Darren Lilleker

Professor Darren Lilleker

  • Professor of Political Communication
  • Weymouth House W337, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BB
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Biography

Prof. Darren Lilleker is a teacher and researcher whose interests lie in the intersection between political strategy, societal dynamics and civic engagement. In the context of political communication research, his research looks as who says what, how and why and with what impact. The ambition of the work is to develop communication models which meet political objectives while also engendering social inclusivity.

Current research projects relate to the circulation of, and belief in, disinformation and conspiracy theories. Lilleker is leading a funded network which links together researchers within a number of fragile European democracies to investigate methods for mitigating their impacts. Lilleker is also involved in a project exploring perceived marginalisation in post-industrial communities, investigating narratives about and by members of these communities. The work on narratives and stories extends also to work with a range of marginalised groups, including migrant and diaspora communities, and intersectional minorities in a range of contexts...

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Research

Professor Lilleker's research concerns both the professionalisation, marketization and strategic development of political communication and the impacts upon citizen engagement.

His research has covered local election campaigning and the impact upon voter choices; and party, candidate and MP's usage of the Internet, from websites to social media, and correlations between usage and gaining support.

He was involved in two FP7 consortiums exploring how social media could be an agent within conflict resolution and has led a range of projects exploring online political engagement during elections and referenda within the UK and across the EU.

Professor Lilleker's work also explores aspects of political cognition, specifically how citizens are impacted by political communication. This interdisciplinary conceptual work draws on theories from experimental psychology, consumer and communication psychology as well as psephological studies.

Favourites

  • Veneti, A., Jackson, D., Lilleker, D.G., 2019. Visual Political Communication. Springer.
  • Lilleker, D., Jackson, N., 2011. Microblogging, constituency service and impression management – UK MPs and the use of Twitter. Journal of Legislative Studies, 17, 86-105.
  • Lilleker, D., Jackson, N., 2011. Political campaigning, elections and the internet: Comparing the US, UK, France and Germany. London, England: Routledge.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person's work contributes towards the following SDGs:

Reduced inequalities

"Reduce inequality within and among countries"

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Peace, justice and strong institutions

"Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels"

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Partnership for the Goals

"Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development"

