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43 Stephen Coleman 25. The view from across the pond: Brexit on American media 44 Filippo Trevisa... more 43 Stephen Coleman 25. The view from across the pond: Brexit on American media 44 Filippo Trevisan 26. A victory of the nation state: the EU Referendum in the Southern European press 45 Iñaki Garcia-Blanco Journalism 27. How our mainstream media failed democracy 47 Steven Barnett 28. Divided Britain? We were already divided… 48 Des Freedman 29. Deliberation, distortion and dystopia: the news media and the referendum 49 Charlie Beckett 30. UK newspapers and the EU Referendum: Brexit or Bremain? 50 Oliver Daddow 31. X marks the spot but the Ys have it: Referendum coverage as a boys' own story 51 Karen Ross 32. Mind the gap: the language of prejudice and the press omissions that led a people to the precipice 52 Paul Rowinski 33. 'They don't understand us': UK journalists' challenges of reporting the EU 53 Anna Wambach 34. Bending over backwards: the BBC and the Brexit campaign 54 Ivor Gaber 35. Bums gone to Iceland: England, Brexit and Euro 2016 55 Roger Domeneghetti 36. It's the 'primary definers', stupid! 56 Chris Roberts 37. Brexit: inequality, the media and the democratic deficit 57 Natalie Fenton

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Media, Culture & Society, 2014

Social media have an increasingly important place in the lives of citizens, and their potential t... more Social media have an increasingly important place in the lives of citizens, and their potential to expand the reach of communication messages beyond individual networks is attractive to those looking to maximise message efficiency. The influence of Facebook in Obama's 2008 campaign success galvanised many politicians into taking it seriously as a campaign tool. Our study explored the Facebook wall posts (1148 in total) of New Zealand Members of Parliament (MPs) leading up to the 2011 general election to determine posting behaviours and differences. Among other things, we found that women posted more frequently than men and that Labour MPs posted more than their National counterparts. Additionally, most politicians do not invite dialogue with readers of their posts, rarely get involved in comment threads and mostly take a monologic approach, using Facebook as a way of broadcasting information rather than as a medium enabling two-way flow. In other words, same old, same old.

Feminist Media Studies, 2012

Women and Media, 2004

4 Women Framed: The Gendered Turn in Mediated Politics Karen Ross Introduction This chapter is co... more 4 Women Framed: The Gendered Turn in Mediated Politics Karen Ross Introduction This chapter is concerned with exploring the relationship between women, politics, and the media, both focusing on the ways in which news media cover stories about women politicians and rehearsing ...

International Communication Gazette, 2005

Political Science, 2014

It is undoubtedly true that social media such as Facebook and Twitter are influencing the ways in... more It is undoubtedly true that social media such as Facebook and Twitter are influencing the ways in which politicians engage the public, no longer hostage to the gatekeeping proclivities of traditional media but now able to broadcast their messages to anyone who wants to hear them. On the public's side, we can now follow politicians who are on Twitter or have a Facebook fan page, comment on their tweets and posts and send them messages directly. So far, so democratic. But how many of us actually do more than just read and how many politicians do more than just inform? Crucially, to what extent can the public influence the political agenda so that politicians not only hear but listen and act? The study on which this article is based aimed to explore how politicians in New Zealand use social media, especially Facebook, and their attitudes towards the effectiveness of social media in the context of a general election campaign. Findings suggest that despite their talk of citizen engagement, most politicians use social media as a means of distributing information (one-way flow) and to make themselves both visible and hip to the public. While cautiously optimistic about the role of social media in the lives of citizens, MPs also suggest that social media must be complementary to and thus incorporated in, a broad-based communications strategy, rather than be seen as a replacement for traditional campaign activities.

Media, Culture & Society, 2004

Media, Culture & Society, 1995

... http://mcs.sagepub.com/content/17/3/499 The online version of this article can be found at: D... more ... http://mcs.sagepub.com/content/17/3/499 The online version of this article can be found at: DOI: 10.1177/016344395017003009 1995 17: 499 Media Culture Society Karen Ross campaign, 1994 Gender and party politics: how the press reported the Labour leadership ...

Local Government Studies, 1994

Local Economy, 1993

Notwithstanding the recessions experienced by the UK economy over the last two decades, manufactu... more Notwithstanding the recessions experienced by the UK economy over the last two decades, manufacturing (engineering) industries continue to account for a larger segment of Gross Domestic Product in the West Midlands region than elsewhere in the country and in 1990 ...

Leisure Studies, 1997

... They've got things from the West Indies. On English TV, I don't mind watching Cathe... more ... They've got things from the West Indies. On English TV, I don't mind watching Catherine Cookson on a Sunday afternoon or tuning in to Emmerdale now and then, but I wish there was a bit more for us. ('Geraldine', Coventry) 245 Black audiences and British TV Page 14. ...

Journalism, 2007

The use of sources in news narratives is an extremely important part of not only the story's... more The use of sources in news narratives is an extremely important part of not only the story's construction but also of its orientation and, ultimately, the point of view being supported in a given story. The sly deceit concealed within journalists' use of sources as apparently independent and ...

Journalism, 2012

... credibility and competence to take on very senior political portfolios, as happened, argu-abl... more ... credibility and competence to take on very senior political portfolios, as happened, argu-ably, in successive US campaigns with candidates such as Elizabeth Dole, Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin. Whilst this is not everywhere the case – and Mary McAleese, Angela Merkle and ...

International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2001

This essay seeks to offer some reflections on doing research with political elites where those el... more This essay seeks to offer some reflections on doing research with political elites where those elites also happen to be women. It tries to show some of the excitements and frustrations of doing research with elite subjects in elite settings, when the researcher is always the ...

International Feminist Journal of Politics, 2000

... Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black. London: Sheba Feminist Publishers. Kelly,L.i... more ... Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black. London: Sheba Feminist Publishers. Kelly,L.iz, Sheila Burton and Linda Regan. 1994. 'Researching Women's Lives or Studying Women's Oppression? ... 1974. Power: a Radical View. London: Macmillan. Marshall, Annecka. 1994. ...

The International Journal of Press/Politics, 2010

... of politicians with citizens, (potentially at least) reducing the former's dependency on... more ... of politicians with citizens, (potentially at least) reducing the former's dependency on the mass media for visibility and voice, although there are competing views on the Internet's real ability to enhance political participation (Coleman and Blumler 2008; Hindman 2008). ...

The International Journal of Press/Politics, 2013

ABSTRACT In the months leading up to the 2010 British General Election, pundits were claiming tha... more ABSTRACT In the months leading up to the 2010 British General Election, pundits were claiming that women would be specifically targeted by all political parties. However, this focus never materialized and it was just more business as usual but with the added novelty of televised leaders’ debates, which meant that coverage was more male ordered than ever. The study on which this article is based monitored articles published in the four weeks leading up to election day across twelve newspapers, comprising a mix of dailies and weekend editions, broadsheets and midmarket, and tabloid titles. The study concentrated on articles that had the election as the main story and which mentioned or sourced one or more candidates, both MPs seeking reelection, and Parliamentary Candidates. We were interested in exploring (any) differences in the news coverage of women and men candidates, looking at both frequency and content. Our findings suggest that women were much less likely to feature in news stories than men, even when controlling for Party Leader coverage. Women were much more likely to be mentioned or quoted in feature articles focused explicitly on gender issues, made interesting because of their sex and couture rather than their political abilities and experience.