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Oxford’s Twitter users among UK’s politest
Oxford Mail Researcher Dr Hannah Fry, of the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) at University College London, said: “Twitter has a reputation for being really the home of angry, aggressive messages that people send each other. “I think it says something a … |
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Oxford’s Twitter users among UK’s politest
Oxford Mail Researcher Dr Hannah Fry, of the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) at University College London, said: “Twitter has a reputation for being really the home of angry, aggressive messages that people send each other. “I think it says something a … |
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Oxford’s Twitter users among UK’s politest
Oxford Mail Researcher Dr Hannah Fry, of the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) at University College London, said: “Twitter has a reputation for being really the home of angry, aggressive messages that people send each other. “I think it says something a … |
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Oxford’s Twitter users among UK’s politest
The Oxford Times Researcher Dr Hannah Fry, of the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) at University College London, said: “Twitter has a reputation for being really the home of angry, aggressive messages that people send each other. “I think it says something a … |
Orkney and Shetland population are the most polite when it comes to TwitterHerald ScotlandScientists at the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) at University College London investigated patterns of Twitter profanity by monitoring tweets sent fr…
Continue reading »At the end of June, I noticed a tweet about new words in Oxford English Dictionary (OED): I like dictionary definitions, as they help to clarify things, and OED is famous for the careful editing and finding how a term is used before adding it. Being in the OED is significant for Citizen Science, as […]
Evening StandardRevealed: Twitter users in two London boroughs post messages with some of …Evening StandardThe findings were revealed as part of an investigation for BBC Radio 4 by researchers from the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) at U…
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Phew! Swansea doesn’t figure on list of most sweary places on Twitter
Southwales Evening Post Researchers at the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) at University College London carried out the study for Radio Four programme – Future Proofing. It looked at 1.3 million tweets during the week and found Saturday and Sunday afternoons … |
Most & Least Sweariest Places In Britain RevealedEntertainmentwiseThe Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) at UCL has investigated where exactly in Britain is the most prone to using foul language, specifically online via Twitter. From the w…
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Geo-Tagged Swearing Check Outs Redcar as Most Profane UK Location
Gizmodo UK Researchers from UCL’s Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis analysed Twitter messages tagged with geographical data by smartphones, finding that nearly eight per cent of all tweets sent from Redcar and its the surrounding area contained at least one … |
Study names rudest region in UK on TwitterLocalGovAn investigation by the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) at UCL found tweets sent from Redcar and Cleveland were the most profane, with almost 8% of messages sent over a week in August and Se…
Continue reading »Mid Ulster MailTyrone town top place for swearingMid Ulster MailScientists at the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (Casa) at University College London investigated patterns of profanity by monitoring tweets sent from smartphones with geo-location s…
Continue reading »And the swearing capital of the UK is…..Torquay Herald ExpressScientists at the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at University College London investigated patterns of swearing on Twitter by monitoring tweets sent from a smartphone with geo-locati…
Continue reading »Telegraph.co.ukWhere in the UK do people swear most on Twitter?BBC NewsResearch has revealed the areas of the UK in which Twitter users are most likely to swear in their posts. Researchers from the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) at Univers…
Continue reading »Matt Zook drew my attention to this paper in an article he and his colleagues recently wrote called The ‘actually existing smart city’. In it, they point to the fact that a science of cities is not new – that it … Continue reading →
Continue reading »BBC NewsBlyth swimmer in near-miss with cargo shipBBC NewsA swimmer involved in a near miss with a cargo ship said he was taking a dip in the harbour because it was cheaper than the local pool. An RNLI lifeboat was called to the Port of Blyth in Northu…
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Fixing Oxfordshire’s worst roads not ‘best value’
BBC News Researchers from the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) at University College London monitored all geo-located tweets sent from smartphones in the UK. The findings, taken from 28 August to 4 September, showed Redcar and Cleveland to be the … |
Telegraph.co.ukRedcar and Cleveland top places for swearingTelegraph.co.ukThe research was conducted for a new Radio 4 series, Future Proofing, by Dr Hannah Fry, a lecturer in the mathematics of cities at the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA)…
Continue reading »Redcar: where Twitter is a dirty word (lots of them) The Independent
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Continue reading »Redcar: where Twitter is a dirty word (lots of them) The Independent
Continue reading »Redcar: where Twitter is a dirty word (actually – lots of them) The Independent
Continue reading »Redcar: where Twitter is a dirty word (actually – lots of them) The IndependentFFS, why are they so angry in Redcar? People in the North Yorkshire seaside resort, previously famed for its racecourse and steelworks, are the most likely to …
Continue reading »Redcar and Cleveland top places for swearing Telegraph.co.ukAn analysis of Twitter found that Yorkshire folk and people who live in the countryside utter the most profanities, while Westminster came near the bottom of the …
Continue reading »Where in the UK do people swear most on Twitter? BBC NewsResearch reveals the areas of the UK in which Twitter users are most likely to use coarse language.