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Journal Articles

Books

Chapters

  • Lilleker, D., Stoeckle, T., 2025. Machiavelli, Performative Politics, and Post-Truth Populism. Machiavelli Marketing and Management Revisited. 28-41.
  • Coman, I.A., Lilleker, D., Gregor, M., 2024. Risk communication during crisis and post-crisis loops: How governments communicated about the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines: Conceptual framework. Risk Communication and Covid 19 Governmental Communication and Management of Pandemic. 6-22.
  • Coman, I.A., Lilleker, D., Gregor, M., 2024. Conclusion: Risk communication during COVID-19: National and global lessons learned. Risk Communication and Covid 19 Governmental Communication and Management of Pandemic. 275-284.
  • Koc-Michalska, K., Lilleker, D.G., 2024. ONLINE POLITICAL PARTICIPATION: A citizenship-oriented approach. Routledge Handbook of Political Campaigning. 407-426.
  • Veneti, A., Poulakidakos, S., 2023. The Political Symbolism of Flags in Revolutionary Movements: The case of the 1821 Greek War of Independence. In: Lilleker, D., Veneti, A., eds. Research Handbook on Visual Politics. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 359-370.
  • Miles, C., 2023. Visual rhetoric and the analysis of persuasive political communication. In: Lilleker, D., Veneti, A., eds. Research Handbook on Visual Politics. Edward Elgar, 2-13.
  • Lilleker, D., Koliastasis, P., 2023. Peripheral cues and the power of simple images. Research Handbook on Visual Politics. 259-267.
  • Lilleker, D., Veneti, A., 2023. Introduction to the research handbook on visual politics. xvii-xxix.
  • Baker, T., Lilleker, D., 2022. “Not One Rule for Everyone”: The Impact of Elite Rule-Breaking on Public Trust in the UK. In: Maarek, P., eds. Manufacturing Government Communication on Covid-19 A Comparative Perspective. Springer.
  • Veneti, A., Lilleker, D., 2022. Proposing a Three-Dimensional Normative Model for Political Communication. In: Palau-Sampio, D., López García, G., Iannelli, L., eds. Contemporary Politics, Communication, and the Impact on Democracy. IGI GLOBAL, 1-18.
  • Veneti, A., Lilleker, D., 2022. Proposing a Three-Dimensional Normative Model for Political Communication. In: Palau-Sampio, D., López García, G., Iannelli, L., eds. Contemporary Politics, Communication, and the Impact on Democracy. IGI GLOBAL, 1-18.
  • Lilleker, D., Thompson, S., 2021. Protecting the citizen: Political journalists as gatekeepers in the digital age. In: Morrison, J., Birks, J., Berry, M., eds. Routledge Companion to Political Journalism. London: Routledge, 293-301.
  • Lilleker, D., Moufahim, M., 2021. The Ethical Challenges at the Heart of Political Branding. In: Moufahim, M., eds. Political Branding in Turbulent times. Springer.
  • Lilleker, D.G., Weidhase, N., 2021. The psychology of populism. Palgrave Handbook of Populism. 103-114.
  • Veneti, A., Reilly, P., Lilleker, D., 2021. The importance of space in photojournalist accounts of the anti-austerity protests in Greece. In: Morrison, J., Birks, J., Berry, M., eds. Routledge Companion to Political Journalism. UK: Routledge.
  • Lilleker, D., Ozgul, B.A., 2021. Understanding the psychology of contemporary democracies. Psychology of democracy. Routledge, 95-107.
  • Sreedharan, C., 2021. India: A Spectacle of Mismanagement. In: Lilleker, D., Coman, I.A., Gregor, M., Novelli, E., eds. Political Communication and COVID-19: Governance and Rhetoric in Times of Crisis. Routledge.
  • Coman, I.A., Elsheikh, D., Gregor, M., Lilleker, D., Novelli, E., 2021. Introduction: Political communication, governance and rhetoric in times of crisis. 1-15.
  • Elsheikh, D., 2021. Egypt: Emotional Speech and Complicated Reality. In: Lilleker, D., Coman, I.A., Gregor, M., Novelli, E., eds. Political Communication and COVID-19 Governance and Rhetoric in Times of Crisis Edited By Darren Lilleker, Ioana A. Coman, Miloš Gregor, Edoardo Novelli. Routledge.
  • Lilleker, D., Coman, I.A., Gregor, M., Novelli, E., 2021. Political communication and COVID-19: Governance and rhetoric in global comparative perspective. Political Communication and Covid 19 Governance and Rhetoric in Times of Crisis. 333-350.
  • Garland, R., Lilleker, D., 2021. The UK: From consensus to confusion. Political Communication and Covid 19 Governance and Rhetoric in Times of Crisis. 165-176.
  • Lilleker, D., Gregor, M., 2021. World health organisation: The challenges of providing global leadership. Political Communication and Covid 19 Governance and Rhetoric in Times of Crisis. 19-33.
  • Lilleker, D., Coman, I.A., Gregor, M., Novelli, E., 2021. Foreword. xviii-xxi.
  • Lilleker, D.G., Balaban, D.C., 2021. Populism on Facebook. Political Campaigning and Communication. 267-282.
  • Lilleker, D.G., Jackson, D., Veneti, A., 2021. The UK: The Post-Brexit, Ghost Election. Political Campaigning and Communication. 233-248.
  • Garland, R., Lilleker, D., 2021. From consensus to dissensus: The UK’s management of a pandemic in a divided nation. Political Communication in the Time of Coronavirus. 17-32.
