UK Election Analysis 2015: Media, Voters and the Campaign
A publication capturing the initial thoughts, reflections and early research insights on the 2015 UK General Election has been produced by BU鈥檚 Centre for Study of Journalism, Culture and Community.
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Edited by BU鈥檚 Daniel Jackson and Einar Thorsen, and published in partnership with the Political Studies Association, UK Election Analysis 2015: Media, Voters and the Campaign听features 73 articles from 92 leading UK academics.
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The publication was made available 10 days after the election, with authors providing authoritative analysis of the听campaign 鈥� covering everything from female representation to media influence and opinion polls. 听
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A printed version will be launched at the House of Commons next week, but an online PDF has already had more than 800 downloads.
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Einar Thorsen, a Principal Lecturer in Journalism and Communication at BU, said that听the publication provides a wide range of early reflections听on the 2015 election from a variety of academic disciplines.
"It provides a rich and diverse insight into the election.听We asked authors to keep their contributions short and concise so they would appeal to a broad and non-academic audience, and we are really pleased with how it turned out.鈥�
