Dr Caroline Leicht

  • Tutor in Media, Culture and Society (Sociological & Cultural Studies)

email: Caroline.Leicht@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns: She/her/hers

Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, Vereinigtes Königreich, G12 8QQ

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9822-857X

Biography

Dr Caroline Leicht is a Tutor in Media, Culture and Society at the University of Glasgow and a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Southampton where she was awarded her PhD in Politics in June 2024. Her research focuses on the intersection of gender, media and politics, with a focus on US politics. In her PhD project, Caroline examined gendered representations of US presidential candidates in political comedy and associated cultivation effects among voters.

Caroline's research has been published in Political Studies Review, in the European Journal of Politics and Gender and in Politics. She regularly provides expert commentary to national and international news media outlets and is a frequent contributor to academic blogs. Prior to her PhD, Carolin worked as an editor and reporter in print, online and television journalism.

Research interests

  • Gender and politics
  • Origins, causes and effects of media sexism and gendered representations of political candidates
  • Modern and non-traditional news media (including political comedy and humor as a news source)
  • Political communication and public discourse
  • Social media political communication, e.g., feminist memetic discourse

Publications

Prior publications

ORCiD

Caroline V. Leicht, Elsa Bengtsson Meuller, Taylor Borowetz, Lydia Ayame Hiraide, Katie Pruszynski, (2024) Differential and resonant solidarities: A materialist approach to the early career experience Politics ; source: Caroline V. Leicht

Peter Finn, Lauren Bell, Amy Tatum, Caroline V. Leicht, (2024) Assessing ChatGPT as a Tool for Research on US State and Territory Politics Political Studies Review (doi: 10.1177/14789299241268652)(issn: 1478-9299)(issn: 1478-9302); source: Caroline V. Leicht

Caroline V. Leicht, (2024) ‘Make the friendship bracelets’: gendered imagery in candidates’ self-presentations on the campaign trail UK Election Analysis 2024: Media, Voters and the Campaign (source-work-id: 7e634fdb-0b97-4dac-b1e1-302579a38843)(isbn: 9781910042366); source: University of Southampton

Caroline V. Leicht, (2024) Not (wo)man enough? Representations of gender stereotypes in political comedy coverage of presidential candidates European Journal of Politics and Gender (source-work-id: f513e858-95d6-4099-854b-535889c267f8)(doi: 10.1332/25151088Y2024D000000035); source: University of Southampton

Caroline V. Leicht, (2023) Rising stars and fading stars: challenges and opportunities for the democratic party after the midterms Exploring the 2022 US Midterms (source-work-id: 26ba635d-b4cd-468c-8e38-fd335c5f3e72); source: University of Southampton

Caroline V. Leicht, (2022) Nightly news or nightly jokes? News parody as a form of political communication: a review of the literature Political Studies Review (source-work-id: c4e3f337-0ec0-41cc-93d1-4fa99a8aa40e)(eid: 2-s2.0-85131575254)(doi: 10.1177/14789299221100339); source: University of Southampton


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