Media and Politics

Research and Class Material

Research and Teaching

A special welcome to students studying media and politics around the globe! Here is a free chapter from my textbook to download: http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/25741/ . Also, see this part of the website for online resources for the study of political communication: http://www.media-politics.com/onlinestudyresources.htm. Much of my own work can be downloaded from my Publications page.
 
I hope to set up some more links for resources for students soon (especially those writing papers etc.) because my web traffic reports suggest that's what most people are looking for, but I hope what I have here now is helpful.

Sarah Oates
Professor of Political Communication
School of Social and Political Sciences 


2011 International Affairs Conference, Royal Irish Academy 

Web Diplomacy 2.0: Opportunities, Threats and Challenges in Exporting Democracy On Line

Text: 

oates democratisation and new media 25 nov 2011.docx

Slides: 

Oates New Media and Democratisation Nov 2011 b.ppt

Full CV: http://www.media-politics.com/Sarah Oates CV updated 2011 for web.doc

University of Glasgow
Glasgow, Scotland UK
G12 8RT

Email: sarah.oates@glasgow.ac.uk

Terrorism, Elections, and Democracy

Political Campaigns in the United States, Great Britain, and Russia


The politics of fear have come to dominate much of the political agenda in many countries in the wake of 9/11.Terrorism, Elections, and Democracy examines how the fear of terrorism affected how elections were fought and won in 2004 and 2005. The book finds original and compelling evidence for how security issues dominated elections in the United States and Russia, while discussing why British politics were relatively unchanged. The findings suggest that the democratic intentions of elections can be overwhelmed when politicians, journalists, and the public focus on fear rather than politics in a campaign.
 

American Political Science Association Pre-Conference paper

From Political ‘Surf’ to Political ‘Turf’?: Developing Website Analysis to Better Understand the Internet as a Political Catalyst

 

Paper prepared for the 6th Annual APSA Pre-Conference on Political Communication
Old Media, New Media: Political Communication in Transition

 

Click here to download:  

http://www.media-politics.com/oates apsa pre conf 2008 aug 25 08.doc

Textbook

Introduction to Media and Politics by Sarah Oates

 

A textbook for the emerging field of comparative media studies

-- you can search inside on Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

Published by SAGE and distributed in the US and UK.

Paperback 978-1412902625 £22.99 in the UK, $47.25 in the US

Hardback 978-1412902618 £65.00 in the UK, $99.95 in the US

Introduction to Media and Politics draws together evidence from the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia and beyond to provide students with an understanding of the relationship between the media and the political sphere. This highly accessible text balances theory with case studies on elections, war, terrorism, and the emerging role of the Internet, enabling the reader to think critically about how the media should work in the service of democracy. It places the study of media and politics in a comparative perspective, allowing the reader to consider how the same media institutions - including commercial and public service broadcasting, paid political advertising, and war coverage - function in different countries. This text is essential reading for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of media and politics.

This website provides:

For Internet, Protest and Civil Society with Dr Paul Reilly, see http://www.media-politics.com/internetcivilsociety.htm

 To link to Politics at the School of Social and Political Studies at the University of Glasgow, click here:

http://www.gla.ac.uk/departments/politics/

A different side of my research -- applying content analysis to real estate advertisements ... see

http://www.media-politics.com/Language of Property Ads.pdf

http://www.media-politics.com/google598bed97c6ae9216.html