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Marketing communications in the digital age
Money & Business

Marketing communications in the digital age

...attention will be placed on those elements that can help or hinder the way the message is received and interpreted. These include: The message itself The sender needs to ensure that the content, structure, form, etc. can be understood and decoded by the receiver. For example, is the writing on a motorway billboard big enough to be seen? Does the story in the advert make...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Night sky puts on a meteor shower to celebrate Rosetta’s closest approach to the sun
Science, Maths & Technology

Night sky puts on a meteor shower to celebrate Rosetta’s closest approach to the sun

...attention, mainly because it occurs in the middle of the summer holiday. A story about cosmic fireworks is a sure winner for a slow news day, especially given that people may be away from city lights, and able to see the night sky more clearly than usual. Meteors, or shooting stars, are dust particles the size of sand grains that travel through the atmosphere, about 50...
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Is the UK media failing Welsh voters?
Society, Politics & Law

Is the UK media failing Welsh voters?

...attention is paid to Wales, let alone the assembly. Broadcasters in Wales, on the other hand, reach a far greater proportion of people than newspapers. BBC Wales Today is the most widely consumed – 37% of people frequently tune in – while 17% and 13% of people in Wales regularly watch ITV’s Wales Tonight or listen to BBC Radio Wales respectively. [Percentage of...
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Methods in Motion: Communicating a challenge to liberal democracy
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Communicating a challenge to liberal democracy

...attention of traditional newspapers. Such methods go some way to exploring the impact of a social movement, by building understanding of the relationship between its virtual and physical presence. Footnote: Contemporary use of “La Casta” is a rhetorical reference to the 18th century Spanish Empire’s system of racial classification, in which the “white” elite...
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Article 5 mins
Here’s the truth about false accusations of sexual violence
Health, Sports & Psychology

Here’s the truth about false accusations of sexual violence

...attention away from questions that are ultimately more instructive for preventing sexual violence. And in fact, asking why reports of sexual harassment and violence are treated with suspicion may bring us closer to understanding what we can do to lift the barriers to reporting and seeking successful redress. It will also ultimately bring us closer to understanding the...
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Article 10 mins
Millennial burnout: building resilience is no answer – we need to overhaul how we work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Millennial burnout: building resilience is no answer – we need to overhaul how we work

...attention. social competition and comparison are continually reinforced online, and engaging with this has already been shown to be associated with depressive symptoms in young people For example, we know that traditional social comparison plays a role in work burnout. For millennials, social competition and comparison are continually reinforced online, and engaging with...
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Article 10 mins
The value and progress of jury research in Scotland
Society, Politics & Law

The value and progress of jury research in Scotland

...attention has focused on Scots law’s “not proven” verdict, where the research found that individual jurors were less likely to favour a guilty verdict where the option of not proven was available. That sits alongside a body of other research, which has grown in recent years, examining that verdict, and which has contributed to the decision of the Scottish Government...
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Article 5 mins
What effects does mercury have on health and the environment?
Science, Maths & Technology

What effects does mercury have on health and the environment?

...attention deficit disorder. Mercury compounds have no detectable effect on the mother, but can be detected in her hair, and mercury levels in maternal hair are strongly related to the severity of post-birth effects in children. Is the risk from mercury higher for infants and nursing mothers? Infants can also be exposed to mercury compounds via breast-milk. In some fishing...
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Article 5 mins