Dr Ana Ines Langer
- Senior Lecturer (Politics)
telephone:
01413303055
email:
Ana.Langer@glasgow.ac.uk
R1215 Level 12, Politics, Adam Smith Building, Glasgow G12 8RT
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5331-544XResearch interests
Office Hours: Thursdays 14.00-15.00, or by email appointment
Biography
I joined the Politics in September 2006 from the London School of Economics (LSE), where I completed her doctoral studies in political communication. 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 but she has also done comparative work, including about Argentina, Germany and China. I have published about these topics in, among others, European Journal of Communication, International Journal Press/PoliticsParliamentary Affairs, Policy Studies, Political Studies, and West European Politics. My book, The Personalisation of Politics in the UK. Mediated Leadership from Attlee to Cameron (Manchester University Press), is the first in-depth historical study of the phenomenon in the UK.
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. I am currently working on two projects related to this: one is about political agenda setting (focusing on the Windrush case) and the other one about electoral campaigns. On the latter, I recently published a paper about the role of social media in the campaigns for the Scottish independence referendum, and I am currently working on a project—funded by British Academy—about non-party campaign organisations and their use of technology. In all three recent projects, I use a mixed methods approach, combining ‘big data’ methodologies (including quantitative text analysis and network analysis) with qualitative interviewing.
Research Interests
- The role of the media in the democratic process
- Media and policy making
- Personalisation of politics
- Political campaigns, the role of different actors and how they use media
Grants
Grants
- British Academy, 2019-2020 - £7,500 (with Luke Temple): 'Non-party campaigning and digital technologies'
- Adam Smith Research Foundation Seedcorn Fund, 2009-2010 - £1600 (with Jane Duckett): 'Media Reporting of China’s Health Reforms, 2005-09’
- Political Studies Association (PSA) Overseas Conference Grant
Supervision
PhD Supervision
- Political campaigns (including electoral campaigns but also issue campaigns)
- Media and policy making
- The role of the media in the democratic process
- Personalisation of politics
PhD Supervision
Current students
- Paul Gardner: What political information do the Chinese propaganda authorities seek to control?
- Johannes Gruber: Troublemakers in the streets? An automated framing analysis of newspaper coverage of protests in the UK 1992-2016
Recent students
- David Jofre (completed 2019): Social movements and media practices in changing media ecology: The case of environmental and LGBTI+ activists in Chile
- Beth Pearson (completed 2018): “The press is plural – it represents all the political parties” Media access for the transitional justice campaign during democratisation in Uruguay (1989-2012)
- Alonso Curbelo, Ana
The Role of the News Media in Perpetuating Electoral Fraud Myths in the UK and US - Gardner, Paul
Information control and Party-state legitimacy in China
Teaching
Undergraduate Teaching
- Politics 1A
- Politics, Communication and Democracy
Postgraduate Teaching
- Media and Democracy
Additional information
Other Roles
- Convener Comprative Politics Research Cluster
- College and School Undergraduate Teaching & Learning Appeals Committee member