  • Lilleker, D., Veneti, A., Jackson, D., 2019. Introduction: Visual Political Communication. In: Veneti, A., Jackson, D., Lilleker, D., eds. Visual Political Communication. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Lilleker, D., Surowiec, P., 2019. Uncovering the ‘hidden persuaders’: a content analysis and examination of digital propaganda on social media. The Sage handbook of propaganda. London: Sage.
  • Lilleker, D., 2019. The power of visual political communication: pictorial politics through the lens of communication psychology. In: Veneti, A., Jackson, D., Lilleker, D., eds. Visual Political Communication. Palgrave.
  • Thompson, S., Lilleker, D.G., 2019. Containing the digital revolution: political science in the United Kingdom. In: Kneuer, M., Milner, H., eds. Digitalization and Political Science. Barbara Budrich Publishers.
  • Lilleker, D., 2019. Political public relations and election campaigning. Political Public Relations Concepts Principles and Applications 2nd Edition. 187-207.
  • Lilleker, D., 2019. 2. The power of visual political communication: pictorial politics through the lens of communication psychology. In: Jackson, D., Lilleker, D., Veneti, A., eds. Visual Political Communication. Palgrave.
  • Ciobanu, C., Light, D., 2017. A new geography of protest in Bucharest. In: Adi, A., Lilleker, D., eds. #Rezist: Romania’s 2017 anti-corruption protests: Causes, Development and Implications. Berlin: Quadriga University of Applied Sciences, Berlin, 63-67.
  • Lilleker, D., 2017. Forward. xv-xvi.
  • Lilleker, D., 2017. Political Campaigns. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Political Behavior. Sage, 603-606.
  • Lilleker, D., 2017. Political Persuasion and Rhetoric. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Political Behavior. Sage, 625.
  • Lilleker, D., 2017. Social Networking. In: Fathali M. Moghaddam, eds. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Political Behavior. Sage.
  • Lilleker, D., 2016. Strategic Media Management. In: Lilleker, D.G., Pack, M., eds. Political Marketing and the 2015 UK General Election. Palgrave, 85-98.
  • Lilleker, D.G., Jackson, D., 2016. The social media campaign: Mobilisation and persuasion. Political Communication in Britain Polling Campaigning and Media in the 2015 General Election. 293-313.
  • Lilleker, D.G., 2016. Marketing, Political. International Encyclopedia of Political Communication. 1-13.
  • Wright, S., Graham, T., Jackson, D., 2015. Third space, social media, and everyday political talk. Routledge Companion to Social Media and Politics. 74-88.
  • Koc-Michalska, K., Lilleker, D.G., 2015. Evolving in step or poles apart?: Online audiences and networking during Poland and France 2011-12 election campaign. Public Affairs and Administration Concepts Methodologies Tools and Applications. 1307-1330.
  • Lilleker, D.G., Koc-Michalska, K., 2015. Online election campaigning: Exploring supply and demand during the France 2012 presidential election. Public Affairs and Administration Concepts Methodologies Tools and Applications. 1368-1385.
  • Lilleker, D., Koc-Michalska, K., Jackson, N., 2015. Social media in the UK election campaigns 2008-14: experimentation, innovation and convergence. In: Bruns, A., Enli, G., Larsson, A.O., Christensen, C., eds. The Routledge Companion to Social Media and Politics. New York: Routledge, 325-337.
  • Lilleker, D.G., Koc-Michalska, K., 2014. Online election campaigning: Exploring supply and demand during the France 2012 presidential election. In: Solo, A., eds. Political Campaigning in the Information Age. IGI Global, 287-304.
  • Lilleker, D., Koc-Michalska, K., 2014. Online Election Campaigning: Exploring Supply and Demand during the France 2012 Presidential Election. In: Solo, A.M.G., eds. Political Campaigning in the Information Age. IGI Global.
  • Lilleker, D., 2014. Autobiography and Political Marketing: Narrative and the Obama Brand. Real Lives, Celebrity Stories. Bloomsbury.
  • Lilleker, D.G., 2014. Voting and Voter Decision-Making. Political Campaigning and Communication. 177-197.
  • Lilleker, D.G., 2014. Political Conditioning. Political Campaigning and Communication. 65-79.
  • Lilleker, D.G., 2014. Emotional Motivations and Deep Cognition. Political Campaigning and Communication. 115-133.
  • Lilleker, D.G., 2014. Proximity Politics and Valence. Political Campaigning and Communication. 100-114.
  • Lilleker, D.G., 2014. Thinking Twice. Political Campaigning and Communication. 134-150.
  • Lilleker, D.G., 2014. Schema Theory for Understanding Political Cognition. Political Campaigning and Communication. 47-64.
  • Lilleker, D.G., 2014. Peripheral Cues and Personality Politics. Political Campaigning and Communication. 80-99.
  • Lilleker, D.G., 2014. Thinking Politics — An Introduction. Political Campaigning and Communication. 1-18.
  • Lilleker, D.G., 2014. Political Participation in a Digital Age. Political Campaigning and Communication. 151-176.
  • Lilleker, D.G., 2014. Strategic Political Communication. Political Campaigning and Communication. 19-46.
  • Lilleker, D.G., 2014. Modelling Political Cognition. Political Campaigning and Communication. 198-205.
