Related Projects

Exeter Q-Step Centre

Q-Step is a £19.5 million programme designed to promote a step-change in quantitative social science training. The University of Exeter Q-Step Centre integrates the use of cutting-edge quantitative methods with the study of substantive issues. Students learn by observing and engaging in real data-analysis with an innovative and hands-on approach.
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Media in Politics 

mediaeffectsresearch aims to advance the understanding of how the news media can influence political knowledge by using a cross-national approach to explore under which conditions the news media matter.

‘Media in Context: and the 2015 General Election: How Traditional Media Shape Elections and Governing’ conducts a ground breaking enquiry into the role of the media, both social and traditional, in the post-election period when media responses to electoral outcomes can affect the perceptions of the newly elected government.  It seeks to develop a causal framework for interpreting the effects of media in the context of the General Election.

ExpoNET

ExpoNET is a 3-year project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Its aim is to use a statistical network approach to capture the structure and dynamics of online communication. This will lead to create tools to analyse unstructured data and facilitate “social listening” for social researchers and policymakers, journalists, private sector and third sector organisations.