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Statistical analysis unveils the hidden patterns in Eurovision voting

By Guest PostMay 2, 2014Media, Sciencechristoph grosse steffen, conflicting, discrimination, imperial college London, ireland, kirsten bibbins domingo, kosmischer strahlung, mark defrancesco, peptide nanotubes, realist, revolutionist, Scandinavia, screening guidelines, southern europe, soviet bloc, statistical analysis, turkey, turkish, ucl, uk, us notenbank, zentrum der milchstrasse

Voting for the Eurovision Song Contest has been scrutinised by statistics experts at UCL and Imperial College London, who have found that musical talent is unlikely to be the only element that wins scores – but that the contest is not ‘stitched up’ at the UK’s expense.

The analysis of voting patterns over the past two decades suggests that widespread support for certain countries’ acts is, however, not driven by prejudice, as the media periodically suggests, but by positive loyalties based on culture, geography, history and migration. But these effects are relatively small – and the team found no evidence to support Sir Terry Wogan’s criticism that the contest is marred by blatant bias and discrimination. (more…)

Students learn about feature filmmaking with ‘Divergent’ internships

By Guest PostMarch 28, 2014Mediaalexander rohrbach, chantal conneller, Chicago, daniel saudek, douglas adams, film industry, gegenwarten, hitchhikers guide, ice age island, lars friedrich, lichtkraefte, lichtpinzette, nur lokal, pfm, photon kraftmikroskop, sarah duffy, silvia bello, students, zeitvergehen

Joe and Rika Mansueto Library appears as location in film

When the futuristic thriller Divergent started scouting locations for the film last year, Judy Hoffman saw a rare opportunity for her students.

Hoffman, professor of practice in Cinema and Media Studies, knows that a career in film requires a lot of on-the-job learning. Divergent, which is set in Chicago and was shot almost entirely in the city, would let her students see many aspects of the complicated process up close. (more…)

Network news climate change stories rarely report both impact, action

By Guest PostMarch 26, 2014Environment, Media, Politicsabc, amphiprion melanopus, anemonefish, cbs, climate change, climate change impacts, das fahrrad, entacmaea quadricolor, greenhouse gas emission, issue, jared wadley, mein rad, nbc, network, news, political conflict, politician, ribbon reefs, richard ling, Rutgers University, university of michigan

ANN ARBOR — When it involves climate change coverage, viewers don’t always get the complete picture from U.S. network television, according to a University of Michigan study.

Major networks—ABC, CBS and NBC—show the impact or actions taken in climate change stories, but rarely combine the components in the same broadcast to give viewers better coverage, the study shows. (more…)

Writers from seven countries awarded $150,000 Yale prize

By Guest PostMarch 10, 2014Culture, Mediaaminatta forna, australia, beinecke rare book, canada, drama, India, jim crace, john vaillant, kia corthron, literature prizes, manuscript library, nadeem aslam, noelle janaczewska, non fiction, Pakistan, pankaj mishra, sam holcroft, sierra leone, united kingdom, united states, windham campbell, yale, yale university

The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale has announced the winners of the Windham Campbell Literature Prizes. This year’s recipients illustrate the global scale of the prizes, with the eight winning writers hailing from seven countries. The winners in the three categories — fiction, non-fiction, and drama — will receive $150,000 each in recognition of their achievements and to support their ongoing work. (more…)

‘Life as Research Scientist’: Grant Connette, Population Biologist

By BlogArenaMarch 2, 2014Education, Interview, Media, Naturegrant connette, indicator species, movement behavior, population biologist, population dynamics, raymond semlitsch, salamander, salamander populations decline, terrestrial salamander, timber production

Grant Connette received a Bachelor’s of Science in Biology from Davidson College in 2008. In the Fall of 2009 he began a Ph.D. program in Biology at the University of Missouri. His general research interests include various aspects of the population ecology, movement behavior, and landscape-scale distributions of animals. Much of his current research focuses on the behavior, population dynamics, and landscape ecology of terrestrial salamanders in forest landscapes managed for timber production. (more…)

‘Life as Research Scientist’: Taichi Suzuki, Evolutionary Biologist

By BlogArenaFebruary 23, 2014Education, Interview, Media, Naturecorrelation, evolutionary biologist, geography, gut microbial community, host, mammalian model, michael worobey, obesity, symbiotic microbial community, taichi suzuki, wild house mice

Taichi Suzuki, an Evolutionary Biologist, is currently involved in PhD program in Integrative Biology at the University of California Berkeley. He received his Bachelor’s degree from the Nihon University in Japan and completed Master’s in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at The University of Arizona. He is also associated with Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley. (more…)

Wie Unternehmen Wikipedia manipulieren

By Guest PostFebruary 23, 2014Media, Politicsard magazin, infosperber, lufthansa, manipulieren, monitor, natalie perren, online enzyklopaedie, unternehmen, us armee, Wikipedia

PR-Agenturen manipulieren Texte auf Wikipedia im Auftrag von Unternehmen. Die perfide Unterwanderung ist kaum zu kontrollieren.

Die Online-Enzyklopädie Wikipedia ist eines der weltweit meistgeklickten Informationsportale im Netz. Weit über anderthalb Millionen Artikel zu kulturellen, historischen und wissenschaftlichen Themen finden sich allein auf der deutschen Wikipedia-Seite. Verfasst werden diese Einträge von freiwilligen Autoren, die dafür kein Geld bekommen. Das Prinzip des Online-Lexikons: Jeder kann Beiträge einstellen, kontrollieren, verbessern – auch anonym. Durch die Intelligenz der Masse soll ein gewaltiger Wissensspeicher entstehen, glaubwürdig und neutral. (more…)

Hollywood failing to keep up with rapidly increasing diversity, UCLA study warns

By Guest PostFebruary 15, 2014Entertainment, Mediaafrican american, america, ana christina ramon, california, darnell hunt, diversity, diversity in hollywood, diversity of america, film, film industry, hollywood failing, oscar winning films, shonda rhimes, the iron lady, tv, tv comedies, ucla, zachary price

When it comes to influential positions in the entertainment industry, minorities and women are represented at rates far below what would be expected given their percentage of the general population, according to a new study done at UCLA’s Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies.

In fact, the report shows, the proportion of female and minority actors, writers, directors and producers in films and TV ranges from just one-twelfth to one-half of their actual population percentage. (more…)

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