  • Jackson, D., Scullion, R., Molesworth, M., 2013. 'Ooh, politics. You're brave'. Politics in everyday talk: An analysis of three 'non- political' online spaces. Media Political Participation and Empowerment. 205-219.
  • Lilleker, D.G., 2013. Empowering the citizens?: Political communication, co-production and the harnessed crowd. Media Political Participation and Empowerment. 24-38.
  • Gerodimos, R., Scullion, R., Lilleker, D.G., Jackson, D., 2013. Introduction to the media, political participation and empowerment. In: Scullion, R., Gerodimos, R., Jackson, D., Lilleker, D.G., eds. The Media, Political Participation and Empowerment. London: Routledge.
  • Scullion, R., Lilleker, D.G., Gerodimos, R., Jackson, D., 2013. Concluding thoughts. In: Scullion, R., Gerodimos, R., Jackson, D., Lilleker, D.G., eds. The Media, Political Participation and Empowerment. London: Routledge.
  • Thorsen, E., 2013. Routinisation of Audience Participation: BBC News Online, Citizenship and Democratic Debate. In: Scullion, R., Gerodimos, R., Jackson, D., Lilleker, D., eds. The Media, Political Participation and Empowerment. Routledge.
  • Lilleker, D.G., 2013. Political marketing: The cause of an emerging democratic deficit in Britain? Current Issues in Political Marketing. 5-26.
  • Lilleker, D., Vedel, T., 2013. Chapter 19. The Internet in Campaigns and Elections. In: Dutton, W., eds. Oxford Handbook of Internet Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 401-420.
  • Koc-Michalska, K., Lilleker, D., Surowiec, P., 2013. Participation in-media not across media: how the politically engaged use the web for political participation in Poland. In: Charles, A., eds. Media/democracy: a comparative study. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 81-103.
  • Jackson, N.A., Lilleker, D.G., Schweitzer, E.J., 2012. Political marketing in an online election environment: Short-term sales or long-term relationships? Routledge Handbook of Political Marketing. 286-299.
  • Lilleker, D., Jackson, N., 2011. Elections 2.0: Comparing e-campaigns in France, Germany, Great Britain and the United States. In: Schweitzer, E., Albrecht, S., eds. Das Internet im Wahlkampf: Analysen zur Bundestagswahl 2009. Heidelburg, Germany: VS Verlag, 96-116.
  • Lilleker, D.G., Jackson, N., 2011. Political Public Relations and Political Marketing. Political Public Relations Principles and Applications. 157-176.
  • Lilleker, D., Scullion, R., 2009. Political Advertising. In: Powell, H., Hardy, J., Hawkin, S., MacRury, I., eds. The Advertising Handbook. Routledge.
  • Scullion, R., 2008. The Impact of the Market on the Character of Citizenship, and the Consequences of this for Political Engagement. In: Lilleker, D., Scullion, R., eds. Voters or Consumers: Imagining the Contemporary Electorate. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 51-72.
  • Jackson, D., 2008. Citizens, consumers and the demands of market-driven news. In: Lilleker, D., Scullion, R., eds. Voters or Consumers: Imagining the Contemporary Electorate. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
  • Lilleker, D., 2008. Political Representation and Democracy: what is wrong with the political public sphere. In: D Artrey, M., eds. Cont_xts: Media, Representation and Society: papers from a conference held at the University of Chester, November 2006. Chester, England: Chester Academic Press, 10-44.
  • Lilleker, D., 2007. Local political marketing: political marketing as public service. In: Lilleker, D.G., Jackson, N.A., Scullion, R., eds. The Marketing of Political Parties. Political Marketing at the 2005 General Election. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
  • Lilleker, D., Negrine, R., 2006. Mapping a market orientation: can we detect political marketing only through the lens of hindsight? In: Davies, P.J., Newman, B.I., eds. Winning elections with political marketing. New York: Haworth Press.
  • Lilleker, D., 2005. The British Left and Eastern Europe. In: Berger, S., LaPorte, N., eds. The Other Germany: Perceptions and Influences in British-East German Relations, 1945–1990. Augsburg, Germany: Wissner Verlag.
  • Lilleker, D., 2005. Political marketing: the cause of the democratic deficit? In: Wymer, W.W., Lees-Marshment, J., eds. Current Issues in Political Marketing. New York: Haworth Press, 5-26.
  • Lilleker, D., Lees-Marshment, J., 2005. Introduction: Rethinking political party behaviour. In: Lilleker, D.G., Lees-Marshment, J., eds. Political marketing: a comparative perspective. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
  • Lilleker, D., Lees-Marshment, J., 2005. Political marketing in the UK: a positive start but an uncertain future. In: Lilleker, D.G., Lees-Marshment, J., eds. Political marketing: a comparative perspective. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
  • Lilleker, D., Lees-Marshment, J., 2005. Conclusion: towards a comparative model of party marketing. In: Lilleker, D.G., Lees-Marshment, J., eds. Political marketing: a comparative perspective. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
  • Negrine, R., Lilleker, D., 2003. Media coverage of political scandals. In: Gay, O., Leopold, P., eds. Conduct unbecoming : the regulation of parliamentary behaviour. London: Politico's, 59-90.

