Dear Colleagues
For those interested – and not all-conferred-out by now – I include
below the list of papers in the Media and Politics stream of the 57th
Political Studies Association Annual Conference from 11 -13 April 2007
at the University of Bath, including a number provided by Scott Wright
and his colleagues on e-democracy.
The Media and Politics Specialist Group Conference is due to be held
later in the year, and a call for papers will be issued in due course.
Information on the activities and ever-expanding membership of the Media
and Politics Group can be had from co-convenors Heather Savigny
([log in to unmask]) and Michael Higgins
([log in to unmask]).
Papers:
Vincent Campbell (University of Leicester)
Political communication and the “chaos paradigm”
Valentina Cardo (University of East Anglia)
Representing ‘Real’ People? When Big Brother Met George Galloway
Andrew Chadwick (Royal Holloway, University of London)
They Came, But Will We Build it? The Strange Case of E-Democracy in
Silicon Valley
Stephen Coleman (University of Leeds)
Governing at a Distance – Politicians in the Political Blogosphere
Alina Dobreva (University of Leeds)
Media Perception in Interpersonal Political Discussions
Spring-Serenity Duvall (Indiana University)
From walking the red carpet to saving the world: celebrity activism and
Angelina Jolie as an actress, activist and mother
Spring-Serenity Duvall (Indiana University)
Ralph Nader, superstar? Celebrity politics in the 2000 and 2004 US
presidential elections
Bob Franklin, Justin Lewis, Andy Williams (Cardiff University)
A Compromised Fourth Estate? UK News Journalism, Public Relations and
News Sources
Rachel Gibson (University of Leicester), Stephen Ward (University of Oxford)
What Do they Want, and How do they Want it? Australian Attitudes to
E-democracy
Mary Francoli (Royal Holloway, University of London), Stephen Ward
(University of Oxford)
Political Representatives, Blogs and Networked Democracy: An
Anglo-Canadian Comparison
Oliver C. Fueg (University of Exeter)
Governance of European television regulation: beyond the market/culture
divide?
Wim Hannot (Free University, Brussels), Nico Carpentier (Catholic
University of Brussels)
To be a common hero: The political identity of mediated ordinary people
J. Michael Lyons (Indiana University School of Journalism)
A democratic divide? Investigating the “virtuous cycle” in Eastern Europe
Julian Matthews (Bath Spa University)
Taking issue with asylum: The press reporting of political debate during
the 2005 general election
Machiko Miyakoshi (University of Bristol)
The Impact of European Broadcasting Regulation: the End of the UK’s
Public Service Broadcasting Regime?
Marianne Polychroniadou (University of Athens)
Politics as Spectacle
Lawrence Pratchett (De Montford University)
Democratic X-Ray: Comparing e-democracy developments in Europe
Heather Savigny (University of East Anglia)
Media malaise and marketing
Eugenia Siapera (University of Leicester)
The Subject of Political Blogs
Tracy Simmons (University of Leicester)
The personal is political? Blogging and political subjectivities
James Stanyer (Loughborough University)
The hype and reality of 'political' blogs in the UK
George Tzogopoulos (Loughborough University)
Understanding neoconservatism in the European elite press
Scott Wright (De Montford University)
Blogging Local Democracy
Liu Yu (Hong Kong Baptist University)
Eyes on local governments: The strategy of investigative journalism in China
Li Zhang (University of Leeds)
Representing Europe: Image of the EU in China and Chinese National
Security Strategy
Conference booking details are available here:
http://www.psa.ac.uk/2007/bookings.htm
Cordially,
Michael
Dr Michael Higgins
URL: http://www.sunderland.ac.uk/~as1sth/mhiggins.htm
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