Anstead, Nick


Dr Nick Anstead  

Department

Position held

Department of Media and Communications

Lecturer in Media and Communications

Experience keywords:

internet; elections; new media; citizenship; eCampaigning; ePolitics; political participation; political parties; campaigning

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My research is about the relationship between political institutions and new media, and how the two influence each other. I am especially interested in campaigning politics and the emergence of new modes of participation and organisation. Viewed in this way, it is clear that the internet is changing established institutional forms - such as parties, political broadcasting and election campaigns - but that these alterations are not consistent across national contexts. This argument also contains a normative element, as it allows us to identify the institutional models that are best suited to offering opportunities for citizen participation in the digital era. I have attempted to develop this strand of my work by engaging with the policy community, notably in the Fabian Society pamphlet 'The Change We Need' (2008), which I co-edited. My work until now has tended to focus on the United States and the United Kingdom.

Sectors and industries to which research relates:

Information TechnologyMedia Technology and New MediaPolicy and Regulatory Bodies

Countries and regions to which research relates:

USA; UK

Media experience:

Has written for mainstream pressRadioTV

Contact Points

Publications

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2012

Anstead, Nick and O'Loughlin, Ben (2012) Semantic polling: the ethics of online public opinion. The London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Anstead, Nick (2012) Voter Advice Applications give the increasingly non-partisan electorate the means to choose the right political match. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

2011

Anstead, Nick (2011) We should beware the rhetoric of ‘tough talking’ politicians – they almost certainly have an agenda. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Anstead, Nick and O'Loughlin, B. (2011) The emerging viewertariat and BBC Question Time: television debate and real-time commenting online. The international journal of press/politics, 16 (4). pp. 440-462. ISSN 1940-1612

Anstead, Nick and O'Loughlin, Ben (2011) Twenty20 as media event. Sport in society, 14 (10). pp. 1340-1357. ISSN 1743-0437

Ampofo, Lawrence and O’Loughlin, Ben and Anstead, Nick (2011) Trust, confidence, credibility: citizen responses on Twitter to opinion polls during the 2010 UK general election. Information, communication and society, 14 (6). pp. 850-871. ISSN 1468-4462

2010

Anstead, Nick and Straw, Will (2010) Two years on, does Obama’s election win still hold lessons for Ed Miliband’s Labour party, in austerity Britain? Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Anstead, Nick (2010) Book review: the Conservative party - from Thatcher to Cameron - by Tim Bale. British politics, 5 (4). pp. 550-552. ISSN 1746-918X

Anstead, Nick and O’Loughlin, Ben (2010) Emerging viewertariat: explaining twitter responses to Nick Griffin’s appearance on BBC Question Time. PSI working paper series, no. 1. School of Political, Social and International Studies, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

2009

Anstead, Nick and Chadwick, Andrew (2009) Parties, election campaigning, and the Internet: toward a comparative institutional approach. In: Chadwick, Andrew and Howard, Philip , (eds.) Routledge handbook of Internet politics . Routledge, London, UK, pp. 56-71. ISBN 9780415780582

Anstead, Nick and Straw, Will, (eds.) (2009) The Change we need: what Britain can learn from Obama's victory. Fabian Society, London, UK. ISBN 9780716341079

Straw, Will and Anstead, Nick (2009) Yes we can: how the lessons from America should change British politics. Freethinking papers. Fabian Society, London, UK

2008

Anstead, Nick (2008) Internet and campaign finance in the US and the UK: an institutional comparison. Journal of information technology & politics, 5 (3). pp. 285-302. ISSN 1933-169X

Anstead, Nick and Chadwick, Andrew (2008) The 2008 digital campaign in the United States: the real lessons for British parties. Renewal: a journal of social democracy, 16 (3/4). pp. 86-98. ISSN 0968-252X

2007

Anstead, Nick and Chadwick, Andrew (2007) Parties, election campaigning and the Internet: toward a comparative institutional approach. Politics and international relations working paper, no.5. New Political Communication Unit, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, UK

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