Conferences

  • Kruschinski, S., Russmann, U., Jackson, D., Hassler, J., Lilleker, D., Balaban, D., Ceron, A., Vicente, F., 2023. Divisive, Negative, and Populist Digital Advertising?! Comparing Populist and Mainstream Parties’ Communication Strategies in Facebook Campaign Messages in 10 European Countries. In: 73rd ICA Annual Conference 25/05/2023 Toronto.
  • Jackson, D., Veneti, A., Lilleker, D., 2020. Between Analogue and Digital: A critical exploration of strategic social media use in Greek election campaigns. In: ECREA Political Communication Section Interim Conference 26/03/2020 Bucharest.
  • Hassler, J., Magin, M., Russmann, U., Jackson, D., Fenoll, V., Larsson, A., Lilleker, D., Veneti, A., Balaban, D., 2020. Really a European Populist Zeitgeist? How populists used Facebook posts and ads for campaigning across 11 countries in the European Election Campaign 2019. In: Workshop on European Elections 2019 30/01/2020 Amsterdam.
  • Jackson, D., Veneti, A., Lilleker, D., 2019. Greek political communication and social media: Stories of order and anarchy”. In: PSA Media and Politics Group Annual Conference 12/12/2019 Leeds.
  • Koc-Michalska, K., Lilleker, D., Gibson, R., Michalski, T., Zajac, J., 2018. Populism and Facebook: 14 countries, 117 parties and the 2014 European Parliamentary election. In: The Politics of Contention: Communication, Populism, and the Crisis of Democracy 02/03/2018 University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • Koc-Michalska, K., Lilleker, D., Gibson, R., Michalski, T., Zajac, J., 2018. Populism and Facebook: 14 countries, 117 parties and the 2014 European Parliamentary election. In: The Politics of Contention: Communication, Populism, and the Crisis of Democracy 02/03/2018 University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • Lilleker, D., Koc-Michalska, K., Zajac, J., 2017. Social Media: New Technology Strengthening Democratic Communication? A Comparative Study of Facebook and Twitter Usage in 28 European Countries During the 2014 European Parliamentary Election Campaign. In: The 65th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association 21/05/2015 Puerto Rico.
  • Lilleker, D., 2017. Self-motivated or mobilised: political participation in the digital age. In: Deliberation 22/02/2016 The Deliberation Centre, University of Warsaw.
  • Lilleker, D.G., Koc-Michalska, K., 2017. What Drives Political Participation? Motivations and Mobilization in a Digital Age. Political Communication, 34 (1), 21-43.
  • Lilleker, D., 2016. Misperceptions and missed opportunities: how Facebookers talked Brexit. In: Media and Politics in Times of Crisis and Change The Political Studies Association, Media and Politics Group Annual General Conference 12/12/2016 LSE, London, UK.
  • Lilleker, D., Koc-Michalska, K., Zajac, J., Michalski, T., 2016. Social media actions and interactions: The role of the Facebook and Twitter during the 2014 European Parliament elections in the 28 EU nations. In: Digital Media, Power, and Democracy in Election Campaigns 02/07/2015 Washington, DC. No.
  • Jackson, D., Lilleker, D., 2015. Online mobilisation and persuasion in the 2015 campaign. In: Parties Media Voters: the 2015 Campaign 13/07/2015 London.
  • Gerodimos, R., Adi, A., Lilleker, D.G., 2015. Visualising Discourse: Civic mobilisation on Instagram during the 2014 Romanian Presidential elections. In: Political Discourse: Multidisciplinary Approaches 26/06/2015 University College London.
  • Lilleker, D., 2015. Strategic development of political communication and the impacts upon citizen engagement. In: MEDIA, POLITICS AND DEMOCRACY 21/05/2015 Rome.
  • Lilleker, D., Wells, C., Koc-Michalska, K., Rohe, K., 2015. Creation of the Online Public Sphere: Discourse, Dialog, or Discussion. In: The 65th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association 21/05/2015 Puerto Rico.
  • Lilleker, D., Koc-Michalska, K., 2015. Broadcasting to the masses or building communities: Polish political parties’ online performance during 2011 elections in international perspective. In: POLITIQUE - MEDIAS - TIC: utilisations des médias sociaux en politique 06/06/2012 Dijon.
  • Lilleker, D., Koc-Michalska, K., 2014. Reinventing political communication: still informing or engaging citizens? European Parliament electoral campaigning trends 2009 – 2014 in the comparative perspective. In: ECREA 12/11/2014 Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Lilleker, D., 2014. Re-imagining the meaning of participation for a digital age. In: Political Participation in the Digital World 05/11/2014 Dijon.
  • Lilleker, D., Adi, A., Erickson, K., 2014. Elite Tweets: Analysing the Twitter Communication Patterns of Labour Party Peers in the House of Lords. In: IAMCR 2013: Crises, ‘Creative Destruction’ and the Global Power and Communication Orders 25/06/2013 Dublin. Policy and Internet.
  • Lilleker, D., 2014. Social political discourses: how users talked about politics on Facebook during the 2011 French presidential election. In: IPSA 23rd World Congress of Political Science 19/07/2014 Canada, Montreal.
  • Lilleker, D., 2014. "Social political discourses: how users talked about politics on Facebook during the 2011 French presidential election. The Meaning of Election Campaign Professionalism: Country- and Party-Related Answers across the EU 27. ". In: IPSA 23rd World Congress of Political Science 19/07/2014 Canada, Montreal.
  • Lilleker, D., 2014. Rethinking participation: from clicktivism to activism at the press of a button? In: Workshop – Citizen engagement and participation in online social environments 25/06/2014 France, Paris.
  • Lilleker, D., Koc-Michalska, K., Wells, C., 2014. Discursive networks on Facebook during the 2012 French presidential election. In: Civic political engagement and social change in the new digital wave 24/06/2014 Paris. Special edition proposal pending.
  • Lilleker, D., Jackson, N., Schweitzer, E., 2014. Towards a non-hierarchical campaign? Testing for interactivity as a tool of election campaigning in France, the US, Germany and the UK. In: IAMCR 19/07/2010 Braga.
