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Who are otherkin - and how should we view them?
Society, Politics & Law

Who are otherkin - and how should we view them?

...researched how otherkin, and others, have been viewed through the centuries. ...As social beings, a sense of identity plays an important role in our relations – and in our own happiness. But identity doesn’t have to be narrowly human. In an essay looking at the groups that exist on the edge of conventional boundaries, and are often subject to prurience and ridicule,...
Fake news, filter bubbles and Facebook
Science, Maths & Technology

Fake news, filter bubbles and Facebook

...research shows that the actions of users themselves are still a very important element in the way that Facebook gets used. [people looking at their phones] Research conducted at the Open University has been looking specifically at how people’s actions create the context of the space in which they communicate. Of equal importance to the influence of the algorithm is what...
Using digital tools to save languages
Languages

Using digital tools to save languages

...researching the storytelling patterns of my community. I spent days trying to persuade my grandma to tell me some of the stories from her time. But she’s always been moody, and she wouldn’t comply. Then one morning, out of the blue, she started telling me stories. After the first one, I had this gut feeling that I had to record it, even though I didn’t know how I...
How can a genetic mutation shared by many Brazilians help in the fight against cancer?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can a genetic mutation shared by many Brazilians help in the fight against cancer?

...Research Fund in London, and coincidentally at exactly the same time by three other groups working independently in the USA and France, and led by Arnold Levine, Lloyd Old and Pierre May. p53 is a tumour suppressor. Its job is to protect us from cancer by making sure that, when our cells divide as part of routine growth and maintenance of our bodies, they do so without...
Social media and networks in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social media and networks in health and social care

...Research UK. Pharmacies, GP consultations and private care services are also often available online. Activity 2 What are the advantages and disadvantages of the internet? Using the drop down choices below, identify whether you think each of the following statements is an advantage or disadvantage of the internet for health and care, or both. Discussion You might have come...
This is not a city: Milton Keynes
Society, Politics & Law

This is not a city: Milton Keynes

...researcher John Beckett suggests, there is little the government can do to stop any local authority calling itself a city. Yet 42 towns applied in the 2002 competition, and another 25 towns applied in 2012. Why does a competition for the status of city, awarded just 23 times since 1905, attract so many applicants? For many, city status seems to be a marker of identity and...
The OU Welcomes Carers
Health, Sports & Psychology

The OU Welcomes Carers

...research study illustrates what it can be like to be a carer: ‘You know, it’s just that constant sort of presence that I have to be. A lot of encouraging her to eat, encouraging her to wash and do self-care, all round that kind of thing’. Kubiak et al, 2021 This carer’s account describes how caring can be difficult to plan around and disruptive of everyday life...
Sometimes a bunny is just a bunny: The Playboy brand and sexualisation of children
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sometimes a bunny is just a bunny: The Playboy brand and sexualisation of children

...researchers go on to blame these goods for a mind-boggling range of social ills, from lack of self-esteem to bodily dissatisfaction to low academic attainment, and (in what seems a worrying logic of blaming the victim) for placing girls at risk from adult sexual predators. Playboy's extensive range of merchandise for women, encompassing make-up, jewellery, stationery, bed...