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Telling Tales: what is happening on police Facebook sites?
Society, Politics & Law

Telling Tales: what is happening on police Facebook sites?

...social media use by police forces since the late noughties, there hasn’t been a great deal of published research into these online interactions. Online communication can be an effective way to capture community sentiments regarding police work. With the right investment, it is an exciting opportunity to allow communities and police to work effectively together...There...
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International Management
Money & Business

International Management

...interact with people from other cultures; as a result it has become essential to understand the culture and social and economic institutions of other countries in order to maintain and run a successful business. This series looks at three different perspectives on managing across different national contexts as we hear from experienced international managers and from...
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Migrant businesswomen and the census
Society, Politics & Law

Migrant businesswomen and the census

...interactive experience exploring the legacies of migrant entrepreneurs in Britain based on data collected from the Census. The best way to discover when this new content is live to subscribe to our newsletter or follow us on our social media channels: Twitter, Facebook or Instagram . About the project [Laura Hampton ] The project will tell herstories of twentieth-century...
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Are movies really getting longer?
History & The Arts

Are movies really getting longer?

...social interaction more efficient, but also less flexible and spontaneous. Max Weber famously wrote about bureaucracy, especially how even the most charismatic or creative individuals would eventually come to rely on stable routines. More recent works highlight just how much depend on rationalization in government, at work, and in pop culture. With new tools in data...
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Does fiction make people more empathic and is that a good thing?
History & The Arts

Does fiction make people more empathic and is that a good thing?

...social contact has generated research and public interest over the past decade or so. In 2013, a series of experiments by researchers Daniel Comer Kidd and Emmanuel Castano (2013) were published in the influential Science journal, generating headlines such as ‘Reading Fiction Makes You A Nicer Person’ (Barras, 2013), ‘Now We Have Proof Reading Literary Fiction Makes...
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How do children learn the concept of race?
Education & Development

How do children learn the concept of race?

...interactions with other human beings. Their idea of their social identity comes from everyday interactions and early on, children display favouritism towards those who share the same or similar social identities. In-group bias means favouring people who look like us or who are like us in other ways, showing in-group rather than out-group preferences. Can we argue then...
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Ageing Well Collection
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ageing Well Collection

...interactives and courses. ...[Ageing Well Public Talks logo]The Ageing Well Public Talk Series (AWPTS), a novel educational intervention co-produced with and for the public, was founded on the principles of the innovative model ‘Five Pillars for Ageing Well’ (5P). AWPTS is the result of a public education portfolio, developed over 18 years, and the principles of 5P...
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Supporting young researchers with 'MyShout!'
Education & Development

Supporting young researchers with 'MyShout!'

...interactive activities. ...What is MyShout!? MyShout! is an online resource which young researchers can use to teach themselves about how to do social research. It was designed by Dr Cindy Kerawalla and a group of young researchers. MyShout! divides research into 8 easily digestible stages. Young researchers can work their way through the activities in each stage, usually...
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