Social Inequality in UK 2

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

Social Inequality in US

Will add stuff to this post later but here's

Christine L. Williams Inside Toyland: Working, Shopping, and Social Inequality




We’re Not Broke, Just Twisted: Extreme Wealth Inequality in America


Richard Wilkinson: How economic inequality harms societies

Inequality.org

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'

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.

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.

Redknapp - Illiterate thicko laughing all the way to the bank (in Monaco, allegedly)
with money given to him by even thicker Sun readers. 

Sexism in the media

Read this

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

Read all about it!

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

Ownership and control of the Media - mind map

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.

Charlie Brooker's Daily Mail Island

Just because it's always worth having a go at the Daily Mail

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.

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'

AS Ethnic Identity - Institutional Racism/Stephen Lawrence - Has anything changed?

So where are all the black police officers?