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What effect is social media having on the way we mourn global tragedies?
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What effect is social media having on the way we mourn global tragedies?

...profile image to facilitate this. Since the attacks on the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris particularly, the rallying of expression around hashtags of support or condolence (e.g. #JeSuisCharlie) has become the online counterpart of the candlelit vigil, creating spontaneous global communities united in mourning. But in some quarters this ‘ecstatic sharing’ is devaluing...
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Sarah Everard murder: the problem with the government’s plan to make women ‘feel’ safer
Society, Politics & Law

Sarah Everard murder: the problem with the government’s plan to make women ‘feel’ safer

...us this, and a new government strategy – particularly one published after such a high-profile and devastating murder – should have reflected this. Instead, most measures have not actually been changed from previous years. The policy continues to expect women to keep themselves safe, while proposing to funnel money (and not very much) into new methods of “keeping safe”. These criticisms are not new. The Reclaim the Night ......
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Twin Town and Welsh cinema in the late 1990s
History & The Arts

Twin Town and Welsh cinema in the late 1990s

...looked as though it would be a watershed year. It saw the release of three fairly high-profile feature films by young directors and seemed to offer the promise of a developing film culture that would steadily increase the presence of Wales on international cinema screens. House of America (dir. Marc Evans), Twin Town (dir. Kevin Allen) and Darklands (dir. Julian Richards) were all very different in tone and subject matter,......
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The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Sponsorship
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Sponsorship

...profile and esteem of a company and its products. However, there are also public dangers to this strategy. Often a less than reputable product can improve its public perception through sponsorship. This is perhaps especially the case in which less than healthy or downright unhealthy items are made to appear to “good for us” by their association with a top athlete or...
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Making the conversion: How does being a Rugby World Cup host city help a local economy?
Money & Business

Making the conversion: How does being a Rugby World Cup host city help a local economy?

...profile sporting events to be held in the UK. In addition, many more people will spend money watching games live in pubs and bars, while spending on food from supermarkets typically increases by around a third during such big sporting events. Infrastructure Host cities have already benefited from £85m in infrastructural enhancements as they prepare for the tournament....
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Public health communication during a pandemic
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Public health communication during a pandemic

...profile accounts in a bid to reach younger audiences. [stay home save lives] From the ‘right’ message to the ‘right’ conditions As any act of communication, health communication does not happen in a vacuum. It is embedded in existing social and cultural relations whose power dynamics vary sharply across communities. These create very different conditions for the...
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How does trauma influence identity and engagement with extremism?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How does trauma influence identity and engagement with extremism?

...profile’ for an extremist. [Dominos falling over.] What does this have to do with trauma and identity? Given that there are many factors implicated in engagement with extremism and that many people could potentially share these factors and experiences, the question that fascinates researchers is not why do people become extremists, but why do so few people become...
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‘Literary Caregiving’: The War Library and Endell Street Military Hospital Library
History & The Arts

‘Literary Caregiving’: The War Library and Endell Street Military Hospital Library

...profile as well as meaning it could operate more successfully, from an institutional base. Until that point, May Gaskell, as she was known, funded the library along with her brother, Beresford Melville, and a few wealthy and influential friends, some of whom included politicians. Lady Battersea offered her Marble Arch mansion, then standing empty, to house the donated...
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