Dr Mark Shephard
Teaching Fellow
Politics
Personal statement
Personal statement
Dr. Mark Shephard is Senior Lecturer in politics at the School of Government and Public Policy, University of Strathclyde and was principal investigator on the ESRC/AQMeN Future of the United Kingdom and Scotland research project focusing on the impact of social media on the Scottish Independence referendum. He researches Scottish and British politics, social media, elite behaviour, legislatures, public opinion, parties and elections. His works have been published in a number of journals including Electoral Studies, Political Studies, The Journal of Legislative Studies, The Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, British Politics, Parliamentary Affairs, and the British Journal of Politics and International Relations.
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Publications
- Westminster in the UK context
- Haughey Sean, Shephard Mark Peter, Stirbu Diana
- Exploring Parliament (2025) (2025)
- Divining the UK's national interest : MPs' parliamentary discourse and the Brexit withdrawal process
- Judge David, Shephard Mark
- British Politics Vol 18, pp. 579-602 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1057/s41293-022-00217-8
- 'New politics', crisis effects and format effects : a comparative study of hostility and positivity in exchanges between leaders during UK Prime Minister's questions and Scottish and Welsh First Minister's questions
- Ludwicki-Ziegler Sebastian, Shephard Mark
- British Journal of Politics and International Relations Vol 26, pp. 505-527 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1177/13691481231199890
- Editorial : The psychology of fake news on social media, who falls for it, who shares it, why, and can we help users detect it?
- Robertson David J, Shephard Mark P, Anderson Anthony, Huhe Narisong, Rapp David N, Madsen Jens K
- Frontiers in Psychology Vol 14 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1236748
- Everyday non-partisan fake news : sharing behavior, platform specificity, and detection
- Shephard Mark P, Robertson David J, Huhe Narisong, Anderson Anthony
- Frontiers in Psychology Vol 14 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1118407
- Sharing is believing : reassessing misinformation diffusion on social media
- Huhe Narisong, Shephard Mark Peter, Robertson DJ, Anderson Tony
- Association for Psychological Science (APS) Annual Convention 2022 (2022)
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Professional Activities
- Detecting and Sharing Fake News: An Individual Differences Approach
- Contributor
- 26/9/2024
- Fourteenth Workshop of Parliamentary Scholars and Parliamentarians
- Participant
- 28/7/2019
- Political Studies Association Annual Meeting 2019 paper presentation on Social Networks on Social Media
- Speaker
- 15/4/2019
- Social Media training for PGDE Modern Studies teachers
- Speaker
- 16/10/2018
- Evidence from research published by the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee's Parliament and the Constitution Inquiry
- Recipient
- 9/10/2018
- EPOP Conference paper presentation on Social Media Networks and Polarisation
- Speaker
- 14/9/2018
Projects
- Mapping the Networked Socialisation of University Students in a Digital Age
- Huhe, Narisong (Principal Investigator) Shephard, Mark Peter (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2018 - 01-Jan-2019
- The impact of social media on young peoples attitudes towards independence (AQMeN Sm Grants)
- Shephard, Mark Peter (Principal Investigator) Tagg, Stephen (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2013 - 28-Jan-2014
- Social Media and the 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum: The Twitter dimension (AQMeN Sm Grants)
- Shephard, Mark Peter (Principal Investigator) Tagg, Stephen (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2013 - 31-Jan-2014
- Impact of Discussion Threads in Social Media on Support for Independence
- Shephard, Mark Peter (Principal Investigator) Tagg, Stephen (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2013 - 12-Jan-2014
- AQMeN Collaborative Small Grants Scheme
- Shephard, Mark Peter (Principal Investigator) Patrikios, Efstratios (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2011 - 30-Jan-2012
- Applied Quantitative Methods Network (AQMeN)
- Shephard, Mark Peter (Principal Investigator) Tagg, Stephen (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2009 - 31-Jan-2012