Public access broadcasting and democratic participation in the age of mediated politics

Mcnair | Sociology | 01 June 2000

This research will evaluate the effectiveness of access formats in british political broadcasting, including such genres as political debate and talk shows, phone-ins and other programme formats devoted to political themes. Through a combination of i ...

Contextual salience and children's learning of adjectives.

Dr Campbell | Psychology | 01 April 1992

Retail loyalty schemes: outcome and impact

Prof Susan Hart | Management and Business Studies | 01 May 1997

Despite the facts that various loyalty schemes have existed since the 1930s, their use in a variety of industrial sectors has grown rapidly in the last 15 years. Yet, their menagerial usefulness and the concomitant implications for consumer behaviuor ...

Incomemental health and coping strategies in low income and unemployed families

Dr Fryer | Psychology | 01 January 1991

Research over the last sixty years has demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt that, for many people, unemployment is responsible for deterioration in mental and physical health. The nature of the causal mechanism is however less well understood. This r ...

Visual signals and children's communication: a visuospatial link?

Gwyneth Doherty-Sneddon | Psychology | 01 December 1998

This project aims to investigate the relationship between visuospatial processing abilities and the processing of visual communication cues (e. G. Facial expression). There are 3 studies: 1. The relationship between childrens nonverbal iq and their ...

Vocalization pointing and the acquisition of speech

Prof Butterworth | Psychology | 01 October 1988

The gesture of pointing with the index fingure is a specifically human way of communicating. When pointing first by the baby to draw the attention of another person to an interesting object. Our general hypothesis, in st ...

Internal and external perceptions of accounting disclosure and r and d expenditu

Dr Goodacre | Management and Business Studies | 01 October 1988

Low investment in research and development by uk companies has been cited as a contributory factor to the comparatively poor performance of uk industry. The reasons underlying this low r&d investment remain unclear, despite considerable discussion in ...

Strengthening connections: a general model for repetition priming and learning.

Professor Vicki Bruce | Psychology | 01 October 1993

Application abstract: during the last few years there has been considerable progress in understanding how people recognise faces and objects. This progress has been aided by developments in computer modelling techniques which allow us to test theoret ...

Management conversion fellowship contracts 1989

Prof Leopold | 01 October 1989

Employment in british superstores

Prof N/A Dawson | 01 October 1983

Superstores provide many job opportunities. The research shows the types of jobs created and the job history of employees in these new stores. The project indicates how retailers organise the labour in such stores and consequently the range of types ...