Research Overview
Andrew’s research interests lie at the intersection of media and public policy. His current research projects focus on misinformation campaigns in elections, policy agenda-setting and legislative outcomes, communicating policy ideas, and regulatory responses to mis- and disinformation. Andrew is an experienced quantitative and qualitative researcher, with methodological interests in survey experiments, content analysis, and interviews. His research has been published in high-impact academic journals and other media outlets, such as The Conversation.
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Carson, A., Gibbons, A., Martin A, and Phillips J.B. 2022. ‘Does Third-Party Fact-Checking Increase Trust in News Stories? An Australian Case Study Using the “Sports Rorts” Affair’, Digital Journalism 10(5): 801-822, https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2022.2031240.
Gibbons, A., Carson A., and Phillips J.B. 2021. ‘Recursion theory and the ‘death tax’: Investigating a fake news discourse in the 2019 Australian election.’ Journal of Language and Politics. https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.21030.car
Gibbons, A. 2021. ‘The Loss of Expertise in Campaign Coverage? Political Aficionados and Experts in Policy News.’ Journalism Studies 22 (2): 137-164.
Gibbons, A. 2020. ‘Crisis of Policy Reporting: Evidence from Australian Election Campaigns, 2001-2013.’ Journalism Studies, 21(5), 615-635. doi: 10.1080/1461670X.2019.1697855
Farhall, K., Wright, S., Carson, A., Gibbons, A. and Lukamto, W. 2019. ‘Political Elites’ Use of Fake News Discourse Across Communications Platforms.’ International Journal of Communication, 13, 4353-4375. Available here.
Hannah, A., Brown, J., and Gibbons, A. 2019. ‘Welfare Capabilities: Evaluating distributional inequalities and welfare policy in advanced democracies.’ Journal of European Social Policy. doi: 10.1177/0958928719868447
Carson, A., Gibbons, A, and Martin, A. 2019. ‘Did the Gillard Government Keep its Promises? A Study of Promissory Representation in Australia’, Australian Journal of Political Science, 54(2), 219-237. doi: 10.1080/10361146.2019.1588956
Martin, A. J., Dowding, K., Hindmoor, A., & Gibbons, A. 2014. ‘The opinion-policy link in Australia.’ Australian Journal of Political Science, 49(3), 499-517.
Book Chapters
Gibbons, A. 2021. ‘Politics and Media in the Digital Age: Challenges and Opportunities for Australian Democracy.’ In A. Fenna and R. Manwaring (eds.) Australian Government and Politics. Melbourne: Pearson.
Journal Articles Under Review
Gibbons, A. and Carson, A. (Under review). ‘What is misinformation and disinformation? Understanding multi-stakeholders’ perspectives in the Asia-Pacific.’
Gibbons, A. and Evans, R. (Under Review). ‘The Executive Lawmaking Agenda: Political Parties, Prime Ministers, and Policy Change in Australia.’
Carson, A. and Gibbons, A. (Under Review). ‘The Big Chill? How Journalists and Sources Respond to Fake News Laws in Indonesia and Singapore’
Works in Progress
Gibbons, A., and Hannah, A. (Revising) ‘Repeal and Replace: Prospect theory, policy feedback and the fulfilment of election promises in US health care’
Gibbons, A. (WP). ‘Media Framing and Decision Making in Australia: The Case of Media Reform.’
Gibbons, A., and Evans, R. (WP). ‘Polarised and Divided? Examining Bipartisanship in the Australian Parliament, 2000-2018’
Gibbons, A. (WP), ‘Legislative Success, Media, and Minor Parties.’
Selection of Conference papers
Gibbons, A., Carson A., Farhall, K., and Lukamto, W., ‘Trump Contagion? An examination of Australian political elites’ use of ‘fake news’ and other ‘post-truth’ terminologies in popular discourse’, Australian Political Studies Association 2017 Conference, 25-27 September 2017.
Gibbons, A., Carson A., Martin A., ‘Do political parties keep their promises? A program-to-policy linkage study of the 2010-13 federal Australian election cycle’, Australian Political Studies Association 2017 Conference, 25-27 September 2017.
Gibbons, A., ‘Reporting Policy in the Twenty-First Century: Campaign Launch Speeches, Policy Attention, and News Coverage, 2001-2013’, Australian Political Studies Association 2016 Conference, 26-28 September 2016.
Gibbons, A. ‘Measuring Policy Reporting in Election Campaigns: Evidence from the 2013 Australian Federal Election’, Fourth Annual Conference of the Australian Society for Quantitative Political Science, 9-10 December 2015.
Carson A., Gibbons, A., Martin A., & Wright, S., ‘Do political parties keep their promises? A program-to-policy linkage study of the 2010-13 federal Australian election cycle’, Australian Political Studies Association 2015 Conference, 27-30 September 2015.
Martin, A., Dowding, K., Hindmoor, A. and Gibbons, A. ‘Is policy congruent with public opinion in Australia? Evidence from the Australian Policy Agendas Project and Roy Morgan’, in Australian Political Studies Association (APSA) Annual Conference 2013, Perth, 30 September 2013, APSA, 1-8.
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