{"id":2274,"date":"2015-03-20T15:26:27","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T15:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/evoice\/?p=2274"},"modified":"2015-04-01T16:04:06","modified_gmt":"2015-04-01T16:04:06","slug":"media-round-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/evoice\/media-round-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Media roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the latest edition of the University media digest, which covers major media appearances during the month of February.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In February, media appearances relating to the University created\u00a0over 207 million opportunities<\/strong>\u00a0to view and hear stories via print, broadcast and online outlets. A total of 2,948 news clippings were logged in media outlets based across 28 countries and tweets about press releases from the university twitter account reached over 170 thousand users.<\/p>\n

Below is a selection of stories which reached regional, national and international audiences:<\/p>\n

\"IODP<\/a>Carbon records make waves<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Two pieces of research by Gavin Foster and colleagues in Ocean and Earth Science gained major international media coverage over a two week period. The first paper, looking at climate sensitivity during the Pliocene to predict future climate change, was covered by\u00a0BBC News<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0The Washington Post<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong><\/em>The Daily Mail<\/strong><\/a>, The Independent,<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0International Business Times<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>Scientific American<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0The Belfast Telegraph<\/strong><\/a>, as well as numerous other outlets to create over 160 news clippings. The second paper, which suggested a release of carbon from the deep ocean helped to end the last ice age, also received coverage on the\u00a0BBC News website<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0The Mail Online<\/strong><\/a>, as well as\u00a0BBC Radio 5 Live,<\/strong>\u00a0The Times of India<\/strong><\/a>,<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/em>The Economic Times<\/strong><\/a>,<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0The Business Standard<\/strong><\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0Business Insider (Australia)<\/strong><\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0Fox News<\/strong><\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0The Irish Examiner<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and various other outlets.<\/p>\n

Detecting dark matter<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

News of a proposed particle that may help detect dark matter was reported around the world including\u00a0The Independent<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0The Daily Mail<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0NBC News (USA)<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0Times of India<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0Wired magazine<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0Gizmag<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Red Orbit<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0Tech Times<\/strong><\/a>. Lead author of the study, James Bateman, also conducted an interview with BBC Radio Solent<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"3DLIVE_Indoor_Player_Front\"<\/a>World\u2019s first real-time \u2018mixed reality\u2019 ski race<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

There was worldwide coverage for the world’s first real-time \u2018mixed reality\u2019 ski race including\u00a0BBC Click<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>, The Discovery Channel<\/strong><\/a>, and <\/strong>Electronics Weekly<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Eating disorders and financial issues<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Research by Dr Tom Richardson into the relationship between\u00a0financial problems and eating disorders<\/a>\u00a0was covered by\u00a0The Independent<\/em><\/strong><\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0Fox news<\/strong><\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0ITV Meridian<\/strong><\/a>, BBC Radio Solent <\/strong>and several specialist websites. Tom was also interviewed on\u00a0BBC Radio 4’s Women’s Hour<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0programme.<\/p>\n

A related piece of research into\u00a0tuitions fees and mental wellbeing<\/a>\u00a0appeared in the\u00a0Times Higher<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0University Herald<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Academics on the airways<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

During February, Professor Mark Nixon appeared on BBC Newsnight talking about facial recognition software. You can view the feature here<\/a> via the BBC News website.<\/p>\n

Professor Jane Ball was interviewed on BBC Radio Four\u2019s File on Four programme and Professor David Sear spoke with BBC Countryfile\u2019s Matt Baker about the lost Suffolk town of Dunwich reaching an estimated 6.5 million viewers. Darren Naish\u2019s interview about a new species of dinosaur featured across 36 local BBC radio stations.<\/p>\n

\"malaysia<\/a>Malaysia Campus Experts Featured<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

A series of articles featuring academics from the University of Malaysia Campus are currently featuring in The Sun newspaper in Malaysia. The latest academic featured is Dr Low Sow Yiong whose expertise lies in Electronic Systems, Circuits and Mathematics. The Sun reaches an estimated 305,000 readers in Malaysia every day.<\/p>\n

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The Conversation<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

University academics contributed 16 opinion pieces to The Conversation during February and March. These articles had a total readership of nearly 500,000 and were republished on popular websites including\u00a0<\/strong>IFL Science, Business Insider and The Huffington Post. Top articles included Jorg Wiedenmann\u2019s <\/strong>Revealed: why some corals are more colourful than\u00a0others<\/a>, Pia Riggirozzi\u2019s What is going on in Argentina with President Fernandez de\u00a0Kirchner?<\/a> and<\/em> John Dearing\u2019s China farming boom has left ecosystems in danger of total\u00a0collapse<\/a><\/p>\n

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If you have a story, or are undertaking research that you think might be of interest to the press, please contact us on press@soton.ac.uk<\/a>. You can also view a more comprehensive listing of the University\u2019s latest media coverage at http:\/\/www.soton.ac.uk\/mediacentre\/news\/in_the_news\/current.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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