Jonathan Bright

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Highly Influential Citations159
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SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
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We provide an overview of the capabilities and development practices of SciPy 1.0, an open source scientific computing library for the Python programming language. Expand
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The Social News Gap: How News Reading and News Sharing Diverge
This article seeks to explain variation in news sharing patterns on social media. It finds that news editors have considerable power to shape the social media agenda through the use of “story… Expand
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Securitisation, Terror, and Control: Towards a Theory of the Breaking Point
Securitisations permit the breaking of rules: but which rules? This article argues that any given security situation could be handled by a variety of different ‘rule breaking’ procedures, and that… Expand
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Recommendations on the statistical analysis of the Comet assay.
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In 2010, the Statisticians in the Pharmaceutical Industry (PSI) Toxicology Special Interest Group met to discuss the design and analysis of Comet assay. Expand
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Mechachal: Online Debates and Elections in Ethiopia - From Hate Speech to Engagement in Social Media
Anecdotal evidence suggests social media are used by individuals and groups wanting to incite hatred and violence, yet the empirical evidence we present in this report suggests the these extreme… Expand
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Does Campaigning on Social Media Make a Difference? Evidence From Candidate Use of Twitter During the 2015 and 2017 U.K. Elections
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This study tests three theories linking social media to vote outcomes, using a novel 6,000 observation panel data set from two British elections. Expand
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The Life and Death of Political News
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We explore the relationship between a news story’s readership and its likelihood of being removed from the front page, based on the “most read” lists common to many news websites. Expand
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Explaining the Emergence of Political Fragmentation on Social Media: The Role of Ideology and Extremism
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Author Correction: SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
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An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper. Expand
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The real component of virtual learning: motivations for face-to-face MOOC meetings in developing and industrialised countries
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This paper aims to assess the learner motivations behind creation of these offline communities and assess the extent to which these patterns vary between developing and industrialised regions. Expand
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