LSE's MSc in Politics and Communication - Useful Readings

Looking at some of the relevant modules on LSE's MSc in Politics and Communication and the prelimary reading set for them and there is definitely a lot here that would be useful to look at at some point especially the sections on methodology as this is something I'm a little at odds with atm. 

Mediated Resistance and Activism 

• Bailey, Olga, Cammaerts, Bart and Carpentier, Nico (2007) Understanding Alternative Media, Maidenhead: Open University Press.
• Barassi, Veronica (2015) Activism on the Web: Everyday Struggles Against Digital Capitalism. London: Routledge.
• Bennett, Lance and Segerberg, Alexandra (2013) The Logic of Connective Action: Digital Media and the personalization of Contentious Politics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Cammaerts, Bart, Matoni, Alice and McCurdy, Patrick (eds) (2013) Mediation and Protest Movements. Bristol: Intellect

• della Porta, Donnatella and Diani, Mario (2006) Social Movements: An introduction - 2nd edition. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
• Dencik, Lina and Leistert, Oliver (eds) (2015) Critical Perspectives on Social Media and Protest: Between Control and Emancipation. London: Rowman and Littlefield.
• Downing, John (2001) Radical Media: Rebellious Communication and Social Movements, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Earl, Jennifer and Kimport, Katrina (2011) Digitally Enabled Social Change: activism in the Internet Age. Boston, MA: MIT Press.
• Fenton, Natalie (2016) Digital, Political, Radical. Cambridge: Polity.
• Johnston, Hank (2014) What is a Social Movement?. Cambridge: Polity.
• Martín-Barbero, Jesús (1993) Communication, Culture and Hegemony: From the Media to Mediation. London: Sage.

Modern Campaigning Politics 

• Denton E. D. (Ed.) (2000) Political Communication Ethics: An Oxymoron?, Praeger Publishers.
• Nielsen, R. K. (2012). Ground wars: Personalized communication in political campaigns. Princeton University Press.
• Nimmo, D. D. (2001) Political persuaders: the techniques of modern election campaigns, Transaction Publishers.
• Trent, J. S. & Friedenberg, R. V. (2007) Political Campaign Communication: Principles and Practices - 6th edition, Rowman & Littlefield.

Interpersonal Mediated Communication 

• Baym, N.K. (2016) Personal Connections in the Digital Age. Oxford (UK): Polity Press.
• Joinson, A. (2003). Understanding the psychology of Internet behaviour. Virtual Worlds, Real Lives. Palgrave: New York.
• Joinson, A.N., McKenna, K., Postmes, T. & Reips, D. (2009) The Oxford Handbook of Internet Psychology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Media, Data and Social Order 

• Gillespie, Tarleton (2010) 'The Politics of "Platforms"', New Media & Society 12(3): 347-364.
• Curran, James (1982) ‘Communications, Power and Social Order’ in M. Gurevitch et al (eds) Culture, Society and the Media. London: Routledge.
• Van Dijck, Jose (2013) The Culture of Connectivity. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Theories and Concepts in Media and Communication 

• Chadwick, A. (2017) The Hybrid Media System: Politics and Power – 2nd Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press
• Couldry, N. and Hepp, A. (2016) The Mediated Construction of Reality. Cambridge: Polity.
• Dahlgren, P. (2009) Media and Political Engagement, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Fenton, N. (ed.) (2010) New Media, Old News: Journalism and Democracy in the Digital Age, London: Sage.
• Mansell, R. (2012) Imagining the Internet: Communication, Innovation, and Governance. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• McQuail, D. (2010) Mass Communication Theory – 6th Edition. London: Sage.
• Mejias, M. (2013) Off the Network: Disrupting the Digital World. Minneapolis, MN: Minnesota University Press.
• Wasko, J., Murdock, G. and Sousa, H. (eds) (2011) The Handbook of Political Economy of Communications. London: Wiley-Blackwell.
• Zuboff, S. (2019) The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power. London: Profile Books Ltd.

Political Communication in Democracies

• Bennett, W. L. & Segerberg, A. 2012. The Logic of Connective Action: Digital Media and the Personalization of Contenious Politics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Chadwick, A. 2013. The Hybrid Media System: Politics and Power. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Coleman, S. & Blumler, J. G. 2009. The Internet and democratic citizenship : theory, practice and policy. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press.
• Davis, A. 2019. Political Communication: A New Introduction for Crisis Times. London: John Wiley & Sons.
• Wring, D., Mortimore, R., & Atkinson, S. 2018. Political Communication in Britain. London: Springer.

Methods of Research 

• Deacon, D., Pickering, M., Golding, P., & Murdock, G. (1999). Researching Communications: A Practical Guide to Methods in Media and Cultural Analysis. London: Hodder Education.
• Bell, A., & Garrett, P. (1998). Approaches To Media Discourse. Oxford; Malden, Mass: John Wiley & Sons
• Kent, R. (1994). Measuring Media Audiences. London; New York: Cengage Learning EMEA.
• Rose, G. (2012). Visual Methodologies: An Introduction to Researching with Visual Materials. London; Thousand Oaks, Calif: SAGE Publications Ltd.
• Schroder, K., Drotner, K., Kline, S., & Murray, C. (2003). Researching Audiences: A Practical Guide to Methods in Media Audience Analysis. London: New York: Bloomsbury Academic.