Purpose

The purpose of this blog is to make accessible research on the role of images and/or emotions in politics.  We define this in a broad sense: as creative and innovative attempts to understand how visual and sensory factors shape how we perceive and act out the political world.

We welcome submissions to the Visual Politics Blog.

Submission Criteria 

• Entries should be between 600 and 1500 words.

• Write in accessible language. Convey a key message and capture it in the title.

• Texts must be original. You can draw on previously published texts, such as a book or journal article.

• ·Previously published texts and images must come with copyright permission

• ·Send submissions to bleiker@uq.edu.au. After a desk-top review submissions will be assessed by two readers.