Continue reading »BBC NewsBBC Local Live: Oxfordshire on Wednesday 10 September 2014BBC NewsResearchers from the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) at University College London monitored all geo-located tweets sent from smartphones in the UK. The findings, take…
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BBC Local Live: North-east England on Wednesday 10 September 2014
BBC News St James’ Park will host six games across two days at the end of May featuring 12 Super League clubs. The league says the fixtures and kick-off times will be confirmed in mid-November. Previous Super League Magic Weekend venues include, Etihad … |
BBC NewsBlyth swimmer in near-miss with cargo shipBBC NewsA swimmer involved in a near miss with a cargo ship said he was taking a dip in the harbour because it was cheaper than the local pool. An RNLI lifeboat was called to the Port of Blyth in Northu…
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It’s official: football fans really do love swearing
Telegraph.co.uk The research was conducted for a new Radio 4 series, Future Proofing, by Dr Hannah Fry, a lecturer in the mathematics of cities at the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) at UCL. Dr Fry monitored Twitter activity in the UK from any tweet sent … Where in the UK do people swear most on Twitter?BBC News Redcar: where Twitter is a dirty word (actually, lots of them)The Independent Strabane is the last word in tweets full of bad languageBelfast Telegraph |
Telegraph.co.ukWhere in the UK do people swear most on Twitter?BBC NewsResearch has revealed the areas of the UK in which Twitter users are most likely to swear in their posts. Researchers from the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) at Univers…
Continue reading »The IndependentRedcar: where Twitter is a dirty word (actually – lots of them)The IndependentScientists at the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) at UCL investigated patterns of Twitter profanity by monitoring tweets sent from a smartphone wit…
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Middlesbrough Council’s £4.5m swing bridge gets go ahead
BBC News Plans have been approved for a £4.5m swing bridge to cross part of the River Tees in Middlesbrough. The vehicle and pedestrian bridge will be built at the entrance to Middlehaven Dock, Middlesbrough Council said. More than £150m is already being … |
The Transport Map Books are available for each local authority district in England and present a series of maps related to commuting behaviour. The data are derived from multiple sources including: the 2011 Census, Department for Transport estimates and the results of a research project looking at carbon dioxide emissions linked to the school commute.
All the maps are available to download HERE; and the R code used to create them and the emissions model is on Github.
These data relate to Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA) level estimates of travel to work flows by transport mode. The raw data are available from the ONS. For the maps, the flows have been limited to those both originating and terminating within each local authority district.
The Department of Transport provide a range of statistics at Lower Layer Super Output Area level about accessibility and connectivity to a series of key services. A subset of variables were mapped.
These data were generated as part of an ESRC funded project investigating emissions associated with the school commute. The model provides an estimate of the carbon dioxide emitted at Lower Layer Super Output Area level. For full details of the methodology, see the open access paper:
Singleton, A. (2013) A GIS Approach to Modelling CO2 Emissions Associated with the Pupil-School Commute. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 28(2):256–273.
These attributes were extracted from the 2011 census data provided by Nomis at Output Area level.
Workplace zones are a new geography for the 2011 census for the dissemination of daytime population statistics. A number of attributes were selected related to transport, and also were downloaded from Nomis.
When you look at the discussions that are emerging around the term ‘Citizen Science‘, you can often find discussion about the ‘Citizen‘ part of the term. What about the ‘Science‘ part? This is something that once you start being involved in Citizen Science you are forced to contemplate. As Francois Grey like to note ‘Science is too important […]
BBC NewsOfficers probe scene of fatal Kidlington house fireBBC NewsResearchers from the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) at University College London monitored all geo-located tweets sent from smartphones in the UK. The findings, taken from …
Continue reading »BBC NewsUpper Arncott 40-acre solar farm approved by councillorsBBC NewsApproval was granted by Cherwell District Council for solar panels to be built in Upper Arncott. The eight megawatt solar photovoltaic farm will be built on an agricultural field c…
Continue reading »BBC NewsPlan for 54 homes in Hook Norton rejected by councilBBC NewsResearchers from the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) at University College London monitored all geo-located tweets sent from smartphones in the UK. The findings, taken from…
Continue reading »Alex Singleton – Cities and context: The codification of small areas through geodemographic classification from The Programmable City on Vimeo.
Talk given at NUI Maynooth – Code and the City, 3-4 September 2014.
Continue reading »The Lost Labyrinth of Ancient Egypt – Part 2 Ancient Origins(Read Part 1 ) The lost labyrinth of ancient Egypt is a colossal temple said to contain 3,000 beautifully adorned rooms connected by a confusing array of …
Continue reading »BBC NewsSpace studio school opens its doors in BanburyBBC NewsResearchers from the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) at University College London monitored all geo-located tweets sent from smartphones in the UK. The findings, taken from 28 Au…
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