Inequality in the UK: the data behind the National Equality Panel report. Have we really become less equal as a society? A new study has produced a compelling anatomy of Britain's social secret.
Poverty and Inequality in the UK: 2011 Joseph Rowntree Foundation. (read the Executive summary, pages 1-3)
Facts and statistics on women's inequality in the UK
Workless families: a convenient untruth - A belief in inherited underclass idleness is spreading, but in reality multiple generations who have never worked is very rare
Tuesday 31 January 2012
Monday 30 January 2012
Social Inequality in UK
Why Britain's battle to bring down social inequality has failed:
Danny Dorling's new book exposes the unprecedented rises in inequality that put us on a par with Victorian society – and explains why they endure
Here!
Why inequality persists: A new report examines inequality in forensic detail.
Author Danny Dorling introduces the key datasets - and a new set of postcode-level UK poverty indicators
Here!
A selection of material from lectures, presentations and talks of Professor Danny Dorling and the SaSI research group.
Here!
Professor Danny Dorling: Selected Lectures
Here!
Caste System - Social Inequality
Here are various links to videos and whatnot concerning the Caste System which relate to the A2 unit on Social Inequality
Wiki page
The Indian Caste System - An Introduction
India Untouched: Darker side of India: 1 or full documentary here.
Hindu Caste System and Discrimination in the United Kingdom (UK)
The Untouchables: Breaking Down Caste Barriers in India
The Untouchables
Is India's caste system a crime against humanity?
India’s low-caste still “untouchables”
India's Dalits now have a growing role in business
The Untouchables - A short documentary focused on the lowest caste in past and present Hindu society
Dalit Reality
Does the caste system still linger in the UK?
CasteWatchUK
The secret scandal of Britain's caste system
Court ruling challenges India's caste system
Caste System in Sikhism
INDIA UNTOUCHED(see link towards top of list above) is Stalin's second film on the issue of caste -- his earlier film 'Lesser Humans', on manual scavenging, won the Silver Conch at the Mumbai International Film Festival and the Excellence Award at Earth Vision Film Festival, Tokyo, and helped to bring international attention to the issue of caste.
'Lesser Humans'
Friday 27 January 2012
Twitter censorship
Read it here before the internet shuts down!
And when you are twittering your latest tweet regarding your irrelevant opinion concerning some utter triviality, remember that the FBI are watching you.
And when you are twittering your latest tweet regarding your irrelevant opinion concerning some utter triviality, remember that the FBI are watching you.
Thursday 26 January 2012
What sort of people write for The Sun?
A fascinating revelation in today's Sun...
Harry Redknapp says 'I'm disorganised and can't write' .
Apparently Mr Redknapp 'writes like a two year old and can't spell'. This inability to write and spell has, fortunately, not stopped him getting a job as a columnist on The Sun.
Harry Redknapp says 'I'm disorganised and can't write' .
Apparently Mr Redknapp 'writes like a two year old and can't spell'. This inability to write and spell has, fortunately, not stopped him getting a job as a columnist on The Sun.
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| Redknapp - Illiterate thicko laughing all the way to the bank (in Monaco, allegedly) with money given to him by even thicker Sun readers. |
Wednesday 25 January 2012
Tuesday 24 January 2012
Has trust in the media INCREASED?!
'It's been a tumultuous year for the media dominated by the hacking scandal at News International. But a major study today suggests that trust in the media in the UK and US has actually increased' The Guardian
Thursday 19 January 2012
PressPausePlay
PressPausePlay from House of Radon on Vimeo.
The digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent in an unprecedented way, with unlimited opportunities.
But does democratized culture mean better art or is true talent instead drowned out? This is the question addressed by PressPausePlay, a documentary film containing interviews with some of the world's most influential creators of the digital era. presspauseplay.com @presspauseplay Facebook: on.fb.me/y4gEK1
Monday 16 January 2012
Tuesday 10 January 2012
The CNN Effect - A2 Mass Media
We've looked at how governments and corporations can exert influence on the mass media, haven't we? Yes, we have. You probably weren't listening though. No matter, you probably wouldn't have understood it anyway. Let us imagine though that you did listen and understand because that will allow us to look at the other side of the media control 'coin' in the 'pocket' of your 'mind', as it were.
How does the media exert influence over governments, for example? I'm sure you have your own opinions on this but please bear in mind that your opinions are at best worthless and at worst idiotic. Far better for you to read the following articles on the CNN Effect and thereby increase your knowledge and thus the validity of your opinions. Go on then!
The CNN Effect The CNN Effect and Somalia
'There is a great debate about the relationship between the news media and the foreign policy decision-making process, and the impact the former may have on the latter. Two theories have risen to explain this matter, the so-called "CNN effect" and the "manufacturing consent" thesis'. Read more here.
Monday 9 January 2012
Sunday 8 January 2012
Shooting vs Shooting
I can't find the full version of this documentary on journalists being killed in war zones, but there's ten minute trailer here.
Friday 6 January 2012
Reel Bad Arabs - Media portrayal
Interesting documentary about media portrayal of Arabs in movies etc. The theme tune to Disney's Alladin is particularly charming, apparently he lives in 'A place where they cut off your ear if they don't like your face'
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