James Dennis
Biographic Data
| ID | 3734736 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James Dennis |
| GIVEN NAMES | James |
| FAMILY NAME | Dennis |
| SIGNATURE | DENNIS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Portsmouth |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5638-0407 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 217 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
From passive to active and back again
This essay examines the evolving role of citizens in news and political communication, focusing on the transition from the “passive consumer” of the twentieth century to the “active participant” shaped by digital media logics. It analyses practices such as gatewatching and engaged journalism from journalism studies, and reflects on the impact of digitally mediated behaviours across a continuum of participation in political communication, which co…
How News Found the Avoiders
This article examines how young people (18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24) in England who experience social inequality consumed news during the first national Covid-19 lockdown.Described as "infodemically vulnerable" due to their reliance on social media for news, I draw on 25 interviews to consider if this underresearched population was exposed to harmful information.Contrary to fears, participants maintained a constant awareness of essential Covid-19 …
“Slaughterhouse cattle are treated better than this”
Questions remain about nationhood’s everyday salience – that is, whether and how nationhood is engaged with by “ordinary people” undertaking routine activities. We present an innovative methodology for investigating everyday nationhood at the international border. We created a social media dataset of 1,083 “tweets” made during British airport border crossings, where nationhood might be expected to be particularly salient – especially during a per…
Political participation in the digital technology era
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Tell the Story as You’d Tell It to Your Friends in a Pub
This article analyses two digital-native news organisations, BuzzFeed News UK and Vice News (UK), and explores how they use emotional forms of storytelling in their election reporting. Drawing on a qualitative textual analysis of 280 news articles published during the 2017 UK general election, we scrutinise the textual and visual elements of emotional storytelling across three distinct groupings: (1) language and tone; (2) visual, formatting, and…
Innovation and adaptation in advocacy organizations throughout the digital eras
This special issue explores how digitally-native advocacy organizations evolve and whether they influence the organizational norms of other NGOs and advocacy groups. The volume offers three contributions to the literature on digital advocacy groups. Firstly, we argue that different periods of ‘internet time’ influence the tactics, strategies, and structural form of political organizations. Secondly, we examine different ways that organizations em…
A party within a party posing as a movement? Momentum as a movement faction
This article examines how the UK political organization Momentum uses social media within its campaigning. Drawing on a mixed-method research design, combining interviews with activists in Portsmouth and discourse analysis of content posted on Facebook and Twitter, this article tests whether the leadership provides meaningful influence for members. At the national level, there is little evidence of Momentum fulfilling its “people-powered” vision.…
Recruiting and retaining youth and young adults
Introduction Evaluation studies of population-based tobacco control interventions often rely on large-scale survey data from numerous respondents across many geographic areas to provide evidence of their effectiveness. Significant challenges for survey research have emerged with the evolving communications landscape, particularly for surveying hard-to-reach populations such as youth and young adults. This study combines the comprehensive coverage…
Twitter and Global Political Crises
This study examines social media responses to the 13 November 2015 Paris attacks by the Islamic State. First impressions of over 2,000,000 tweets containing hashtags #PrayforParis and #PrayforSyria suggested a conflation of three issues: (1) Migration: were the attackers homegrown or carrying overseas passports? (2) Violence: why was Paris attacked and why is France bombing the Islamic State? (3) Media: what role should mainstream and social medi…
Social Media, Professional Media and Mobilisation in Contemporary Britain
Digital media continue to reshape political activism in unexpected ways. Within a period of a few years, the internet-enabled UK citizens’ movement 38 Degrees has amassed a membership of 3 million and now sits alongside similar entities such as America’s MoveOn, Australia’s GetUp! and the transnational movement Avaaz. In this article, we contribute to current thinking about digital media and mobilisation by addressing some of the limitations of e…
Can Marketing Data Aid Survey Research? Examining Accuracy and Completeness in Consumer-File Data
