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...social sciences. Cliodhna O’Connor describes how traditional gender stereotypes are projected onto scientific information and its subsequent reporting. But the dynamics of online spaces have also facilitated more nuanced debate about the social implications of research, and its potential to perpetuate inequalities...“Brain Study Confirms Gender Stereotypes”, “Why...

...Social Sciences Student Connections, Big Conversation. ...[illustration depicting public spending] In 2008, Western governments borrowed and spent billions bailing out banks to avoid the collapse of the global financial system. Since then, many of these governments have introduced austerity measures to reduce government debt. However, concern that cuts to welfare spending...

...social distancing’ are likely to be. Whether all of these will be remembered as terms that defined a particular period in history but which, once social norms began to change, started sounding very much of their time. The phrase ‘fake news’...its meaning became stretched to cover everything from deliberately deceitful propaganda to mild criticisms of legitimate...