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[ecrea] Media and Politics Group conference 2009

Mon Nov 02 16:01:57 GMT 2009



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/

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