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Ana Ines Langer she/her

University of Glasgow

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About

My research focuses on political communication: how politics is mediated and how this affects the conduct and nature of the democratic process. Most of my work has focused on the UK and Scotland but I have also done comparative work about a number of countries including China, Argentina and Germany. During the early years of my career, I focused on the personalisation of politics, especially its media dimensions. I still work on the topic but, in the last few years, I have become keenly interested in understanding how the hybrid media environment is affecting ‘classic functions’ of political communication and its impact on democracy. I have recently published work about the Scottish independence referendum campaigns and about non-party campaign organisations or ‘satellite’ campaigns. Most of my current work focuses on analysing how media of different types can shape the policy process. This includes a recent paper about Windrush, published in the International Journal of Press/Politics as well as a follow up we are currently working on, and a project (funded by NIHR & MRC) about the role of social media on shaping the Chinese government’s policy response during COVID. I have also started to explore how different platform affordances shape to what extent and how topics are politicised. I am also working with colleagues in the Glasgow University Media Group and stakeholders to develop a better understanding of the future of the media in Scotland and how it can better serve democracy. In most of my recent projects I use a mixed methods approach, combining manual content analysis, ‘big data’ methodologies (including quantitative text analysis and network analysis) and qualitative interviewing.

Research Interests

China, Comparative Politics, Elections, Media, Qualitative Comparative Analysis, Social Media, Communication, Comparative Perspective, Mixed Methods, Policy Change

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