Alex Prior

@VoterEngagement

Doctoral Researcher : Parliament & Public Engagement. Associate fellow . Interested in political narratives, storytelling & symbols.

London
polis.leeds.ac.uk/people/student…
Joined March 2014
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  1. 20 hours ago

    Great discussion of "the necessary components of film as a medium for storytelling" by , discussing the impact of watching two films - Argo and Zero Dark Thirty - on audience’s perceptions of government

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    Apr 3

    ICYMI “Living this written life”: Early impressions from a fieldwork study of parliamentary engagement through narrative by

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  3. Mar 28

    This afternoon's session: using colour spectrum to analogise signifier-signified-referent relationship re. symbols: i.e. we don't categorise the spectrum according to wavelength, we divide it into what we recognise, perceive & socially construct as 'colours'

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    Mar 28

    . discusses the level of interaction through Twitter and other online mechanisms in UK and Brazil

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    Mar 27

    Thank you to the and to all our amazing members - we're so proud to be the Specialist Group of the Year!

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  6. Mar 28

    This morning's Roundtable on the Citizens‘ Assembly on , with discussing key points on recruitment, sampling, representativeness & facilitation.

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  7. Mar 27

    In this morning's panel discusses the reasons for young students' apparent engagement with the ; presents them as a 'generation apart' in terms of engagement with politics and attitudes toward the

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  8. Mar 27

    First panel of today: differentiates between forms of media (and ) in exploring young people's critical thinking about politics, cross-checking, and their narratives of view formation

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  9. Mar 26

    "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts": some great points from on looking at the beyond statistics, and complementing it through a sociological approach. Understanding, not just measuring.

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  10. Mar 26

    In today's panel discussion on the '', discusses engagement 'beyond the ballot box'; for example cultural capital (museum visits, history & heritage, art galleries) as also being legitimate indicators of political interest & participation

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  11. Mar 26

    At , supports the premise of based on Tory response (i.e. fear of the ), Labour's (frequently-successful) efforts to capture youth vote, and the unprecedentedly strong relationship between age and voting tendency

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  12. Mar 26

    "Young people are more motivated" & "young people provided the foundations for 's increased support": John Curtice (at ) explodes both of the 'stories' we were told about 2017 , adding nuance to what we understand as the .

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  13. Mar 26

    Pretty spectacular location of for the conference. Just arrived, and slightly disappointed at the lack of Welsh Cakes in the gift pack, having had hopes raised by last year's Tunnocks Teacakes...

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    Mar 21

    Next Wednesday we have four fantastic panels at : Accountability and Scrutiny in Parliaments; Parliamentary Representation and Engagement; Convergence and Divergence in the UK’s Parliaments & Enhancing Parliamentary Democracies (plus our AGM!)

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  15. Mar 21

    Online voting trial in Scotland backed by leading academics, and charities including & , with suggesting that would make elections "more efficient, more accessible and more engaging"

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  16. Mar 21

    NEW BLOG: Unit Director Meg Russell and discuss how executive-legislative relations have changed since the 1970s. You can see a longer version of this piece in Political Quarterly
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  17. Mar 20

    Positive rhetoric, less developed reality: shows digital tech & have "become the new normal" re. election campaigning. But facilitating closer interaction btwn parties & citizens remains elusive

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    Mar 19

    How is narrative used in parliamentary engagement? discusses his fieldwork:

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  19. Mar 19

    New poll examines rising/falling political engagement since 2016 election cycle & getting into office: 37% respondents expressed themselves as more active, 6% less active, 56% no change

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    Mar 19

    See our latest blog post on the recent inaugural symposium - “ in the Age of Brexit” - discussing modes of , politics, activism, and the radical Right

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