2024
Book review: <i>The Modem World: A Prehistory of Social Media</i> by Kevin Driscoll (Journal article)
Southern, R. (2024). Book review: <i>The Modem World: A Prehistory of Social Media</i> by Kevin Driscoll. European Journal of Communication, 39(2), 201-203. doi:10.1177/02673231241234761DOI: 10.1177/02673231241234761
2023
RESEARCHING POLITICAL ABUSE ONLINE IS VITAL; HOW WE MEASURE IT, EVEN MORE SO (Internet publication)
Southern, R. (2023). RESEARCHING POLITICAL ABUSE ONLINE IS VITAL; HOW WE MEASURE IT, EVEN MORE SO. Retrieved from https://blog.politics.ox.ac.uk/
Unleash Britain’s Potential (To Go Negative): Campaign Negativity in the 2017 and 2019 UK General Elections on Facebook (Journal article)
Rossini, P., Southern, R., Harmer, E., & Stromer-Galley, J. (n.d.). Unleash Britain’s Potential (To Go Negative): Campaign Negativity in the 2017 and 2019 UK General Elections on Facebook. Political Studies Review, 147892992311713. doi:10.1177/14789299231171308DOI: 10.1177/14789299231171308
2022
Memes: a New Logic in Political Campaigns? (Chapter)
Southern, R. (2022). Memes: a New Logic in Political Campaigns?. In D. Taras, & R. Davis (Eds.), Electoral Campaigns, Media, and the New World of Digital Politics (pp. 200-220). University of Michigan Press.
2021
Harmer, E., & Southern, R. (n.d.). Digital microaggressions and everyday othering: an analysis of tweets sent to women members of Parliament in the UK. Information, Communication & Society, 1-18. doi:10.1080/1369118x.2021.1962941DOI: 10.1080/1369118x.2021.1962941
#nosnowflakes: the toleration of harassment and an emergent gender-related digital divide, in a UK student online culture (Journal article)
Haslop, C., O'Rourke, F., & Southern, R. (n.d.). #nosnowflakes: the toleration of harassment and an emergent gender-related digital divide, in a UK student online culture. Convergence: the journal of research into new media technologies. doi:10.1177/1354856521989270DOI: 10.1177/1354856521989270
The absolute boy versus magic grandpa: Jeremy Corbyn and gender politics (Chapter)
Southern, R., & Harmer, E. (2021). The absolute boy versus magic grandpa: Jeremy Corbyn and gender politics. In Unknown Book (pp. 117-134). Agenda Publishing. doi:10.1017/9781788212922.008DOI: 10.1017/9781788212922.008
Waylen, G., & Southern, R. (2021). When Are Women as Corrupt as Men? Gender, Corruption, and Accountability in the UK Parliamentary Expenses Scandal. Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society, 28(1), 119-142. doi:10.1093/sp/jxz045DOI: 10.1093/sp/jxz045
Southern, R. V., & Harmer, E. (2021). Twitter, Incivility and “Everyday” Gendered Othering: An Analysis of Tweets Sent to UK Members of Parliament. Social Science Computer Review, 39(2), 259-275. doi:10.1177/0894439319865519DOI: 10.1177/0894439319865519
McLoughlin, L., & Southern, R. (n.d.). By any memes necessary? Small political acts, incidental exposure and memes during the 2017 UK general election. The British Journal of Politics and International Relations. doi:10.1177/1369148120930594DOI: 10.1177/1369148120930594
Reporting the Digital Campaign: Online News Coverage of the 2019 UK General Election by BuzzFeed and The Huffington Post (Chapter)
Harmer, E., & Southern, R. (2022). Reporting the Digital Campaign: Online News Coverage of the 2019 UK General Election by BuzzFeed and The Huffington Post. In Political Communication in Britain (pp. 137-148). Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-81406-9_11DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-81406-9_11
2020
Harmer, E., & Southern, R. (2020). Is Digital News<i>Really</i>that Digital? An Analysis of How Online News Sites in the UK use Digital Affordances to Enhance Their Reporting. JOURNALISM STUDIES, 21(16), 2234-2248. doi:10.1080/1461670X.2020.1831397DOI: 10.1080/1461670X.2020.1831397
Southern, R. (2020). Book review: Reporting Elections: Rethinking the Logic of Campaign Coverage. European Journal of Communication, 35(6), 636-638. doi:10.1177/0267323120963409DOI: 10.1177/0267323120963409
Gibson, R., & Southern, R. (2020). Digital Campaigning Across Space: The Role of Technological, Political and Institutional Context. In When the Nerds Go Marching In: How Digtial Technology Moved from the Margins to the Mainstream of Political Campaigns by Rachel K. Gibson. In When the Nerds Go Marching In: How Digtial Technology Moved from the Margins to the Mainstream of Political Campaigns (pp. 44-71). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Harmer, E., & Southern, R. (2020). ‘Girly Swots’ and The Most Diverse Parliament Ever: Women’s representation, voters and issues in the 2019 election campaign. Parliamentary Affairs, 73(Supplement 1), 243-258. doi:10.1093/pa/gsaa031DOI: 10.1093/pa/gsaa031
Mcloughlin, L., Ward, S., Gibson, R., & Southern, R. (2020). A tale of three tribes: UK MPs, Twitter and the EU Referendum campaign. INFORMATION POLITY, 25(1), 49-66. doi:10.3233/IP-190140DOI: 10.3233/IP-190140
2019
Big chickens, dumbfakes, squirrel killers: was 2019 the election where ‘shitposing’ went mainstream? (Report)
Southern, R. (2019). Big chickens, dumbfakes, squirrel killers: was 2019 the election where ‘shitposing’ went mainstream?: UK Election Analysis 2019:Media, Voters and the Campaign. Bournemouth: Bournemouth University: The Centre for the Study of Journalism, Culture and Community.
