BA Earlham Coll. (Indiana), MA Kentucky & Washington Univ., PhD Washington Univ.
Phone: +61 8 6488 2849
Fax: +61 8 6488 1060
david.denemark@uwa.edu.au
Teaching
David Denemark teaches courses on elections, mass media, voter attitudes and behaviour, and US politics. POLS2216 Politics in the USA
POLS3316 Politics in the USA
POLS2223 Elections, Mass Media and Politics
POLS3323 Elections, Mass Media and Politics
Research
David has a major research interest in elections, electoral behaviour. the political impact of the mass media and electoral campaigning in Anglo-American democracies. His recent research includes the analysis of the impact of terrorism on voter evaluations and preferences, election campaigns and the effect of the news media on election outcomes.
Representative Publications
Books (Edited) (with W. Stritzke, S. Lewandowsky, F. Morgan and J. Clare) Terrorism and Torture: An Interdisciplinary Perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2009) (with G. Meagher, S. Wilson, M. Western and T. Phillips) Australian Social Attitudes 2: Citizenship, Work and Aspirations. Sydney: UNSW Press (2007) (with S. Wilson, G. Meagher, R. Gibson, M. Western) Australian Social Attitudes: The First Report, Sydney, UNSW Press (2005) Journal Articles (with Ward, I. and Bean, C.) Election Campaigns and Television News Coverage: The Case of the 2001 Australian Election, Australian Journal of Political Science, 42:1, pp 89-109 (2007) Information Flow and Voter Decision Making in the 2001 Australian Federal Election: The Role of International and Domestic Issues, Political Research Quarterly, 58:3, pp 397-412 (2005) Security and Domestic Issues in Australian Gender Gap Politics, Australian Quarterly: A Journal of Contemporary Analysis, 76:2, pp 4-13 (2004)
Electoral Change, Inertia and Campaigns in New Zealand, Party Politics, 9:5, pp 601-618 (2003)
Television Effects and Voter Decision Making in Australia: A Re-examination of the Converse Model, British Journal of Political Science, 32:4, pp 663-690 (2002) (with Bowler, S.) Minor Parties and Protest Votes in Australia and New Zealand: Locating Populist Politics, Electoral Studies, 21:1, pp 47-67 (2002) (with Devereux J.) TV Coverage and International Issues in the 2001 Australian Federal Election, Australian Quarterly, 74:6, pp 8-16 (2002) Partisan Pork Barrel in Parliamentary Systems: Australian Constituency-Level Grants, The Journal of Politics, 62:3, pp 896-915 (2000) Social Democracy and Contextual Unemployment: New Zealand Labour in 1990, Australian Geographer, 30:2, pp 197-220 (1999) Book Chapters Terrorism and TV News Coverage in the 2001 Australian Election, Terrorism and Torture: An Interdisciplinary Perspective, eds Stritzke, W., Lewandowsky, S., Denemark, D., Morgan, F. and Clare, J. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2009) (with Donovan, T. and Bowler, S.) Trust, Citizenship and Participation: Australia in Comparative Perspective, Australian Social Attitudes 2: Citizenship, Work and Aspirations. Sydney, eds Denemark, D., Meagher, G., Wilson, S., Western, M. and Phillips, T. UNSW Press, pp 81-106 (2007) (with Bean, C.) Citizenship, Participation, Efficacy and Trust in Australia, Australian Social Attitudes 2: Citizenship, Work and Aspirations, UNSW Press, eds Denemark, D., Meagher, G., Wilson, S., Western, M. and Phillips, T. UNSW Press, pp 58-80 (2007) Mass Media and Media Power in Australia, Australian Social Attitudes: The First Report, eds. Wilson, S., Meagher, G., Gibson, R., Denemark, D., Western, M., Sydney, UNSW Press, pp 220-239 (2005) Choosing MMP in New Zealand: Explaining the 1993 Electoral Reform, Mixed-Member Electoral Systems: The Best of Both Worlds? eds Shugart, M. S. and Wattenberg, M. P., United Kingdom, Oxford University Press, pp 70-95 (2001) Campaign Activities and Marginality: The Transition to MMP Campaigns, Voters' Victory?, eds Vowles, J., Aimer, P., Banducci, S., Karp, J., New Zealand, Auckland University Press, pp 81-100 (1998)
Postgraduate Supervision David Denemark has supervised graduate students working in several areas: political parties, mass media and election campaigns, and voting and electoral behaviour.
He welcomes research proposals from prospective graduate students with interests in Australian politics, American politics, political parties, voting and electoral behaviour, and the role of the mass media in political campaigns and political attitudes. |