Survey research depends crucially on its ability to collect data from a targeted sample and for that sample to mirror the population of interest. Increasingly, survey firms are using data purchased from marketing firms such as Experian and Acxiom (consumer-file marketing data) as a means to improve correspondence between survey respondents and the general public. These data hold tremendous promise, not only for sampling at a reduced cost, but als…
Bitter, Karl
Research Synthesis
Psychological Reactions to Terrorist Attacks
CONTEXT: The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, represent an unprecedented exposure to trauma in the United States. OBJECTIVES: To assess psychological symptom levels in the United States following the events of September 11 and to examine the association between postattack symptoms and a variety of indices of exposure to the events. DESIGN: Web-based epidemiological survey of a nationally representative cross-sectional sample using the Pos…
Government Art
Research Synthesis
Social Media, Professional Media and Mobilisation in Contemporary Britain
Digital media continue to reshape political activism in unexpected ways. Within a period of a few years, the internet-enabled UK citizens’ movement 38 Degrees has amassed a membership of 3 million and now sits alongside similar entities such as America’s MoveOn, Australia’s GetUp! and the transnational movement Avaaz. In this article, we contribute to current thinking about digital media and mobilisation by addressing some of the limitations of e…
A party within a party posing as a movement? Momentum as a movement faction
This article examines how the UK political organization Momentum uses social media within its campaigning. Drawing on a mixed-method research design, combining interviews with activists in Portsmouth and discourse analysis of content posted on Facebook and Twitter, this article tests whether the leadership provides meaningful influence for members. At the national level, there is little evidence of Momentum fulfilling its “people-powered” vision.…
Tell the Story as You’d Tell It to Your Friends in a Pub
This article analyses two digital-native news organisations, BuzzFeed News UK and Vice News (UK), and explores how they use emotional forms of storytelling in their election reporting. Drawing on a qualitative textual analysis of 280 news articles published during the 2017 UK general election, we scrutinise the textual and visual elements of emotional storytelling across three distinct groupings: (1) language and tone; (2) visual, formatting, and…
Can Marketing Data Aid Survey Research? Examining Accuracy and Completeness in Consumer-File Data
Survey research depends crucially on its ability to collect data from a targeted sample and for that sample to mirror the population of interest. Increasingly, survey firms are using data purchased from marketing firms such as Experian and Acxiom (consumer-file marketing data) as a means to improve correspondence between survey respondents and the general public. These data hold tremendous promise, not only for sampling at a reduced cost, but als…
Twitter and Global Political Crises
This study examines social media responses to the 13 November 2015 Paris attacks by the Islamic State. First impressions of over 2,000,000 tweets containing hashtags #PrayforParis and #PrayforSyria suggested a conflation of three issues: (1) Migration: were the attackers homegrown or carrying overseas passports? (2) Violence: why was Paris attacked and why is France bombing the Islamic State? (3) Media: what role should mainstream and social medi…
How News Found the Avoiders
This article examines how young people (18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24) in England who experience social inequality consumed news during the first national Covid-19 lockdown.Described as "infodemically vulnerable" due to their reliance on social media for news, I draw on 25 interviews to consider if this underresearched population was exposed to harmful information.Contrary to fears, participants maintained a constant awareness of essential Covid-19 …
Political participation in the digital technology era
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Innovation and adaptation in advocacy organizations throughout the digital eras
This special issue explores how digitally-native advocacy organizations evolve and whether they influence the organizational norms of other NGOs and advocacy groups. The volume offers three contributions to the literature on digital advocacy groups. Firstly, we argue that different periods of ‘internet time’ influence the tactics, strategies, and structural form of political organizations. Secondly, we examine different ways that organizations em…
Government Art
Government Art
Psychological Reactions to Terrorist Attacks
CONTEXT: The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, represent an unprecedented exposure to trauma in the United States. OBJECTIVES: To assess psychological symptom levels in the United States following the events of September 11 and to examine the association between postattack symptoms and a variety of indices of exposure to the events. DESIGN: Web-based epidemiological survey of a nationally representative cross-sectional sample using the Pos…
Research Synthesis
Bitter, Karl
Can Marketing Data Aid Survey Research? Examining Accuracy and Completeness in Consumer-File Data
