, obedience and ethics

...public, college students, psychologists and psychiatrists. He asked them to speculate on how far they thought most people would go if asked to administer shocks. Most ordinary people said that participants would generally refuse to administer shock, or at least not go very far beyond the point where the ‘learner’ experienced pain. Also, most said that participants...
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Have we got Wonga wrong? A defence of payday loans
Money & Business

Have we got Wonga wrong? A defence of payday loans

...public outcry about lending and debt collection practices. In a classic case of public pressure leading to regulatory action, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) introduced a series of measures to protect consumers including: A daily interest rate and fee cap of 0.8% for every £100 lent. A total cap on the maximum any customer will pay in interest and default fees...
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Were most women overlooked from the Ascent of Woman?
Society, Politics & Law

Were most women overlooked from the Ascent of Woman?

...public protest. There is no space in this programme for the sort of stories which, for example, underpin Catherine Hall and Leonore Davidoff’s Family Fortunes. This seminal 1989 study of “the world as provincial middle class people saw it” places women at the centre not only of domesticity, but also religion and enterprise, the foundation pillars of the British...
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What's in store for Angela Merkel's fourth term?
Society, Politics & Law

What's in store for Angela Merkel's fourth term?

...public perceptions of the Merkel government’s achievements. One minute Germany was a “desolate land”, the next an “island of prosperity”. Germans are well aware of their relative prosperity in Europe but seem to have been traumatised by the impact of the migrant crisis within their borders. Anxiety runs high over international tensions and there is a fear that...
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Selling Empire: Film
History & The Arts

Selling Empire: Film

...1932 pamphlet) in a variety of areas. In this way the EMB should be seen not as a momentary flash in the pan, but rather as embedded in wider trends towards marketing Empire, and towards the increasing scope and dynamism of public relations efforts by British public bodies in general. The BBC established an Empire service in 1932, and the British Council opened in 1934....
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Sofas, car seats and toilet seats: where are your tweets read?
Languages

Sofas, car seats and toilet seats: where are your tweets read?

...public a very important question; "where do you engage with Twitter? " From the bathroom toilet to driving - nowhere is excluded when it comes to Twitter...Some of us spend longer using Twitter than we care to admit. As an academic, I use it constantly to keep up with conferences, developments in my field, network with fellow academics and interact with students. I’m...
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How are social workers portrayed in the media?
Languages

How are social workers portrayed in the media?

...public domain is skewed in that child deaths are widely known about and reported on, whereas the removal of children is not public information as the press are excluded from family courts (I am grateful to social worker Vicki Ayris for this point). Sometimes being a social worker didn’t seem to be relevant to the story at all (18% of instances): And now, the social...
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How to read the news
Society, Politics & Law

How to read the news

...publication. It can be a good idea to look at when such corrections took place in relation to the original time and date of publication, and also to see what type of ‘mistake’ has been corrected. This can give you a sense of the sort of guidelines by which news organizations operate and can help you be more critical when reading the news more generally. After all,...
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