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http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/nov/10/week-off-facebook-denmark-likes-this-happiness-friends
A week off from Facebook? Participants in Danish experiment like this

Summary
This article is about a research in denmark who split 1,095 daily Facebook users into two groups, half given access to the site as normal and the remainder forced to quit. Participants aged between 16 and 76 were quizzed before the experiment began on how satisfied they felt, how active their social life was, how much they compared themselves to others, and how easy they found it to concentrate. The group was then split, with half behaving as normal and half agreeing to abstain from Facebook for seven days.
Key Data

• they found that after a week those on a break from the social network felt 55% less stressed.
• “We look at a lot of data on happiness and one of the things that often comes up is that comparing ourselves to our peers can increase dissatisfaction,” said Meik Wiking, CEO of the Happiness Research Institute in Copenhagen.
• “Facebook’s been a huge part of life since I was a teenager and lots of social activities are organised around it.”
• “When I woke up, even before getting out of bed, I’d open Facebook on my phone just to check if something exciting or important had happened during the night. I worried I’d end up on Facebook just out of habit.”

My View
in my opinion i believe that too many people rely to heavily on social media and base their whole lives around it. therefore i believe this research was a good way to test how it would make people feel and in this case people felt less stressed while being away from social media which shows how much of an impact it actually has in people's lives.




http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/nov/12/sun-most-men-newsroom-study-suggests
Sun has most male newsroom of national newspapers, study suggests

Summary
The Sun has the highest proportion of male journalists out of the UK’s main daily national newspapers, research has suggested. “The Sun is always seeking to increase diversity and gender balance within its staff. We particularly seek to support women returning to work after maternity leave by offering job share and part time options. Of course, more can always – and should – be done to get greater representation of women in the newsroom.”
Key Data

• The Sun’s fellow tabloid, the Mirror, was the next most male-dominated newsroom, the research suggested, with men making up seven in 10 of those listed on Gorkana.
• 72% of Sun journalists listed were male, compared with an average of 60% across the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Guardian, Sun, Mirror, Independent, Times and the Financial Times.
• The Telegraph and the Mail had the highest proportion of women, accounting for 46% of Telegraph journalists and 44% of those at the Mail, which has a higher proportion of female readers than other papers.
• Just over 40% of journalists at the Guardian and the Financial Times were women, while the figures were 35% at the Times and 32% at the Independent, the research found.

My view
in my opinion i think there should be women should be more involved