By Rob Gallagher Episode three of the Reactionary Digital Politics podcast asks ‘How do argue and persuade?’, exploring how right-wing groups communicate online, and how we should respond. In some ways, the tactics these groups use are all too familiar: as we hear, fascists ha...

By Rob Gallagher What has the internet done to politics? How did platforms that were supposed to bring us together become megaphones for polarising propaganda and xenophobic hatespeech? And what happens next? These are the questions that our podcast Reactionary Digital Politic...

From Racist Memes to Right-Wing Vlogs: Researching Reactionary Digital Politics By Rob Gallagher How has the internet reshaped politics? And why does it seem to be right-wingers who are reaping the benefits? These questions drove the research project ‘Political Ideology, Rheto...

Digital Media from Political Hero to Political Villain By Rob Gallagher Not so long ago, there was widespread optimism about the political potential of social media. These technologies were going to widen democratic participation, foster informed debate, and promote trust and ...

We are excited to present our first featured project: a series of podcasts on reactionary digital politics, written by Dr Rob Gallagher, a lecturer and researcher based in the Department of English. Gaming Culture and Reactionary Digital Politics By Rob Ghallagher Did a group ...

Exciting news: we are going to have another series of posts, called "featured", featuring reseach by our students and staff. If you have a piece of academic work on the topic of Digital Politics (an undergraduate or Masters dissertation, a PhD chapter, a journal article), we c...