The Politics of Media and Cultural Policy
Media and cultural policies are shaped by the few with access to political power. What role can academics play in current policy debates? Philip Schlesinger is director of the Centre for Cultural Policy Research at the University of Glasgow.
Social Science Perspectives on Risk Regulation
In this lunchtime series of lectures, a selection of LSE's academics from across the spectrum of the social sciences explain the latest thinking on how social scientists work to address the critical problems of the day. They survey the leading ideas and contributions made by their discipline, explain the types of problems that are addressed and the tools that are used, and explore the kinds of solutions proposed.
The Importance of Alternative Financing: global perspectives on Islamic finance
This lecture discusses the growing role alternative financing arrangements, such as Islamic finance, have on the global financial markets. It explains how morality or faith based forms of finance can continue to enhance modern finance in the future.
The Future of Capitalism and Globalisation: Global Perspectives and a European Agenda
The subprime crisis and the global recession are receding. But what will be their long-term consequences? What future awaits globalization, international relations, and the market economy? What are the global trends of crisis policies and what do they mean for the post-crisis world? These fundamental questions will be addressed at an evening debate that will offer both the big global picture and the view from the new EU Commissioner for Trade.
Pt 3-The Future of Media in Children’s Education: A Focus on Tweens
Pt 3 of a national conference hosted by Children Now and The Future of Children.
Pt 2b-The Future of Media in Children’s Education: A Focus on Tweens
Pt 2b of a national conference hosted by Children Now and The Future of Children.
Pt 2a-The Future of Media in Children’s Education: A Focus on Tweens
Pt 2a of a national conference hosted by Children Now and The Future of Children.
Pt 1-The Future of Media in Children’s Education: A Focus on Tweens
Pt 1 of a national conference hosted by Children Now and The Future of Children includes a keynote address from Milton Chen, executive director of The George Lucas Educational Foundation.
The Politics of Media and Cultural Policy
Philip Schlesinger, director of the Centre for Cultural Policy Research at the University of Glasgow.
Social Media Collaboratory: Introduction to Social Media
Understand the benefits and challenges of effectively engaging with social media.
Learn how participate and organize online discussions in forums, mailing-lists, blogs and video discussion sites.
Understand how a blog can give you a voice and learn the basics of publishing a blog.
Understand how social bookmarking can be a very effective way to gather and share information about online resources.
Learn how to use wikis and understand their use as a collaborative writing (collabowriting) tool
Mechanical Devices for Industry
La asignatura trata sobre la descripción de algunos mecanismos más utilizados en la industria, dando una visión general de las técnicas utilizadas en IngenierÃa Mecánica, para el análisis y sÃntesis de mecanismos. Asà mismo, se conjugan el desarrollo de las competencias especÃficas de conocimiento, habilidades y aplicación del análisis y sÃntesis de mecanismos, con competencias transversales de comunicación oral y escrita en lengua extranjera. Por esto, la asignatura se imparte Ãn
Understanding media: The celebrity in the text
Kylie Minogue, George Clooney, Nicole Kidman are all prominent celebrities, but how has the media created their status and how does what we read in the press influence our opinion? This unit will teach you how to analyse media texts and look at celebrity in a new light.
Introductory MIT Courses, Media, Music and The Arts
Selection of courses to explore Media, Music and The Arts at MIT.
1.2 Sports media
The media play a huge part in sport; we find out what’s happening, how our team is doing and it creates great sporting moments and sports celebrities and stars. This unit looks at the role played by the media in sport and how this has changed with the development of internet and satellite TV. Who calls the shots – athletes, teams or the media moguls? How do social scientists explain this relationship between sport and the media?
2.1 The historical relationship between sport and the media
The media play a huge part in sport; we find out what’s happening, how our team is doing and it creates great sporting moments and sports celebrities and stars. This unit looks at the role played by the media in sport and how this has changed with the development of internet and satellite TV. Who calls the shots – athletes, teams or the media moguls? How do social scientists explain this relationship between sport and the media?
1 The chemical industry
The search for new medicinal products is one of the major driving forces behind the development and application of new synthetic methods. This unit focuses on a specific case study, which follows the development of a drug for the treatment of high blood pressure. It is a particularly good example of the application of organic chemistry in the pharmaceutical industry, and illustrates the scientific processes that are involved in the development of any new drug.
3.7 Perspectives on practice: building relationships
What does it take to become a critical practitioner in social work? This unit will guide you through some important concepts. An understanding of ‘critical perspectives’ will help you take a positive and constructive approach to problems that arise in social work practice.
3.8 Perspectives on practice: building relationships
What does it take to become a critical practitioner in social work? This unit will guide you through some important concepts. An understanding of ‘critical perspectives’ will help you take a positive and constructive approach to problems that arise in social work practice.
8 Perspectives
This unit enables you to hear about some of the participants in the Local Exchange and Trading Schemes (LETS). These are associations of people who make offers of goods and services to and from each other. What is on offer and the requests people make are listed in local directories.
