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The day after a report surfaced that one third of revenge porn victims in Britain drop their allegations, Sir Christopher Chope MP singlehandedly blocked a bill aimed at protecting victims of upskirting. Regardless of his intentions, the act was taken...
The internet has changed everything. We shop online, work online, and entertain ourselves online; we find jobs and partners online. It’s even changed the way we interact with our political leaders – you only have to check Twitter at around...
The surprise election result has produced a lot of early responses, which offer avenues for more detailed research. Amongst these have been suggestions that Labour activist groups made effective use of social media campaigning. Research conducted into the party’s support...
Of all the lessons learned from the election result, two in particular have the potential to re-shape future campaigns. The first is the power of social media. The second is the alleged death of the negative attack-style campaign, in favour...
If we learned anything from the surprise election results of 2016, it was that disaffected voters seemed keen to ‘take back control’ from elites. But recent allegations by Carole Cadwalladr for the Observer suggest that voters may have been taking...
The rise of the digital world is changing how people participate in political debate and activism. It can draw people closer to politics, help to inform the debate, and present new avenues for politicians, journalists and citizens to talk to...
In 1991, Rodney King, a young black man, was brutally beaten by LA police following a high speed car chase, and the video capturing the beating notoriously failed to prevent the acquittal of the officers involved. Fast forward 25 years,...
Over the past 60 years, national elections have become a topic of keen interest for political scientists all over the world. This isn’t surprising, of course: voting, after all, represents the central act of the democratic process. And central to...
It’s become a truism that digital revolution is changing politics: and it is, of course. But few research groups have tried to measure exactly how. Yesterday, we launched some brand new research into how European citizens and MEPs are using Twitter,...