  • Lilleker, D., Koc-Michalska, K., 2014. Elections, Webspheres and Ecosystems Mapping and Comparing the Campaign Style and Dynamics of the Polish 2011 and French 2012 Elections. In: UACES 42nd Annual Conference: Old Borders - New Frontiers 02/09/2012 Passau, Germany.
  • Lilleker, D., Jackson, N., 2014. Interacting and representing: can Web 2.0 enhance the roles of an MP? In: ECPR Joint Sessions 14/04/2009 Lisbon.
  • Thorsen, E., 2013. Routinisation of audience participation: BBC news online, citizenship and democratic debate. , 116-129.
  • Lilleker, D., 2013. Brand Management & Relationship marketing in on-line environments. In: International Political Marketing conference 17/09/2013 Sweden.
  • Lilleker, D.G., Jackson, N., 2013. Brand Management and Relationship Marketing in online environments. In: International Political Marketing Conference 17/09/2013 Stockholm.
  • Lilleker, D., 2013. On-line election campaigning: exploring supply and demand during the France 2012 presidential election. In: European Consortium of Political Researchers 02/09/2013 France.
  • Lilleker, D.G., Adi, A., Erickson, K., 2013. Lords-a-tweeting, Lords-a-networking: analysing the behavior and impact of Labour Party Peers in the UK House of Lords,. In: IAMCR 2013 25/06/2013 Dublin.
  • Lilleker, D., Koc-Michalska, K., 2013. MEPs online: Understanding communication strategies for remote representatives. In: 6th ECPR General Conference 24/08/2011 Reykjavik. Journal of Information Technology & Politics.
  • Lilleker, D., Koc-Michalska, K., 2013. MEPs Online: Understanding Communication Strategies for Remote Representatives. In: Political Communication in the Era of New Technologies 22/09/2011 Warsaw.
  • Lilleker, D., 2012. Getting them involved: attracting and empowering supporters. In: Digital Campaigning Knowledge Exchange 22/03/2012 Oxford.
  • Lilleker, D., Koc-Michalska, K., Surowiec, P., 2012. Broadcasting to the masses or building communities: Polish political parties online communication during the 2011 election. In: ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops 2012 10/04/2012 University of Antwerp, Belgium.
  • Michalska-Koc, K., Lilleker, D., Surowiec, P., Baranowski, P., 2012. Poland’s 2011 elections: new tools, new professionalism, new ways to win votes. In: the Political Studies Association’s Media and Politics Group annual conference 01/06/2012 University of Bedfordshire, Luton.
  • Koc-Michalska, K., Lilleker, D., Surowiec, P., 2012. Talking to the politically engaged: exploring the Polish electoral blogosphere. In: XXII World Congress of Political Science, International Political Science Association 08/07/2012 Madrid.
  • Koc-Michalska, K., Lilleker, D., Surowiec, P., 2012. Broadcasting to the masses or building communities: Polish political parties’ online communication during the 2011 election. In: Parties and Campaigning in the Digital Era 10/04/2012 University of Antwerp, Belgium.
  • Lilleker, D., Jackson, N., Schweitzer, E., 2011. Towards a more participatory style of election campaigning: identifying the comparative use of Web 2.0 by parties and candidates in elections 2007-2010. In: ECREA 2010 -- 3rd European Communication Conference Transcultural Communication - Intercultural Comparisons 12/10/2009 Hamburg.
  • Lilleker, D., Jackson, N., 2011. Political Public Relations and Political Marketing. In: International Communication Association Conference 26/05/2011 Boston, MA.
  • Lilleker, D., Jackson, N., Schweitzer, E., 2010. Towards a non-hierarchical campaign? Testing for interactivity as a tool of election campaigning in France, the US, Germany and the UK. In: IAMCR Conference 2010: Communication and Citizenship 18/07/2010 Braga, Portugal.
  • Lilleker, D., Koc-Michalska, K., Jackson, N., Jacunski, M., Vedel, T., Schweitzer, E., Vergeer, M., 2010. Informing, Engaging, Mobilising or Interacting: searching for a European model of web campaigning. In: International Political Studies Association 54th Annual Conference 19/05/2010 Luxembourg.
  • Lilleker, D., Jackson, N., 2010. Interactivity and Branding, public political communication as a marketing tool. In: Political Studies Association (PSA) Conference: Sixty Years of Political Studies: Achievements and Futures 29/03/2010 Edinburgh University, Scotland. Journal of Political Marketing.
  • Lilleker, D., Jackson, N., Schweitzer, E., 2010. Towards a more participatory style of election campaigning: identifying the comparative use of Web 2.0 by parties and candidates in elections 2007-2010. In: ECREA 2010: Third European Communication Conference 12/10/2010 Hamburg, Germany.
  • Lilleker, D., Koc Michalska, K., Jacunski, M., Schweitzer, E., 2009. Informing, Engaging, Mobilising or Interacting: searching for a European model of web campaigning. In: IPSA International Conference, Luxembourg 2010 Is There a European Model of Governance? A Comparative Perspective 18/03/2010 Jean Monnet Building, European Commission, Luxembourg.
  • Lilleker, D., Jackson, N., 2009. Interacting, Representing or Just Informing: Web 2.0 and UK MPs? In: 5th ECPR General Conference 10/09/2009 Potsdam, Germany.
  • Lilleker, D., 2009. Corporate and Political spheres: similarities and differences. In: European Communications Summit 24/04/2009 Brussels.
  • Lilleker, D., 2007. The consumption of political communication within a marketised society. In: Politics, Culture and Socialization 13/09/2007 Antwerp, Belgium.
  • Lilleker, D., 2006. Local politics for local people: why communicating at the local level can reconnect the public with government. In: This is an abstract of a paper delivered at the Good Governance and Communication Conference 03/2006 Bournemouth University, England.
  • Lilleker, D., 2005. The Politics of the shrinking marketplace: Marketing voter disengagement. In: British Association of American Studies 52nd Annual Conference 19/04/2007 Leicester, UK. Journal of Marketing Management.

