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Prof. Lance Bennett
University of Washington
Department of Communication
E-Mail: lbennett@u.washington.edu
Homepage: Personal Website, University of Washington
Short CV
Lance Bennett received his Ph.D. in political science from Yale University in 1974, and has taught since then at the University of Washington, where he is Ruddick C. Lawrence Professor Communication and Professor of Political Science. He is also founder and director of the Center for Communication and Civic Engagement. The Center is dedicated to understanding how communication processes and technologies can enhance citizen engagement with social life, politics, and global affairs.
From September to December 2009 Lance Benett has been visiting researcher at KFG.
Main Fields of interest
- Press-government relations and the quality of public information
- Strategic communication campaigns
- Communication and the organization of social movements
- Transnational activism
- Digital media and youth civic engagement
Publications
Monographs and Edited Volumes
with A. Segerberg (forthcoming). The Logic of Connective Action: Digital Media and the Personalization of Contentious Politics. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
(2008). Civic Life Online: Learning How Digital Media Can Engage Youth. Cambridge, M.I.T. Press.
with R. G. Lawrence and S. Livingston (2007). When the Press Fails: Political Power and the News Media from Iraq to Katrina. University of Chicago.
Refereed Articles and Book Chapters
with S. Lang and A. Segerberg (forthcoming). European Publics Online. Citizen engagement in EU vs. National level advocacy networks. In:European Public Spheres: Bringing Politics Back In. Eds. T. Risse and M. Van de Steeg. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
(2012). “The Personalization of Politics: “Political Identity, Social Media, and Changing Patterns of Participation.” The Annals 644(1): 20-39.
with A. Segerberg (2012). “The Logic of Connective Action.” Information, Communication & Society 15(5): 739-768.
with A. Segerberg (2011). “Digital Media and the Personalization of Collective Action: Social Technology and the Organization of Protests against the Global Economic Crisis.” Information, Communication & Society 14(6): 770-799.
(2010). Civic Learning in Changing Democracies: Challenges for Citizenship and Civic Eduaction. In: Young Citizens and New Media: Learning Democratic Engagement. Ed. P. Dahlgren. New York, Routledge.
with R. Lawrence (2008). Press Freedom and Democratic Accountability in a Time of War, Commercialism and the Internet. In: The Politics of News: The News of Politics. Eds. D. Grabber, P. Norris and D. McQuail. CQ Press: 247-267.
(2008). Changing Citizenship in the Digital Age. In: Civil Life Online: Learning How Digital Media Can Engage Youth. Ed. L. Bennett. Cambridge, M.I.T. Press: 1-24.
(2008). Pahittad allmanhet: Hur Amerikanska nyhetsmedier anvander opinionsmatningar for att dramatisera demokratin” (Inventing the public: How U.S. News organizations use polls to dramatize democracy). In: Medierna: Folkets rost? Demokratirads raport 2008. Eds. O. Petersson. Stockholm, SNS Forlag: 79-97.
(2008). Engineering Consent: The Persistence of a Problematic Communication Regime. In: Domestic Perspectives on Contemporary Democracy. Ed P. Nardulli. University of Illinois Press: 131-154.
Other Articles, Book Chapters and Working Papers
(2012 ). Grounding the European Public Sphere:Looking Beyond the Mass Media to Digitally Mediated Issue Publics. In: KFG Working Paper Series (43), Kolleg-Forschergruppe “The Transformative Power of Europe”, Freie Universität Berlin.
