Dr. Stephen Ward
Dr. Stephen Ward
Senior Lecturer in Politics
Crescent House 205
T +44 (0)161 295 2803
F +44 (0)161 295 5077
s.j.ward@salford.ac.uk
My teaching and research interests are in the area of political communication and, in particular, internet and politics. I’ve led several funded ESRC research projects and published widely on the internet participation and campaigning.
Outside academic life, I’m a regular supporter of lost causes including being a season ticket holder at Shrewsbury Town FC and a follower of Lancashire CCC.
Supervision
• Politics and the internet
• Media and democracy
• Political campaigning
• Political participation
Modules convened
• Political Communication: Media & Democracy (level 5)
• E-democracy: New Media and Politics (level 6)
• Transformation of Post War Europe (M level)
• Political Participation: The Crisis of Representative Democracy? (M level)
Administrative Posts
- School Director of Undergraduate Studies
- Programme Leader BA (Hons) Contemporary History and Politics
- Programme Leader MA Politics and Contemporary History
- Parliamentary Placement Officer
- Journalism and Politics/Politics with Journalism Rep
Selected Publications
Ward, S.J., Davis, R., Owen, D., and D. Taras, (eds) 2008. Making a Difference? Internet Campaigning in Comparative Perspective (Lexington Books (Rowman Littlefield): Lanham MD).
Gibson, R.K., Lusoli, W. and S.J. Ward. 2008. Nationalizing and Normalizing the Local? A Comparative Analysis of Online Candidate Campaigning in Australia and Britain, Journal of Information Technology and Politics, 4 (4): 15-31.
Gibson, R.K. and S.J. Ward (eds) 2008. ‘E-Politics: The Australian Experience’, Special issue of Australian Journal of Political Science, 43 (1). Including: Gibson, R.K., Lusoli, W. and S.J. Ward. 2008. ‘The Australian Public and Politics Online: Reinforcing or Reinventing Representation?’ Australian Journal of Political Science, 43 (1): 111-131.
Ward, S.J. and R.K. Gibson (2008). Organised Interests and New Social Movements in the UK and Europe, in Chadwick, A. and P. Howard (eds), The Handbook of Internet and Politics (Routledge: London).
Ward, S.J. and Francoli, M. 2008. 21st Century Soapboxes? MPs and their Blogs, Information Polity,13 (1/2): 21-39.
For more information please see my SEEK page.
External Responsibilities
• Co-convenor of the European Consortium of Political Research (ECPR) standing group on Internet & Politics
• Editorial boards Parliamentary Affairs and Information Polity
• Research Associate, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford