The Human Rights Q&A: Political artist Carla Novi
Interview with artist Carla Novi, 33, from Mexico City, about her film , Desaparecidos about students campaigning for truth and justice for 43 trainee teachers who disappeared in Mexico in 2014.
Big data in the social sciences Workshop
A one-day workshop to bring together prominent scholars from a number of institutions to discuss the theoretical and methodological challenges associated with the use of Big Data.
IndyRef Twitter Analysis: Most talked about policy areas
Analysis of tweets using #indyref hashtag in early 2014 and identifies those issues most frequently discussed.
Ukraine, Kremlin propaganda and the Cold War trap
Analysis of media and social media stories in Russian and Ukraine..
The impact of perceptions of Russia upon Russian-speaking migrant communities in the UK
Ruth McKenna introduces her PhD entitled ‘Imagining Russia in British political, media and popular discourses post-1999: the impact upon Russian-speaking migrant integration in the UK’.
IndyRef Twitter Analysis: New & traditional media
Ssnapshot of one week’s coverage of the debate about the Scottish Independence Referendum on the social media platform, Twitter.
Event series: LGBT lives in Russia and Lithuania, 11-23 February 2014
A programme of screenings and talks presents a close glimpse into the state of LGBT cinema and culture in Russia and Lithuania today.
Future of the Scottish press
By Professor Philip Schlesinger and Dr Alex Benchimol In the run-up to the independence referendum on 18 September, Scotland’s newspaper press is facing a double challenge. First, can print journalism adapt to the digital revolution, given a continuing decline in newspaper sales? Second, can the press perform its civic role in contributing to an increasingly…
Part 2: Broadcasting, Communications and Scottish Independence
In this two part series, University of Glasgow Professor and Visiting Professor at LSE Philip Schlesinger, comments on the white paper on independence put forth by the Scottish Government. In this second post he examines the proposals for a new Scottish public broadcaster and regulatory arrangements, arguing that it is actually incremental change that is in question.
Part 1: Broadcasting, Communications and Scottish Independence
In this two part series, University of Glasgow Professor and Visiting Professor at LSE Philip Schlesinger, comments on the white paper on independence put forth by the Scottish Government. In this first post he explains the context of the proposals for the broadcasting and communications in Scotland’s Future, suggesting that even without independence, they can…