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Yes, that's what I meant. I meant that a good indicator of someone being left-wing is the extent to which they think that the free market doesn't monetarily reward their occupation as much as it 'should'. Therefore, a person with a high status, but lower-income (lower-income relative to...

Journalist's income is actually quite low for an occupation that nowadays have a de facto requirement of a tertiary degree (I should know, it's what I'm going to uni to train to be, LOL!). An editor at my local regional newspaper was talking to me about the typical salaries of journalists; a...

I'll try to find the statistics, but I remember reading that the majority of American economists are Democrats not Republicans. I'm not sure about the extent to which the strong salience of social issues (ie abortion and same-sex marriage, etc) in US politics would affect this. Almost all...

Occupation/Profession is often linked to a strong bias in terms of political views. For instance, here in Australia, two basically true stereotypes are that teachers are left-wing and those in the military and police are right-wing. What in your opinions are other occupations where there is a...

I intend a Bachelor of Journalism at La Trobe Bundoora in 2011 (if I get accepted into the course!). I plan to live on-campus and have been researching my options via the La Trobe University website. I have narrowed my options down to University Lodge and Graduate House. Although these are...

Try telling that to Margaret Thatcher, LOL! I think terms such as 'macho, cut through bullshit ... polarize the electorate' are terms that could be very appropriately applied to the most electorally successful British PM of the 20th century (albeit Thatcher did have the good luck of having very...

Hi! I've been a member of Bored of Studies for some time, but this is my first post here. I am considering applying for mid-year entry to the Bachelor of Journalism or Bachelor of Media Studies at La Trobe University (Melbourne campus). What I would like to know is: is mid-year entry...