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Overview

Darren G. Lilleker is affiliated with Bournemouth University in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of social sciences, with a focus on communication and political science. Their research spans multiple subfields such as communication, political science and international relations, sociology and political science, artificial intelligence, and gender studies.

Their recent publications include:

  • "A Systematic Literature Review of the Phenomenon of Disinformation and Misinformation" (2023) published in Media and Communication
  • "Facebook affordances and citizen engagement during elections: European political parties and their benefit from online strategies?" (2020) published in Journal of Information Technology & Politics
  • "Permanent Campaigning: A Meta-Analysis and Framework for Measurement" (2020) published in Journal of Political Marketing
  • "The challenges of providing certainty in the face of wicked problems: Analysing the UK government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic" (2021) published in Journal of Public Affairs
  • "Women learn while men talk?: revisiting gender differences in political engagement in online environments" (2021) published in Information Communication & Society

Lilleker's work has explored a range of topics including:

  • Social Media and Politics
  • Media Studies and Communication
  • Populism, Right-Wing Movements
  • Media Influence and Politics
  • Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
  • Gender, Feminism, and Media
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation

Frequent collaborators in their research include Anastasia Veneti, Daniel Jackson, Márton Bene, Simon Kruschinski, and Delia Cristina Balaban. These partnerships have contributed to a breadth of multidisciplinary insights and publications.

Lilleker's studies have been featured primarily in journals such as:

  • Journal of Information Technology & Politics
  • Journal of Visual Political Communication
  • Politics and Governance
  • The International Journal of Press/Politics
  • Javnost - The Public

Their academic output includes 57 publications in social sciences, with a strong emphasis on communication represented by 27 publications, 13 in political science and international relations, and 12 in sociology and political science. Lilleker also has contributions in emerging intersections like artificial intelligence and gender studies.

Best Publications

  • Key Concepts in Political Communication

    Darren G. Lilleker

  • Interviewing the Political Elite: Navigating a Potential Minefield

    Darren G. Lilleker

  • Microblogging, Constituency Service and Impression Management: UK MPs and the Use of Twitter

    Nigel Jackson;Darren G. Lilleker

  • Building an Architecture of Participation? Political Parties and Web 2.0 in Britain

    Nigel A. Jackson;Darren G. Lilleker

  • Informing, engaging, mobilizing or interacting: Searching for a European model of web campaigning:

    Darren G Lilleker;Karolina Koc-Michalska;Eva Johanna Schweitzer;Michal Jacunski

  • Political marketing : a comparative perspective

    Darren G. Lilleker;Jennifer Less-Marshment

  • The Professionalization of Political Communication Continuities and Change in Media Practices

    Ralph Negrine;Darren G. Lilleker

  • Towards a More Participatory Style of Election Campaigning: The Impact of Web 2.0 on the UK 2010 General Election

    Darren G Lilleker;Nigel A. Jackson

  • Towards hypermedia campaigning? Perceptions of new media's importance for campaigning by party strategists in comparative perspective

    Darren G. Lilleker;Jens Tenscher;Vaclav Stetka

  • Political Campaigning, Elections and the Internet: Comparing the US, UK, France and Germany

    Darren G. Lilleker;Nigel A. Jackson

  • What drives political participation? Motivations and Mobilization in a Digital Age

    Darren G. Lilleker;Karolina Koc-Michalska

  • Professionalization: Of What? Since When? By Whom?

    Darren G. Lilleker;Ralph Negrine

  • Online Political Communication Strategies: MEPs, E-Representation, and Self-Representation

    Darren G. Lilleker;Karolina Koc-Michalska

  • Levels of Interactivity in the 2007 French Presidential Candidates’ Websites:

    Darren G. Lilleker;Casilda Malagón

  • The Internet in Campaigns and Elections

    Darren G. Lilleker;Theirry Vedel

  • Just Public Relations or an Attempt at Interaction? British MPs in the Press, on the Web and ‘In Your Face’

    Nigel A. Jackson;Darren G. Lilleker

  • Political Parties and Web 2.0: The Liberal Democrat Perspective

    Darren G. Lilleker;Mark Pack;Nigel Jackson

  • World Health Organisation : The challenges of providing global leadership

    Darren Lilleker;Miloš Gregor

  • The normalization of online campaigning in the web.2.0 era

    Karolina Koc-Michalska;Darren G Lilleker;Alison Smith;Daniel Weissmann

  • The normalization of online campaigning in the web.2.0 era

    Karolina Koc-Michalska;Darren G. Lilleker;Alison Smith;Daniel Weissmann

  • Prototype politics: technology-intensive campaigning and the data of democracy

    Darren G. Lilleker

  • Presidential Campaigning in the Internet Age

    Darren G Lilleker

Frequent Co-Authors

Rachel Gibson
Rachel Gibson University of Manchester

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