Awarded Political Studies Association book prize

8 December 2017

Authors: Scott A. Hale

Professor Helen Margetts, Professor Peter John, Dr Scott Hale, and Dr Taha Yasseri have won the W. J. M. Mackenzie Book Prize at the Political Studies Association (PSA)’s Annual ... Read More Awarded Political Studies Association book prize

7 March 2017

Authors: Scott A. Hale

Rhys Crilley reviewed Political Turbulence in “Political Studies Review” One of the major strengths of Political Turbulence includes the authors’ ability to make complex concepts from a variety of ... Read More Review in Political Studies Review

16 December 2016

Authors: Helen Margetts

Author Helen Margetts spoke to Hendrik Lehmann of Digital Present on the opportunities and risks for politics in the age of social media. The article, in German, is available ... Read More Helen on politics and social media in German

1 December 2016

Authors: Helen Margetts

We are honoured Guardian columnist and former political editor of the Observer Gaby Hinsliff included Political Turbulence in her column on the best political books of 2016. For Westminster ... Read More Political Turbulence one of the ‘best political books of 2016’

9 November 2016

Authors: Helen Margetts

What role might social information have played in the Trump campaign? Political Turbulence Author Helen Margetts explores this issue in a blog post for the University of Oxford Commentators ... Read More Social information and Trump

18 August 2016

Authors: Scott A. Hale

We are still digesting the result of the UK referendum to leave the European Union, but it is clear many events were played out on social media under the ... Read More Brexit, voting, and political turbulence

26 March 2016

Authors: Helen Margetts

A special report on technology and politics in The Economist examines questions of democracy, data, politics, and social media referencing the findings reported in Political Turbulence: A new book ... Read More The Economist: A new kind of weather

1 March 2016

Authors: Taha Yasseri

Arnout van de Rijt reviewed Political Turbulence in Science Magazine. The review, entitled “The social revolution,” states that the book … contributes an important series of creatively and rigorously ... Read More Science: “Important series of creatively and rigorously researched insights”

21 February 2016

Authors: Helen Margetts

John Naughton referenced Political Turbulence in his column in The Guardian entitled, “#Twitter crisis? Not if it decides that it can be a smaller, smarter platform.” The Guardian Bookshop ... Read More Referenced in The Guardian

20 February 2016

Authors: Helen Margetts

Stuart Weir has reviewed Political Turbulence in openDemocracyUK. A few years back I was intrigued and captivated, as a largely analogue political animal, by Paul Mason’s Why It’s Kicking ... Read More Reviewed in openDemocracyUK

8 February 2016

Authors: Helen Margetts

Helen Margetts spoke with Deutsche Welle last week about the book and a range of topics from the role of social media in mobilizations to the (lack of) sustainability ... Read More DW interview

21 January 2016

Authors: Helen Margetts

Ivor Gaber reviewed Political Turbulence on 21 January in Times Higher Education (THE). “Chaotic pluralism…a new kind of pluralism, highly decentred and chaotic” is what we’re living through, if ... Read More Reviewed in Times Higher Education

17 December 2015

Authors: Helen Margetts

William Armstrong reviewed Political Turbulence in the Hurriyet Daily News on 17 December 2015. Turkey’s Gezi Park protests seem a long time ago. Back when they were still raging ... Read More Reviewed in the Hurriyet Daily News

5 October 2015

Authors: Helen Margetts

Lead author, Helen Margetts, discussed Political Turbulence on BBC Radio 4 in October 2015. Listen to the interview or download an MP3 from the BBC website. On Start the ... Read More Helen Margetts on Start the Week

28 May 2015

Authors: Scott A. Hale

A recent article in the Guardian newspaper by Holly Yong surveys much research about online language divides, including my work on multilingualism and cross-language bridging: Translation technologies offer one ... Read More Multilingualism research featured in The Guardian