Survey research depends crucially on its ability to collect data from a targeted sample and for that sample to mirror the population of interest. Increasingly, survey firms are using data purchased from marketing firms such as Experian and Acxiom (consumer-file marketing data) as a means to improve correspondence between survey respondents and the general public. These data hold tremendous promise, not only for sampling at a reduced cost, but als…
Recruiting and retaining youth and young adults
Introduction Evaluation studies of population-based tobacco control interventions often rely on large-scale survey data from numerous respondents across many geographic areas to provide evidence of their effectiveness. Significant challenges for survey research have emerged with the evolving communications landscape, particularly for surveying hard-to-reach populations such as youth and young adults. This study combines the comprehensive coverage…
Twitter and Global Political Crises
This study examines social media responses to the 13 November 2015 Paris attacks by the Islamic State. First impressions of over 2,000,000 tweets containing hashtags #PrayforParis and #PrayforSyria suggested a conflation of three issues: (1) Migration: were the attackers homegrown or carrying overseas passports? (2) Violence: why was Paris attacked and why is France bombing the Islamic State? (3) Media: what role should mainstream and social medi…
Social Media, Professional Media and Mobilisation in Contemporary Britain
Digital media continue to reshape political activism in unexpected ways. Within a period of a few years, the internet-enabled UK citizens’ movement 38 Degrees has amassed a membership of 3 million and now sits alongside similar entities such as America’s MoveOn, Australia’s GetUp! and the transnational movement Avaaz. In this article, we contribute to current thinking about digital media and mobilisation by addressing some of the limitations of e…
A party within a party posing as a movement? Momentum as a movement faction
This article examines how the UK political organization Momentum uses social media within its campaigning. Drawing on a mixed-method research design, combining interviews with activists in Portsmouth and discourse analysis of content posted on Facebook and Twitter, this article tests whether the leadership provides meaningful influence for members. At the national level, there is little evidence of Momentum fulfilling its “people-powered” vision.…
Innovation and adaptation in advocacy organizations throughout the digital eras
This special issue explores how digitally-native advocacy organizations evolve and whether they influence the organizational norms of other NGOs and advocacy groups. The volume offers three contributions to the literature on digital advocacy groups. Firstly, we argue that different periods of ‘internet time’ influence the tactics, strategies, and structural form of political organizations. Secondly, we examine different ways that organizations em…
Tell the Story as You’d Tell It to Your Friends in a Pub
This article analyses two digital-native news organisations, BuzzFeed News UK and Vice News (UK), and explores how they use emotional forms of storytelling in their election reporting. Drawing on a qualitative textual analysis of 280 news articles published during the 2017 UK general election, we scrutinise the textual and visual elements of emotional storytelling across three distinct groupings: (1) language and tone; (2) visual, formatting, and…
“Slaughterhouse cattle are treated better than this”
Questions remain about nationhood’s everyday salience – that is, whether and how nationhood is engaged with by “ordinary people” undertaking routine activities. We present an innovative methodology for investigating everyday nationhood at the international border. We created a social media dataset of 1,083 “tweets” made during British airport border crossings, where nationhood might be expected to be particularly salient – especially during a per…
Political participation in the digital technology era
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
How News Found the Avoiders
This article examines how young people (18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24) in England who experience social inequality consumed news during the first national Covid-19 lockdown.Described as "infodemically vulnerable" due to their reliance on social media for news, I draw on 25 interviews to consider if this underresearched population was exposed to harmful information.Contrary to fears, participants maintained a constant awareness of essential Covid-19 …
From passive to active and back again
This essay examines the evolving role of citizens in news and political communication, focusing on the transition from the “passive consumer” of the twentieth century to the “active participant” shaped by digital media logics. It analyses practices such as gatewatching and engaged journalism from journalism studies, and reflects on the impact of digitally mediated behaviours across a continuum of participation in political communication, which co…
Political science (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Politics (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Social Media and Politics (8 works) · Social media (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Media studies (6 works) · Public relations (5 works)