Scott Davidson

Department of Media, Film and Journalism

Research and Publications

Academic publications and conference papers:

Davidson, S. (Book publication for 2012). Going Grey: The mediation of politics in an ageing society. Ashgate Publishing Limited.

Davidson, S (2011). Strategic reorientation to the new grey electorate: how political campaigners are responding to the challenge. Conference paper. Political Studies Association. 61st Annual Conference. London, April  21

Davidson, S (2010) The Political Communications Response to an Ageing Electorate: evidence from the UK and the United States. Conference paper presented at the International Political Science Association - Research Committee for Political Communication RC22 in conjunction with The UK Political Studies Association Media and Politics Specialist Group Joint International Conference on Political Communication. Loughborough University 4th - 5th November 2010.

The global human rights regime and the internet: Non-democratic states and the hyper-visibility of evidence of oppression (2011) Scott Davidson and James Stanyer in Cottle, S & Lester,L Eds Transnational Protests and the Media. Peter Lang Publishing. 
 
Davidson, S. Binstock, R. (2012) Segmentation: Political Marketing in Ageing Democracies. Scott Davidson and Robert Binstock in Lees-Marshment Editor the Routledge Handbook of Political marketing. Routledge.

Davidson, S. (2009). Doing the PR for Snake Oil: Evaluating the case for a debate on the professional ethics of practitioners working to undermine science-based medicine. Presented to Stirling 21 - the CIPR Academic Conference. University of Stirling September 10, 2009.

Davidson, S & Stanyer, J, (2008). "The internet and the hyper-visibility of oppression in non-democratic states: Oppressive regimes and the online exposure of human rights abuses and other repressive acts" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association 2008 Annual Meeting, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Aug 28, 2008

Davidson, S & Downey, J. (2007) The Internet and the 2005 UK General Election. In Political Communications: the British General Election of 2005. Dominic Wring, Jane Green, Roger Mortimore and Simon Atkinson (editors). Palgrave Macmillan.

Davidson, S. (2007). Book review. Hugh Pemberton et al (eds.) Britain's Pension Crisis — History and Policy. In British Politics (2007) 2, 442–443.

Davidson, S. (2006) The “Grey Battleground” at the Next British General Election: Quantifying the Inexorable Rise of the Grey Vote. Paper Presented to the 56th Political Studies Association Annual Conference April 2006 - University of Reading.

Davidson, S. (2005). Grey Power, School Gate Mums and the Youth Vote: Age as a Key Factor in Voter Segmentation and Engagement in the 2005 UK General Election. In the Journal of Marketing Management, Volume 21, Number 9, November 2005, pp. 1179-1192(14).

Davidson, S. (2005).  A Demographic Time Bomb? The Politics of Ageing and the British Media. Paper Presented to the 55th Political Studies Association Annual Conference. 4-7 April 2005 - University of Leeds

Wider Publications and Research:

Davidson, S. (2010) Quantifying the Changing Age Structure of the British Electorate 2005-2025: Researching the age demographics of the new parliamentary constituencies. Published by AGE UK. April 2010. (report link: http://framingthedot.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/age-uk_davidson-mar10gb-report_updated.pdf)

Davidson, S. (2006). Coming of Age. Front-page feature article for the May-June 2006 edition of Progress magazine. http://progress.squareeye.com/Magazine/article.asp?a=1310

Electoral Commission (2005). Reporting the 2005 UK General Election. A study conducted on behalf of The Electoral Commission by the Communication Research Centre, Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough University. Report Authors: David Deacon, Dominic Wring, Michael Billig, John Downey, Peter Golding and Scott Davidson

Davidson, S. (2005). The Growing Importance of older voters.  A report for Age Concern England.  This publication and the related report Winning in 2009: The Importance of the Baby Boomers can be found on a special dedicated web site: www.20millionvotes.org.uk

Davidson, S & Rawson, S. (2005). East Midlands International Connections International Students at Broxtowe College, Nottingham A report for the East Midlands Development Agency.

Davidson, S. (2002). The Psephology of Population Ageing:   A Campaigner's Perspective. Conference paper presented at the International Federation on Ageing 6th Global Conference. Perth, Australia, October 2002.

Davidson, S. (2001). The Power of Older Voters. Chapter in The People Have Spoken. UK Elections: who votes and who doesn’t. The Hansard Society.

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