Social Science sites of the week Archive

Here is the latest update of new and interesting sites for social scientists Coronoirus news – Covid-19 news Links to papers and reactions are being added on the blog focussing on UK government documents and social science aspects such as responses to government measures. Importance of social science at this time a great editorial from the LSE Impact of the Social sciences blog. Feminists viewpoints LSE Women Peace and Security blog posting Fawcett society and other women’s organisations call to make women visible at this time See more on our Scoop.it page Media Cloud is monitoring global media coverage of the pandemic and has some interesting facts and figures on its website . It uses Media Cloud’s National and State & Local collections in the US, Italy, Spain, Germany, the UK, and France to look at media coverage and Worldometers data on coronavirus cases covering Feb 15 onwards. ACLED Covid disorder tracker A really useful data source for international relations researchers ...

In the news – really only one topic Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) web archive Archivist are already working to serve social media communications , publications and some reaction. Archive.it has a collection of over 2,000 websites curated by the Content Development Group of the International Internet Preservation Consortium. web crawling began in February 2020, and the collection will continue to add new content as needed during the course of the outbreak and its containment. High priority subtopics include: coronavirus origins; information about the spread of infection; regional or local containment efforts; medical'scientific aspects; social aspects; economic aspects; and political aspects. Websites are from anywhere in the world and in any language are in scope In the UK National Records of Scotland are working with partners and clients in the Scottish Government, NHS Scotland and beyond to capture key websites that document Scotland's response to Covid-19. These snapshots ...

In the news this week Post-Brexit The Integrated Review of foreign policy launched  by UK Government  See more reaction in our blog Our approach to the Future Relationship with the EU  The UK’s approach to negotiations with the European Union. 27 feb paper. Coronavirus crisis We are starting to add materials on the economic impact on our blog The men will get their freedom.. I only want to ask them to consider others. Nancy Astor- maiden speech -some free facts "The men will get their freedom. I do not want to rob them of anything that is good. I only want to ask them to consider others" This formed part of the maiden speech of Nancy Astor the first woman MP to sit in the House of Commons. It was delivered on 24th February 1924 on t he topic of the restriction of alcohol during the Liquor Traffic Restrictions debate The House of Commons has a transcript from the speech from Hansard It also has a 6 minute film about her impact and importance pl...

Budget day 2020! The budget took place on March 11th.  Live coverage on parliamentary TV channel Transcripts will be made availabl e later in the day on Hansard LSE members can watch archived materials (since 1997) via the   Box of Broadcasts Read the   full text papers on the UK Government website The   Of fice for Budget Responsibility  will publish an accompanying economic outlook on its website. it also has an  economic and fiscal outlook The  House of Commons Library  also has a good background briefing. The y also have some historic  facts and figures giving a list of chancellors and lengths of speeches from 1968  onwards. News reports BBC news Telegraph Guardian Independent  FT D aily mail Financial analysis from accountancy and financial services, tax firms IFS budget analysis Deloitte PWC EY Club Budget Saffery Champness Grant Thornton BDO KPMG RSM Industry...

Reality TV ? Does it harm mental health  With the recent death of Love Island reality  TV presenter Caroline Flack we have been reminded that a number of contestants on the show have tragically died in similar circumstances. What is the evidence about reality TV and its impact on mental health? The  Mental Health Foundation  has a good posting from 2019 which summarises areas of concern relating to the welfare of the contestants and the impact on the body image and self esteem of the audience.  It has called for a greater duty of care Indeed the  Digital media and Culture committee  has heard evidence during a 2019 a public inquiry into Reality TV. This includes submissions from broadcasters on what they do to safeguard. Care of contestants is an issue. John Oates Chair of the British Psychological Society Media Ethics Advisory Group and member of the Society’s Ethics Committee has discussed th e psychology on the Conversation blog ITV has issued ...