Dear Colleagues
For those members with an interest in the broad area of political
communications, here is the schedule of papers for the Political
Studies Association "Media and Politics Group" Annual Conference, to
be held this week at the University of Strathclyde.
While there is no space for any more delegates, anyone that would
like a copy of list of abstracts is welcome to email conference and
group convenor Dr Michael Higgins
((michael.higgins /at/ strath.ac.uk)<mailto:(michael.higgins /at/ strath.ac.uk)>)
and they'll be sent one at the end of the week.
Schedule
Thursday 5 November
Session 1
Bethany Klein* and Claire Wardle**, University of Leeds*, Cardiff
University**: A different kind of television: Unconventional
discourses in entertainment programming
Ana Ines Langer, University of Glasgow: The historical evolution of
the politicisation of private persona in the UK
Margot Buchanan, University of Stirling: Politicians on Facebook
Alec Charles, University of Bedfordshire: The politics of trivia: a
case study in the ideological iconography of the fantastical
marginalia of BBC News online
Chair: Heather Savigny, University of East Anglia
Session 2
Daniel Allington and Guy Cook, The Open University: Mass media
discourse and the politics of climate change: a reception study of
The Truth About Climate Change and The Great Global Warming Swindle
Orla Vigso, Orebro University, Sweden: Building trust through
images? Portrayals of politicians in the posters of the 2009
European parliament election
Ivor Gaber, University of Bedfordshire and City University, London:
The slow death of the Westminster Lobby: collateral damage from the
MPs' expenses scandal
Chair: Brian McNair, University of Strathclyde
Session 3
Ricardo Zugasti and Cristina Zurutuza, San Jorge University, Spain:
2009 European elections in Spain: Really European?
Elisabeth Lueginger, University of Salzburg, Austria/Technical
University of Ilmenau, Germany: Putin's successor: The Russian
presidential election 2008 in TV news of Pervyj Kanal, Rossija and NTV
Morten Skovsgaard Hansen and Arjen Van Dalen, University of Southern
Denmark: A special breed: Describing parliamentary journalists as a
specific beat
Chair: Bethany Klein, University of Leeds
Reception, with talk by Lesley Riddoch, in Senior Common Room, 5th
Floor, Livingstone Tower
Friday 6 November
Session 4
Emiliana De Blasio* and Michele Sorice**, CMCS Luiss University and
University of Molise*, CMCS Luiss University**, Italy: The Italian
politics in Facebook and Second Life: Participation, mistrust and
disintermediation processes
Eike M. Rinke, University of Mannheim, Germany: Effects of fictional
television drama on the perception of social problems and support
for public policies: evidence from a two-wave experiment
Jeremy Collins, London Metropolitan University: Sending a message:
ecstasy, equasy, and the media politics of drugs reclassification
Chair: Philip Drake, University of Stirling, UK
Roundtable
Ivor Gaber, University of Bedfordshire and City University, London
Dominic Wring, Loughborough University
John Curtice, University of Strathclyde
Chair: Mick Temple, Staffordshire University
Session 5
Marina Prentoulis, University of East Anglia: Political journalism
and accountability: rethinking political representation as 'acting for others'
Suzanne Franks, University of Kent: A surfeit of trust? The media
and the aid world
Emily Harmer, Loughborough University: Politicians, newspapers and
women voters: a cycle of distrust?
Chair: Michael Higgins, University of Strathclyde
Session 6
Rasha El-Ibiary, The American University, Cairo, Egypt: Cultural
geopolitics, orientalism and Hollywood's radicalism
David Archibald, University of Glasgow: The pictures speak for
themselves? The police, photography and protest
Jen Birks, University of Nottingham: Citizenship, trust, and being
'in touch' with 'public feeling'
Chair: Philip Drake, University of Stirling
Closing remarks by Brian McNair, University of Strathclyde
Dr Michael Higgins
Department of English Studies
University of Strathclyde
Glasgow G1 1XH
Tel: +44(0)141 548 4678
Email: (michael.higgins /at/ strathc.ac.uk)
Home Page:
http://www.strath.ac.uk/english/membersofthedepartment/higginsmichaeldr/
