Liam McLoughlin. Academic researcher in Politics, Social Media, & Society.
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Liam McLoughlin
Joined9th October 2019
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A political researcher, for all my sins. I'm interested in the ways in which communication platforms have changed the way we conduct politics: How social media has changed Citizen-MP communication; everyday political talk; and the use of social media by state institutions. If you want to know more, check out the About page on my website.
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Seizing the Memes of Production: the hidden cost & control of making the Bernie Sanders meme

This post was originally written for and published on the Meme Studies Research Network website, Jan 22, 2021. Once again,...
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Photography Award: PDD Reimagining Democracy competition

In October, I entered myself into the Political Studies Association PDD’s ‘Reimagining Democracy‘ ECR Picture contest. The other day I...
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Freedom of Speech Vs. Freedom from Hate: social media platforms have shown us who won the battle

The social media platform Reddit recently hit the news in taking down over 2,000 communities after a review of its...
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New publication: ‘Turds, Traitors and Tossers: The Abuse of MPs via Twitter’

Love them or loath them, I think anybody who has been on the internet for longer than 5-minutes can sympathise...
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Let’s talk virtual conferences: How should they be done?

In this article I talk about the different approaches for virtual conferences: Streamed, social, and content delivery virtual styles. Ultimately, I ague that for operational reasons many conference organisers might be best suited to the content delivery approach
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DIY Ladder shelves (with design files)

I have a partner who likes books. Really likes books. I’m talking did the 52 in 52 book challenge (read...
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Political Participation, Representation and Communication: The function of everyday political actions in democracy. UK Parliament Week 2020

This post was originally written for the 2020 Parliament Week for the Political Studies Association. UK Parliament Week is an...
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Meme: Donald Trump holding a photoshoped copy of our meme paper.
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New Publication: By any memes necessary? Small political acts, incidental exposure and memes during the 2017 UK general election

I’m pleased to announce a new publication, alongside Rosalynd Southern, titled: ‘By any memes necessary? Small political acts, incidental exposure...
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Is Bill Gates the second coming? Let’s check Hansard Online.

Ok Ok, you got me, I made a click-bait title that includes both Bill Gates and a timely reference to...
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There’s a little book about bus stops, & you should get a copy: ‘Soviet Bus Stops’ by Christopher Herwig.

This book was an awakening to a new idea of thinking about some of the basic designs we take for granted. Review of Soviet Bus Stops by Christopher Herwig.
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