Conor Wilson
Biographic Data
| ID | 4622616 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Conor Wilson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Conor |
| FAMILY NAME | Wilson |
| SIGNATURE | WILSON C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the West of Scotland |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9461-641X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
‘You’re a warrior, right?’: The manosphere, podcasts, and the strongman politics of Donald Trump in the 2024 United States Presidential election
In the run up to the 2024 United States Presidential Election, President Donald Trump, in continuing his disapproval, disavowal, and eschewing of ‘mainstream media’, increasingly turned to influencers and podcasters as mediums through which to speak to his followers and prospective voters. A core feature of this strategy was alternative media platforms not immediately related to the political sphere, but to sport-related podcasts and ‘bro influen…
‘The border is calling’: Cross-border crime, police militarisation and benevolent policing in the visual-discursive framing of border police recruitment adverts
Scholars from Border Criminology have focussed increasingly not just on how the systems that police global (im)mobility are constructed but also who is tasked with policing the border. There has, similarly, been some academic focus on the significance of police recruitment adverts in projecting discourses about policing both to potential recruits and in the broader strategic (re)imagining of the police role through the dual framing of both commun…
I think they’re the real villains in all of this: Crimmigrant visuality and representations of people smuggling in state use of Twitter/X
Although a growing body of research highlights the convergence of humanitarianism and border policing, little attention has been paid to the importance of the visual field in constructing these discourses. This paper advances the concept of ‘crimmigrant visuality’ to underline the importance of visual representations in the theatre of border control in the United Kingdom (UK). Drawing on multimodal discourse analysis of the UK Home Office and Nat…
Out of Place in Blue Space: Noticing as a Stopping Technology and the Limits of Stop and Search Reform
This paper introduces the concept of ‘blue space’ as a theoretical framework for (re)defining the boundaries of police stops. Reflecting on ethnographic research with police officers in Scotland and England, we draw on Ahmed’s concept of ‘white space’ to understand police encounters with the public in ‘blue space’. We argue that police presence in ‘blue space’ acts as a stopping technology, which renders certain bodies as noticeable and out of pl…
The spectacle of non-violence: Deactivating territorial stigmatization in favela representations in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Sport Mega-Events (SMEs) have been widely used as opportunities to promote and (re)brand host cities to domestic and international audiences. Perhaps unsurprisingly, therefore, marginalized or stigmatized urban places do not feature heavily in urban representations during SME opening ceremonies despite the complex relationship between SMEs, redevelopment and urban marginality. However, the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro marked a departure f…
Trading crime for culture? Activating territorial stigma through cultural regeneration in Paisley
Discourses of cultural regeneration have proliferated in recent years. Culture, it is argued, provides a means of revitalizing the social, physical and economic fortunes of towns and cities facing myriad challenges in the post-industrial epoch. Aside from the associated economic value attached, it is often assumed that cultural regeneration can improve the reputation of stigmatized places by harnessing positive media representations. However, the…
Running an ostler? Exploring the use of stop and search tactics at Scottish football matches
There has been a plethora of literature detailing the detrimental impact of police stop and search tactics (S&S) on police-community relationships and police legitimacy, as well as recent controversy surrounding football policing in Scotland. Yet, the recent controversies, and subsequent reform of S&S in Scotland has yet to trigger any meaningful discussion about the use of search tactics at football matches. The aim of this research was to explo…
Trading crime for culture? Activating territorial stigma through cultural regeneration in Paisley
Discourses of cultural regeneration have proliferated in recent years. Culture, it is argued, provides a means of revitalizing the social, physical and economic fortunes of towns and cities facing myriad challenges in the post-industrial epoch. Aside from the associated economic value attached, it is often assumed that cultural regeneration can improve the reputation of stigmatized places by harnessing positive media representations. However, the…
Running an ostler? Exploring the use of stop and search tactics at Scottish football matches
There has been a plethora of literature detailing the detrimental impact of police stop and search tactics (S&S) on police-community relationships and police legitimacy, as well as recent controversy surrounding football policing in Scotland. Yet, the recent controversies, and subsequent reform of S&S in Scotland has yet to trigger any meaningful discussion about the use of search tactics at football matches. The aim of this research was to explo…
Running an ostler? Exploring the use of stop and search tactics at Scottish football matches
There has been a plethora of literature detailing the detrimental impact of police stop and search tactics (S&S) on police-community relationships and police legitimacy, as well as recent controversy surrounding football policing in Scotland. Yet, the recent controversies, and subsequent reform of S&S in Scotland has yet to trigger any meaningful discussion about the use of search tactics at football matches. The aim of this research was to explo…
Trading crime for culture? Activating territorial stigma through cultural regeneration in Paisley
Discourses of cultural regeneration have proliferated in recent years. Culture, it is argued, provides a means of revitalizing the social, physical and economic fortunes of towns and cities facing myriad challenges in the post-industrial epoch. Aside from the associated economic value attached, it is often assumed that cultural regeneration can improve the reputation of stigmatized places by harnessing positive media representations. However, the…
Out of Place in Blue Space: Noticing as a Stopping Technology and the Limits of Stop and Search Reform
This paper introduces the concept of ‘blue space’ as a theoretical framework for (re)defining the boundaries of police stops. Reflecting on ethnographic research with police officers in Scotland and England, we draw on Ahmed’s concept of ‘white space’ to understand police encounters with the public in ‘blue space’. We argue that police presence in ‘blue space’ acts as a stopping technology, which renders certain bodies as noticeable and out of pl…
The spectacle of non-violence: Deactivating territorial stigmatization in favela representations in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Sport Mega-Events (SMEs) have been widely used as opportunities to promote and (re)brand host cities to domestic and international audiences. Perhaps unsurprisingly, therefore, marginalized or stigmatized urban places do not feature heavily in urban representations during SME opening ceremonies despite the complex relationship between SMEs, redevelopment and urban marginality. However, the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro marked a departure f…
‘You’re a warrior, right?’: The manosphere, podcasts, and the strongman politics of Donald Trump in the 2024 United States Presidential election
In the run up to the 2024 United States Presidential Election, President Donald Trump, in continuing his disapproval, disavowal, and eschewing of ‘mainstream media’, increasingly turned to influencers and podcasters as mediums through which to speak to his followers and prospective voters. A core feature of this strategy was alternative media platforms not immediately related to the political sphere, but to sport-related podcasts and ‘bro influen…
‘The border is calling’: Cross-border crime, police militarisation and benevolent policing in the visual-discursive framing of border police recruitment adverts
Scholars from Border Criminology have focussed increasingly not just on how the systems that police global (im)mobility are constructed but also who is tasked with policing the border. There has, similarly, been some academic focus on the significance of police recruitment adverts in projecting discourses about policing both to potential recruits and in the broader strategic (re)imagining of the police role through the dual framing of both commun…
I think they’re the real villains in all of this: Crimmigrant visuality and representations of people smuggling in state use of Twitter/X
Although a growing body of research highlights the convergence of humanitarianism and border policing, little attention has been paid to the importance of the visual field in constructing these discourses. This paper advances the concept of ‘crimmigrant visuality’ to underline the importance of visual representations in the theatre of border control in the United Kingdom (UK). Drawing on multimodal discourse analysis of the UK Home Office and Nat…
Media studies (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Advertising (3 works) · Business (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (3 works) · Policing Practices and Perceptions (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works)