Political Studies Article with James Dennis: ‘Social Media, Professional Media & Mobilisation in Contemporary Britain: Explaining the Strengths & Weaknesses of the Citizens’ Movement 38 Degrees’

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Political Studies Article with James Dennis: ‘Social Media, Professional Media & Mobilisation in Contemporary Britain: Explaining the Strengths & Weaknesses of the Citizens’ Movement 38 Degrees’

Digital media continue to reshape political activism in unexpected ways. Within a period of a few years, the internet-enabled UK citizens’ movement 38 Degrees has amassed a membership of 3 million and now sits alongside similar entities such as America’s MoveOn, Australia’s GetUp! and the transnational movement Avaaz.

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Speaking at the King’s CyberParty conference next Friday

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Speaking at the King’s CyberParty conference next Friday

Hosted by the new King's Centre for Digital Culture (Director: Dr Paolo Gerbaudo), the conference will examine the significance of the new party formations whose organizational infrastructure and political identity is heavily shaped by their use of digital communication technologies, such as Podemos, the 5 Star Movement, Syriza, and the Pirate Parties in Germany, Sweden, and Iceland.

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"Boundary-Drawing Power & the Renewal of Professional News Organisations: The Case of the Guardian & the Edward Snowden NSA Leak" International Journal of Communication

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"Boundary-Drawing Power & the Renewal of Professional News Organisations: The Case of the Guardian & the Edward Snowden NSA Leak" International Journal of Communication

I’m finally getting round to uploading slides from some of my recent talks. With the ongoing controversy about Edward Snowden you might be interested in this piece I wrote with Simon Collister.

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New Article in the New Routledge Companion to Social Media and Politics

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New Article in the New Routledge Companion to Social Media and Politics

Our chapter, ‘Politics in the Age of Hybrid Media: Power, Systems, and Media Logics,’ features alongside a rich and diverse range of chapters in the excellent new Routledge Companion to Social Media and Politics, edited by Axel Bruns, Gunn Enli, Eli Skogerbo, Anders Olof Larsson, and Christian Christensen.

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Workshop on Digital Media, Power, and Democracy in Election Campaigns, Washington DC, July 1-3

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Workshop on Digital Media, Power, and Democracy in Election Campaigns, Washington DC, July 1-3

A quick note to update you on the (invitation-only) workshop that Jennifer Stromer-Galley and I are running in Washington next week on the theme of Digital Media, Power, and Democracy in Election Campaigns. This is part of the preparation for a special issue of the International Journal of Press/Politics, which Jennifer and I will edit.

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New Article: Boundary-Drawing Power and the Renewal of Professional News Organizations: The Case of the Guardian and the Edward Snowden NSA Leak

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Simon Collister and I have written a new article that examines the mediation of the Snowden leak. It will be out with the International Journal of Communication very soon. We’re presenting this at the APSA Political Communication Section Preconference in Washington, DC next week. Abstract and full PDF below

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