Speaking at the International Journal of Press/Politics Conference at Reuters Institute, Oxford Next Week
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On October 11 I’ll be giving the keynote at this year’s International Journal of Press/Politics conference.
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New Article: Do Tabloids Poison the Well of Social Media? Explaining Democratically Dysfunctional News Sharing
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We (Cristian Vaccari, Ben O’Loughlin and I) examine the links between the sharing of tabloid news and the propensity to misinform and disinform others on UK social media.
Read MoreFunded PhD Studentships: Improving the Health of Our Online Civic Culture: A New Centre for Doctoral Training at Loughborough University
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We have some funded PhD studentships here at Loughborough University. This is the first wave of positions and they’re part of a new interdisciplinary centre for doctoral training we’re setting up.
Read MoreOxford Studies in Digital Politics: New Titles in 2018—and a Call for Proposals in News and Journalism
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My book series with Oxford University Press will publish five new titles in 2018. Francis L. F. Lee and Joseph M. Chan’s fascinating, empirically-grounded account of the Umbrella Movement: Media and Protest Logics in the Digital Era: The Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong.
Read MoreDoctoral and Postdoctoral Funding for Political Communication Research at Loughborough University
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A quick note about postdoctoral fellowships and PhD studentships in communication at my university. If you’re working in areas related to my research and would like to be considered, email me.
Read MoreI’m speaking at the Italian Political Communication Association’s Annual Meeting this week
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I’m travelling to Rome this week to give one of the keynotes at the Italian Political Communication Association’s Annual Conference. The conference is being held at LUISS.
Read MoreVideo of my talk at the Association of Internet Researchers Annual Conference
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This one-hour talk was based on the analysis in the new chapter on the 2016 presidential campaign in the second edition of The Hybrid Media System: Politics and Power.
Read MoreSpeaking at the AoIR Conference in Tartu, Estonia, Next Week
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Next week I’ll be giving a keynote at the Association of Internet Researchers Annual Conference at the University of Tartu, Estonia.
Read MoreAnnouncing the second edition of The Hybrid Media System: Politics and Power
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I’m thrilled to announce that the second edition of The Hybrid Media System is now available for pre-order, for delivery from August 1 in the United States and Canada. It will publish in the UK and the rest of the world in October.
Read MoreSpeaking at two events in London next week—Chatham House and Loughborough CRCC
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On Monday Samantha Bradshaw and Phil Howard launch their new Oxford Internet Institute report on political manipulation of social media at Chatham House. I’ll be discussing the report with them. Registration is open to Chatham House members only.
Read MoreNew Article Now Out in Media, Culture & Society: A Primary Definer Online: the Construction and Propagation of a Think Tank’s Authority on Social Media
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This project was an opportunity to explore a puzzle that I’ve been pondering during many years of watching political coverage in the UK, but especially since the 2008 financial crisis and the Great Recession:
Read MoreNew Article Available in Preprint Now: Why People Dual Screen Political Debates and Why It Matters for Democratic Engagement
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I have a new article (co-authored with Ben O’Loughlin and Cristian Vaccari) out in a few weeks in the Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media. It’s the second piece in our ongoing dual screening project and it features in a special issue devoted to dual screening, edited by Homero Gil de Zúñiga of the University of Vienna.
Read MoreCall For Nominations: Paul Lazarsfeld Best Conference Paper Award (APSA)
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Final call for nominations for this award. The deadline is March 1, 2017.
I’m on the committee with Leticia Bode (Georgetown) and Deen Freelon (American University).
Read MoreI’ll be speaking at the Royal Holloway Digital Organisation and Society Group launch on Feb 22
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Dr Yingqin Zheng and Professor Gillian Symon in the Royal Holloway School of Management have set up a new research group: Digital Organization and Society. They have a launch event this Wednesday, at which I’ll be speaking. I’ll be focusing on media organizations.
Read MorePresenting at the PSA Media and Politics Group Annual Conference, LSE, December 12
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The talk will be based on a forthcoming article—the second piece from our dual screening project—in volume 61 of The Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media: Chadwick, A., O'Loughlin, B. and Vaccari, C. ’Why People Dual Screen Political Debates and Why It Matters for Democratic Engagement.’
Read More“Dual Screening the Political” Wins the Walter Lippmann Award
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I’m recently back from the American Political Science Association (APSA) Conference, which was, as usual, an excellent gathering, full of great papers on many aspects of media and politics. This year the highlight for me and my colleagues, Cristian Vaccari and Ben O'Loughlin, was being presented with the Walter Lippmann Award from APSA’s Political Communication Section.
Read MoreThe Hybrid Media System has been awarded the 2016 International Journal of Press/Politics Book Award
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The Hybrid Media System: Politics and Power has been awarded the International Journal of Press/Politics Book Award for 2016. The Award was announced at the business meetings of the Political Communication and Journalism Studies Divisions at the 2016 International Communication Association (ICA) annual conference in Fukuoka, Japan.
Read MorePolitical 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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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.
Read MoreNow Available: Digital Media, Power, and Democracy in Parties and Election Campaigns: A Special Issue of the International Journal of Press/Politics
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Our special issue on Digital Media, Power, and Democracy in Election Campaigns is now available online. Below are links to the Online First editions of the articles. The bound print edition will publish next month.
Read MoreSpeaking at the King’s CyberParty conference next Friday
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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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