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Using AI to understand violence against journalists

Professor Jackie Harrison and Dr Diana Maynard gave a presentation entitled 'Towards a journalist risk barometer using AI to understand contextual predictors of violence' at the World Press Freedom Day Academic Conference.

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Digital arts and culture - the perfect ‘hook’ for digital inclusion

New research will investigate how the arts and culture sector could help older people to engage with digital services.
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£800,000 MORPHSS project aims to investigate and promote open research practices in the Humanities and Social Sciences

MORPHSS (Materialising Open Research Practices in the Humanities and Social Sciences) is designed to create frameworks and guidelines to encourage adoption of open practices in HSS as well contribute to our knowledge of such practices.
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National industry awards shortlisting for School of Journalism, Media and Communication

The School of Journalism, Media and Communication has made the shortlist in four different categories in the prestigious National Council of Training for Journalists (NCTJ) Awards for Excellence.
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Dani Madrid-Morales elected to lead division of the ICA

Dr Madrid-Morales, Lecturer in Journalism and Global Communication, was recently elected to lead the Global Communication and Social Change Division of the International Communication Association.
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Generative AI paper authored by Dr Kate Miltner among British Academy's 13 discussion papers on "good" digital society

The papers, from a range of expert perspectives across the ‘SHAPE’ disciplines (Social Sciences, Humanities and the Arts for People and the Economy), explore the question: ‘What are the possibilities of a good digital society?’