Reports

Internet Publications

Performances

Artefacts

Others

  • Surowiec, P., 2017. Reports Poles apart: Polish perspectives of the 2017 UK ‘Brexit election’. Poole: The Centre for the Study of Journalism, Culture and Community. Published online.

PhD Students

  • Darlington Nyambiya, 2024. To what extent has social media brought change to Zimbabwean politics, (In progress)
  • Omowonuola Wosilat Okunnu, 2024. A Comparative Study of the Interconnectedness of Religion and Politics in Northern and Southern Nigeria: The Role of Literacy Level, (Completed)
  • Darlington Nyambiya, 2025. To what extent has social media brought change to Zimbabwean politics, (Completed)
  • Thomas Stoeckle, 2024. Motivation, metaphor and manipulation: the framing of public debates and the shaping of public responses through leaders’ speeches during the evolving COVID-19 pandemic
  • Natasha Tobin. A review of the practice and influence of financial public relations in the UK following the 2008 economic crisis
  • Nyarwi Ahmad. Professionalisation and marketisation of political campaigning in Post-Soeharto Indonesia
  • Daniel Weissmann. Political Engagement in Post-Trust Communication Environments
  • Dalia Elsheikh. Democratisation, professionalisation and the first Egyptian election
  • Dawid Pekalski. Understanding political engagement
  • Tauheed Ramjaun. Branding in the not-for-profit sector: a case study of Arthritis Care
  • Sarah Aly. The Dynamics of meso-public spheres: Media Usage in Egypt during the Uprisings
  • Elena Afromeeva. A comparative cross-cultural Analysis of Strategies of Persuasion and Argumentation in political rhetoric on example of the addresses of American, British, Byelorussian, German, and Russian political leaders.
  • Albert Tayman. THE ROLE OF PUBLIC TELEVISION IN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATION IN A POSTCOLONIAL DEVELOPING COUNTRY
  • Chindu Sreedharan. THE WAR FOR KASHMIR: An analysis of the conflict coverage in Indian and Pakistani newspapers,
  • Daniel Jackson. Back into the malaise? Exploring the link between news framing and voter perceptions of the political process
  • James Matthews. News sources and perceptual effects: an analysis of source attribution within media coverage of alleged terrorist plots
  • Nigel Jackson. Online Political Communication: The Impact of the Internet on MPs 1994-2005
  • Roman Gerodimos. Maximising the Audience: Challenges and Opportunities for Government and Civic Communicators in the 21st Century Public Sphere
  • Waraporn Chatratichart. Attitudes towards political leaders amongst young people in Thailand and their influence on electoral choices

