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Paris Attacks: Social media is the villain of the piece, and the hero of the hour Creative commons Icon
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Paris Attacks: Social media is the villain of the piece, and the hero of the hour

...Emotions et résilience face au carnage du 13 novembre à Paris" on Storify] The hashtag #PrayforParis also became a global message, with more than 7 million tweets is several hours. Exploring even a small range of how so many people expressed their resilience is to find meaning in a world that seems absurd, incomprehensible, uncontrollable. Images and symbols...
What effect is social media having on the way we mourn global tragedies? Creative commons Icon
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What effect is social media having on the way we mourn global tragedies?

...emotion, or more to do with self-promotion?...Social media has become an integral part of the way we process and respond to global tragedies. But the reaction to the ‘faked’ tube sign that circulated after last the terrorist attack in London in March shows that opinions are still divided about the authenticity of the emotion that’s expressed online. Can the way in...
Thrill seeking and risk taking - what has made extreme sports into a worldwide phenomenon? Creative commons Icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Thrill seeking and risk taking - what has made extreme sports into a worldwide phenomenon?

...et al, 2015). These are no longer niche pursuits shrouded in mystery, with several high-risk sports gaining visibility through their increased broadcast and social media presence and their transition into mainstream competitive domains. For example, the Winter Olympics now includes several sports that previously only sat within the X Games programme, such as slopestyle...
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Health, Sports & Psychology

Can computers be therapists?

...et al., 2015). The rapid advancement and acceptance of computer technology in everyday life, together with a gap in clinical services, has led to “the rise of e-therapies” (Stasiak et al., 2015, p. 2), such that computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (a type of computerised/e-therapy) has been recommended by the National Institute for Health and Clinical...
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Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring the psychological aspects of sport injury

...et al. (2013), in their review of eleven studies, found that while emotions generally become more positive as rehabilitation and recovery progress, fear is a prominent emotion when an individual returns to sport. Emotions can fluctuate and therefore as an individual progresses through their sport injury journey they will likely experience highs and lows and fluctuating...
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Education & Development

Reading and motivation: focusing on disengaged readers

...et al., 2022). However, even for Reading Teachers, motivating disengaged readers is not easy. Some of these young people will have been demonstrating their disinterest for years, separating themselves from the keen readers – those they may perceive as ‘boffins’ – and adopting an indifferent or negative attitude to reading. Many actively claim and sustain the...
The Colour of Success: Can uniform colour impact on team success? Creative commons Icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Colour of Success: Can uniform colour impact on team success?

...emotion, and aggression as well as being recognised as an element of signalling in competitive interactions in many non-human species (Hill and Barton, 2005). Colours have been found to contain certain unique psychological properties and can have a strong impact on our emotional feelings. (Hemphill, 1996; Wright n.d). For example, Red is viewed as a powerful and physical...
Will piloting juryless trials for rape cases in Scotland lead to a reduction in bias?
Society, Politics & Law

Will piloting juryless trials for rape cases in Scotland lead to a reduction in bias?

...et al, 2022a). However, research has shown that juries can be subject to biases that can impact the decision-making process when rendering a verdict (Willmott, 2019). These biases can include pre-trial publicity bias (Ruva & Coy, 2020), racial bias (Curley et al, 2022b), rape myth bias (Dinos et al, 2014), and social media influence (Taylor & Tarrant, 2019), all of which...