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Methods in Motion: Acknowledging the active participant
Health, Sports & Psychology

Methods in Motion: Acknowledging the active participant

...multiple known situations it evokes, such as job recruitment, medical consultations or market surveys. Each sets up different expectations about the amount of talking involved, the obligation to provide answers, the degree of distance or informality. A minimally briefed participant may be confused about the appropriate style for the research interview, or even its...
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Neurodivergence and the menopause: a personal journey
Health, Sports & Psychology

Neurodivergence and the menopause: a personal journey

...multiple passwords. I was also in a large and very noisy open-plan office where interruptions and noise overload were highly impactful in a negative way. It was very challenging. It should not have to be this way. [Tired woman rubbing her eyes at work] Changes in our hormones affect many aspects of our lives including cognitive function. Although I previously did not...
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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

...multiple sources, such as by checking particularly serious claims against multiple newspapers. The way that social media works has transformed how political campaigning systematically targets individuals, as it aims to influence their opinions about political issues. In the Brexit referendum the company at the heart of the leave campaign's social media strategy was...
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Data analysis and interpretation
Education & Development

Data analysis and interpretation

...multiple coders to interpret the information independently, and then crosscheck their categorisations or thematic codes, is one strategy that can help to address limitations. In fact, when we are interested in EDI in research, we are also interested in the identities of the actual researchers and the protocols they follow. This involves being vigilant of biases by...
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Beyond the babble: social broadcasting and digital citizenship
History & The Arts

Beyond the babble: social broadcasting and digital citizenship

...multiplicity of migrant voices and experiences in Britain today. The expression of emotion is key for the spread of moral and political declarations in online social networks. Looking at this campaign on Twitter, digital culture researcher and author here, Giota Alevizou, together with Photini Vrikki, a digital humanities scholar at Brunel University, used digital methods...
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How can honour killings be stopped?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can honour killings be stopped?

...multiple perpetrators in extended BME families and communities. It is also worrying that the government is considering using the ‘restorative justice’ approach to change and penalise offending behaviour in domestic violence cases. This approach, although it does not aim to save relationships and is conducted in formal settings, nevertheless ignores the imbalance of...
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Smarty pants: wearable electronics will recharge your life
Science, Maths & Technology

Smarty pants: wearable electronics will recharge your life

...multiple applications. Incorporating a flexible battery into a backpack means that you could charge your phone, MP3 player, or GPS unit from your backpack after a day’s hike. Tent panels that incorporate flexible batteries could capture wind energy and use it to charge a personal computer, GPS or personal locator beacon, such as an Emergency Position Indicating...
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What effect does increasing noise pollution have on mammals?
Nature & Environment

What effect does increasing noise pollution have on mammals?

...multiple demands on our attention are impacting on our ability to concentrate and connect with people. Animals in the wild also face similar challenges. All animals have only a limited amount of attention, and it must be shared between an array of tasks, including locating food, maintaining social bonds and keeping a watchful eye out for both competitors and hungry...
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