Profile of Teaching PG

  • MA International Political Communication
  • Political Marketing and Campaigning
  • The Psychology of Democracy

Profile of Teaching UG

  • Political Communication
  • Persuasion and Influence
  • Political Campaigning
  • Political Marketing
  • Political Marketing and Campaigning

Invited Lectures

  • The politics of localism, Bournemouth, 18 Sep 2019 more
  • Combating Islamophobia, Nr Alton, 14 Sep 2019 more
  • The dubious ethics of Political Marketing, University of Stirling, 17 May 2019 more
  • What social media is doing to democracy, University of Lisbon, 08 Mar 2019 more
  • What social media is doing to democracy, University of Jena, 14 Jan 2019 more
  • What social media is doing to democracy, University of Navarre, 12 Dec 2018 more
  • Political Branding in the 21st Century, Bournemouth, 14 Sep 2018 more
  • Cheerleaders or Free Radicals?, City University, London, 25 May 2018 more
  • Social Movements and Consumer Activism in Politics, Fluminense Federal University, Niteroi, Brazil, 07 May 2018 more
  • Teaching politics in a digital age, Hannover, Germany, 14 Dec 2017 more
  • Why politicians go to war, Bournemouth University, 28 Nov 2017 more
  • From ‘Automated chugging' to ‘engaged thinking', Westminster Conference Centre, London, 13 Sep 2017 more
  • Politics in a post truth era, University of Swansea, 12 May 2017 more
  • 21st Century political campaigning, University of Luxemburg, 10 Feb 2017 more
  • Is social media good for democracy?, University of Zagreb, 12 Jan 2017 more
  • Political Marketing, University of Laval, Quebec, 18 Jan 2013 more
  • Political campaigning in the 21st Century, European Communication Summit, Brussels, 20 Jun 2008 more

Grants

  • Voices from the Periphery: (De-)Constructing and Contesting Public Narratives about Post-Industrial Marginalization (VOICES) (Arts and Humanities Research Council, 01 Feb 2024). Awarded
  • Narrative Warfare in Ukraine: Decoding Disinformation and Propaganda (British Embassy in Zagreb: Impact Fund, 30 Oct 2023). Awarded
  • (The Matrix of) Populist and Denialist Attitudes towards Science (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), 01 Jan 2022). Awarded
  • Research methods training course for Bangladeshi government officials (Bangladesh government, 20 Jan 2020). Awarded
  • Research methods training course for Bangladeshi government officials (Bangladesh government, 20 Jan 2020). Awarded
  • Streams of hate and untruth? Using online news comments, posts and tweets to investigate attitudes and the prevalence of hate and untruth in political debates (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, 01 Sep 2018). In Progress
  • E-Voices (Arts and Humanities Research Council, 02 Jan 2018). Completed
  • Reaching Across the Pond (Bournemouth University - Fusion Fund, 03 Sep 2012). Completed
  • Exploring brand relationships in the charity context (Arthritis Care, 01 Sep 2010). Completed

External Responsibilities

Internal Responsibilities

  • Deputy Head, Humanities and Law Department
  • Chair, Global Visiting Fellowship Panel

Qualifications

  • PhD in Doctor of Philosophy (University of Sheffield, 2001)
  • BA (Hons) in Humanities (University of Sheffield, 1997)

Honours

  • Fellowship (Higher Education Academy, 2019)
  • International Visiting Professor (LUISS University, Rome, 2019)

Memberships

  • International Political Science Association, Vice Chair: RC22 Political Communication (2011-), http://rc22.ipsa.org/
  • European Communication Research and Education Association, Member (2010-), https://ecrea.eu/About-ECREA
  • Political Studies Association, Member,
  • Political Marketing Group, Chair,
  • MeCCSA, Member,
  • European Consortium of Political Researchers, Affiliate,

Networks

  • Campaigning for Strasbourg (CAM4S) - network of scholars from across EU member states analysing the Facebook posts of all parties standing at the 2019 European Parliamentary Elections
  • Horizon 2020 - Digitrust/USP. Network of scholars including academics from the University of Oslo, LUISS, Vienna, Audencia, FU Berlin working on two research grants submitted to the 2018 and 2019 Horizon 2020 calls
  • International Political Studies Association European Consortium of Political Researchers CENMEP Understanding Professionalisation (COST) New media and citizen engagement (COST)
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