Media, Psychology and Democracy: what now?

Dr Sharon Coen@coen_sharon

The Psychology of Democracy – May 22nd 2015

SOURCE: http://www.carat.co.uk/blog/much-criticised-leveson-report-rejected-by-pm/

SOURCE: http://scottberkun.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/what-do-you-think-of-national-security-leaker-edward-snowden-poll.jpg

Press & Politics

Privacy& Security

Leveson Inquiry

Snowden

SOURCE: http://www.carat.co.uk/blog/much-criticised-leveson-report-rejected-by-pm/

SOURCE: http://scottberkun.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/what-do-you-think-of-national-security-leaker-edward-snowden-poll.jpg

Press & Politics

Privacy& Security

Leveson Inquiry

Snowden

SOURCE: http://www.carat.co.uk/blog/much-criticised-leveson-report-rejected-by-pm/

SOURCE: http://scottberkun.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/what-do-you-think-of-national-security-leaker-edward-snowden-poll.jpg

Press & Politics

Privacy& Security

Leveson Inquiry

Snowden

BBC CHARTER RENEWAL DUE

31/12/16

Media Matter!

News & Political Engagement:

The 11 Nations study- TV News attendance & content

- Knowledge-Political Self-Efficacy

- Interest in politics

A Dynamic Virtuous Cycle

Curran, J., Coen, S., Soroka, S., Aalberg, T., Hayashi, K., Hichy, Z., ... & Tiffen, R. (2014). Reconsidering ‘virtuous circle’and ‘media malaise’theories of the media: An 11-nation study. Journalism, 15(7), 815-833.

A Dynamic Virtuous Cycle

Curran, J., Coen, S., Soroka, S., Aalberg, T., Hayashi, K., Hichy, Z., ... & Tiffen, R. (2014). Reconsidering ‘virtuous circle’and ‘media malaise’theories of the media: An 11-nation study. Journalism, 15(7), 815-833.

In the UK….

CHISQ ns (5.32) Know .11

FIT CFI 1 R2 SE .11

SRMR 0.017 Interest .32

Curran, Coen & Hichy, unpublished

Representation

SOURCE: https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fpicturesforcoloring.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F05%2Foffice-people.jpg&f=1

An elite world….In our study, political sources were 35% and 36% of the sources for BBC and ITV respectively, women and ethnic minority members were underrepresented

Data from the TV election study 2015 – Cardiff University

• See, e.g. ‘Nigel Farage, the celebrity everyman’ (Ewen, 2015)

The ‘celebrity’ politician

• Protect the BBC & raise awareness across Broadcasters

• Media regulation back in the agenda

• Get out there & speak up

• Social Media, activism & community initiatives

So, what now?