Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Andy's work focusses on new ways to conceive how media make social reality. He is particularly interested in violence and aggression as forms of political communication. Andy is author of Exploring Media Research (2017), Youth and Media (2013) Investigating Audiences (2007) and Understanding Audiences, (2001). His new book, Digital Influence, explores the histories of phenomena such as representations of gender in film and reality TV, violence in political memes, the mainstreaming of populism, gun-control activism and public criticisms of media education. Andy has also published numerous journal articles and book chapters on media violence, reality television, political celebrity, alcohol marketing, rampage murders, terrorism, sport, military applications of social media and Chinese TV.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- Media violence, media influence, media theory, political celebrity, media history
Network
Projects
- 2 Finished
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Being Philosophical about digital media: applying critical thinking skills to new cultural environments
Chadha, M., Butchart, S., Howard, M. & Ruddock, A.
15/03/18 → 1/06/19
Project: Research
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Alcohol Education among young people in rural Victoria. What do young people need, and how can media help?
1/07/07 → 1/02/08
Project: Research
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The commodification and mediatization of fandom: creating executive fandom
Hutchins, B., Rowe, D. & Ruddock, A., 29 Apr 2022, Routledge Handbook for Sport Fans and Fandom. Coombs, D. S. & Osmond, A. C. (eds.). 1st ed. Abingdon Oxon UK: Routledge, p. 365-376 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Digital Media Influence: A Cultivation Approach
Ruddock, A., 28 Mar 2020, 1 ed. Los Angeles USA: SAGE Publications Ltd. 152 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
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Social media and intoxication: ‘Tweaker nation’: Celebrating drug use on tumblr
Ruddock, A., 2020, Cultures of Intoxication : Key Issues and Debates. Hutton, F. (ed.). Cham Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 263-282 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Understanding audiences: television publics as "cultural indicators"
Ruddock, A., 2020, The Routledge Companion To Global Television. Shimpach, S. (ed.). 1st ed. Abingdon Oxon UK: Routledge, p. 141-151 11 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Qualitative Research in Media Studies
Ruddock, A., 2019, SAGE Research MethodsFoundations. Atkinson, P. & Delamont, S. (eds.). London UK: SAGE Publications Ltd, 22 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Other › peer-review
Prizes
Press/Media
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Eight times the Eurovision Song Contest got political
15/05/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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