Political communication
Around the world, communication is fundamental to politics and the role of media in society is deeply politicised. 91制片厂 has a long and distinguished record of analysing how media of all kinds shape鈥攁nd are shaped by鈥攑olitical power. We have new and distinctive strengths in social media and political communication, reflected in the foundation in 2018 of our new Online Civic Culture Centre (O3C).
91制片厂 has been at the forefront of political communication research in the UK for over 25 years, examining campaigns, protest movements, radical politics, democratic deliberation, journalism, populism, media theory, and social media.
Our wide-ranging research is independently recognised as internationally world-leading (REF 2014. 2021). Projects have been supported by the Leverhulme Trust, the British Academy, ESRC, AHRC, the BBC, The Guardian, and the Electoral Commission, among other bodies.
We host the world-leading series , edited by Professor Andrew Chadwick.
- The power of social media platforms
- Analysis of election and referendum campaign communication
- Social media and political engagement
- Democracy, journalism and the future of news
- Impartiality and accuracy of news reporting
- Online misinformation, disinformation, intolerance and hate speech
- Media audits for third sector organisations and policy actors
- Nationalism and political identities
- Political lobbying, activism and citizen engagement
- Populism
- Research methods
Research highlights:
- “Inform, educate, entertain”: Improving the accuracy and impartiality of the BBC's coverage of UK rural affairs
- UK election and Brexit campaign analysis: Increasing the accountability of major news providers by analysing their reporting of the 2015-19 UK General Elections and 2016 EU Referendum
- Afzal Ashraf
- Ali Bilgic
- Francisco Brandao
- Andrew Chadwick
- Sophy Daneault
- David Deacon
- John Downey
- Natalie-Anne Hall
- Jennifer Hankin
- Renee Karunungan
- Anthony Kevins
- Brendan Lawson
- Yunyi Liao
- Penny Litchfield
- Elizabeth Mavroudi
- Sabina Mihelj
- Anastasiya Pshenychnykh
- Nathan Ritchie
- Jessica Robles
- Itoitz Rodrigo-Jusue
- Andy Ross
- Michael Skey
- Vaclav Stetka
- Cristian Tileaga
- Manuel Torres-Sahli
- Anthony Tsantes
- Cristian Vaccari
- Dominic Wring
- Hanye Yang
- Anna Zsubori
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