Southern, R. (2019). Written Evidence for the Democracy and Digital Technologies Committee of the House of Lords.
Southern, R., & Harmer, E. (2019). Othering Political Women: Online Misogyny, Racism and Ableism Towards Women in Public Life. In Unknown Book (pp. 187-210). doi:10.1007/978-3-030-12633-9_8DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-12633-9_8
Southern, R., & Lee, B. (2019). Politics as usual? Assessing the extent and content of candidate-level online campaigning at the 2015 UK general election. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, 29(2), 179-198. doi:10.1080/17457289.2018.1515209DOI: 10.1080/17457289.2018.1515209
2018
Harmer, E., & Southern, R. (2019). Alternative Agendas or More of the Same? Online News Coverage of the 2017 UK Election. In Political Communication in Britain (pp. 99-116). Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-00822-2_7DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-00822-2_7
Alternative Agendas or More of the Same? Online News Coverage of the 2017 UK Election (Chapter)
Harmer, E., & Southern, R. (2018). Alternative Agendas or More of the Same? Online News Coverage of the 2017 UK Election. In Political Communication in Britain: Campaigning, Media and Polling in the 2017 General Election (pp. 99-116). doi:10.1007/9783030008222_7DOI: 10.1007/9783030008222_7
Harmer, E., & Southern, R. (2018). More Stable than Strong: Women’s Representation, Voters and Issues. Parliamentary Affairs. doi:10.1093/pa/gsx072DOI: 10.1093/pa/gsx072
2017
Process, personalities and polls: Online News Coverage of the UK General Election 2017 (Chapter)
Harmer, E., & Southern, R. (2017). Process, personalities and polls: Online News Coverage of the UK General Election 2017. In E. Thorsen, D. Jackson, & D. Lilleker (Eds.), UK Election Analysis 2017: Media, Voters and the Campaign (pp. 62-63). Bournemouth University: The Centre for the Study of Journalism, Culture and Community.
iBES Aggregate Twitter Daily Campaign Dataset (Other)
Gibson, R., Jane, G., Fieldhouse, E., & Southern, R. (2017). iBES Aggregate Twitter Daily Campaign Dataset.
2016
Burnap, P., Gibson, R., Sloan, L., Southern, R., & Williams, M. (2016). 140 characters to victory?: Using Twitter to predict the UK 2015 General Election. Electoral Studies, 41, 230-233. doi:10.1016/j.electstud.2015.11.017DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2015.11.017
Southern, R., & Purdam, K. (2016). The changing representation interface: democracy and direct contact with politicians. Journal of Civil Society, 12(1), 101-120. doi:10.1080/17448689.2016.1134388DOI: 10.1080/17448689.2016.1134388
2015
Southern, R. (2015). Is Web 2.0 Providing a Voice for Outsiders? A Comparison of Personal Web Site and Social Media Use by Candidates at the 2010 UK General Election. Journal of Information Technology and Politics, 12(1), 1-17. doi:10.1080/19331681.2014.972603DOI: 10.1080/19331681.2014.972603
2014
A Mixed-Methods Approach to Capturing Online Local Level Campaigns Data at the 2010 UK General Election (Chapter)
Southern, R. (n.d.). A Mixed-Methods Approach to Capturing Online Local Level Campaigns Data at the 2010 UK General Election. In Analyzing Social Media Data and Web Networks. Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1057/9781137276773.0015DOI: 10.1057/9781137276773.0015
2011
Below the Radar? Online Campaigning at the Local Level in the 2010 Election (Chapter)
Southern, R., & Ward, S. (2011). Below the Radar? Online Campaigning at the Local Level in the 2010 Election. In Political Communication in Britain (pp. 218-237). Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi:10.1057/9780230305045_15DOI: 10.1057/9780230305045_15