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The road to representivity
Overview This new paper from the Centre for the Analyisis of Social Media at Demos and Ipsos MORI argues that whilst social media platforms offer powerful new ways of understanding society, they are often researched poorly, with little examination of the extent to which insights are representative of social media users or wider society. The...
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The metric tide: report of the independent review of the role of metrics in research assessment and management
Executive summary This report presents the findings and recommendations of the Independent Review of the Role of Metrics in Research Assessment and Management. The review was chaired by Professor James Wilsdon, supported by an independent and multidisciplinary group of experts in scientometrics, research funding, research policy, publishing, university management and administration. Scope of the review
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Who done it, actually? Dissociative identity disorder for the criminologist
Through the analysis of clinical examples, the paper explores how decisions are made by a person with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), the notions of choice and ‘competent reasoning’, and the practical and ethical ways for interviewing a person with DID. Abstract
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The net effect: using social media data to understand the impact of a conference on social networks
The research uses social media data from Twitter to develop a methodology for understanding the effects of events and conferences.