Dr. Michael Vaughan
Michael Vaughan received his PhD in Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney and currently works as a postdoctoral research assistant in Research Group 15. His research interests include social movements, political participation, and the discursive dimension of mobilisation around issues of austerity and economic inequality.
Positions at Weizenbaum Institut
Research Assistant
Research Group "Digitalisation and the Transnational Public Sphere"
Fields of research
- Social movements
- Political participation
- Network analysis
Publications
Trenz, H.-J., Heft, A., Vaughan, M., & Pfetsch, B. (Eds.). (2021). Reclaiming the Public Sphere in a Global Health Crisis. Javnost - The Public, 28(2), 111–128. https://doi.org/10.1080/13183222.2021.1919385
Vaughan, M. (2019). Talking about tax: the discursive distance between 38 Degrees and GetUp. Journal of Information Technology and Politics, 17(2), 114–129. https://doi.org/10.1080/19331681.2019.1705220
Trevisan, F., Bello, B., Vaughan, M., & Vromen, A. (2019). Mobilizing personal narratives: The rise of digital “story banking” in U.S. grassroots advocacy. Journal of Information Technology and Politics, 17(2), 146–160. https://doi.org/10.1080/19331681.2019.1705221
Vaughan, M. (2019). Scale shift in international tax justice: comparing the UK and Australia from 2008 to 2016. Social Movement Studies, 18(6), 735–753. https://doi.org/10.1080/14742837.2019.1607283
Vaughan, M. (2019). Same-Sex Marriage and Its Implications for Australian Democracy. In M. Evans, M. Grattan, & B. McCaffrie (Eds.), From Turnbull to Morrison: Understanding the Trust Divide. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press.
Halpin, D., Vromen, A., Vaughan, M., & Raissi, M. (2018). Online petitioning and politics: the development of Change.org in Australia. Australian Journal of Political Science, 53(4), 428–445. https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2018.1499010
Vaughan, M., Vromen, A., & Martin, F. (2018). Engagement and interaction with online news: a case study of housing affordability discussions on Facebook. Media International Australia. https://doi.org/10.1177/1329878X18782998
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