Conservatives and Strategic Communication Conference
Edge Hill University, 12 December 2018, in association with Liverpool Hope, Chester, Salford and Edge Hill universities and PSA Conservatism Studies and PSA Political Marketing specialist groups.
Non-paper givers are welcome to register via EventBrite as associate delegates and attend the conference for free thanks to PSA funds.
09:00-09:30 – REGISTRATION - Creative Edge Building
09:30-11:00 – PANEL A: Political Change, Ideology and Message
Chair: Rob Busby, Liverpool Hope University
Nina Rogers, Liverpool Hope University
Constructing an image of politics and leadership from Thatcher to May
Kobby Mensah, University of Ghana
Justice Boateng Dankwah
Frank Akasreku
Social media and young voters’ participation in elections
Justin Jackson, University of Cambridge
Conservative by design? The mindset of a typical voter
Azam Jan, Hazara University
Abdul Qayum Khan, Hazara University
Vote for Change Slogan on Social Media and Success of PTI in the Last General Elections in Pakistan
11:00-12:30 – PANEL B: Conservative Parties and Digital Technologies
Chair: Phil Harris, University of Chester (TBC)
Anthony Ridge-Newman, Liverpool Hope University
Digital Campaign Strategy and the British Conservative Party
Ella Fegitz, University of the Arts and Oxford Brookes University
The legacy of Berlusconism: Right-wing populism and the media in Italy
Chris Robertson, University of Chester
Laura Maria Davis, University of Leeds
‘Inch by inch, the Conservatives are understanding how to communicate on social media’: The UK Conservative Party’s developing social media strategy post-2017
Sergey A Medvedev, Dublin Institute of Technology
Is it technology or message? Looking into the powers behind conservative populist movements
12:30-13:00 – LUNCH (provided complementary for delegates)
13:00-13:45 – KEYNOTE: Professor Andrew Russell, University of Liverpool (TBC)
13:45-14:00 – TEA BREAK
14:00-15:30 – PANEL C: Conservative Campaigns and Communication
Chair: Paddy Hoey, Edge Hill University
Lyndon Way, Liverpool Hope University
Turkish government manipulations of political discourses in musical campaign advertisements
Paula Keaveney, Edge Hill University
Campaign for the City: First Steps
Anthony A J Williams, Manchester Metropolitan University
The Vicar’s Daughter: Theresa May’s God Strategy
Angelia R Wilson, University of Manchester
Paul A Djupe, Denison University
Communicating in Good Faith? Dynamics of the Christian Right Agenda
15:30-17:00 – PANEL D: Conservatism, Brexit and Strategy
Chair: Tim Beyer Helm, World Wide Wednesdays
Danny Rye, Liverpool Hope University
Brexit, Voice and (Dis)loyalty: Divisions over Europe in the Parliamentary Conservative Party since 2016
Francesca Granelli, Kings College London
Strategic Communications and Trust – Teresa May’s Brexit
Peter Reeves, University of Salford
Brexit leave voters: Three potential voter segments for the Conservative Party?
Ruth Garland, University of Hertfordshire
Representing Margaret Thatcher’s radical political vision: an analysis of archived documents relating to government communication in the lead up to the 1983 general election
17:00 - CLOSE
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