Dr Philip Ramsey
Assistant Professor in Digital and Creative Media, Faculty of Arts and Education, School of International Communications
Qualifications
BA(Hons) MA PhD (Ulster)
Contact
•Room 211, Admin Building
199 Taikang East Road
Ningbo 315100
China
Campus: Ningbo China
•Telephone: +86 (0) 5748818 7405
•Email:
Biography
Phil Ramsey joined the University of Nottingham Ningbo China in January 2012. Prior to that he was at the University of Ulster (Northern Ireland), where he was PhD researcher at the Centre for Media Research (2007-2011), Research Associate in the School of Communication (2011), and Seminar Tutor and latterly part-time lecturer in the School of Media, Film & Journalism (2007-2012).
Phil Ramsey’s doctoral thesis was entitled ‘New Labour and the Public Sphere: a normative critique’, and was completed under the supervision of Dr Robert Porter. At the University of Ulster he taught on a range of subjects includingpolitical communication, public service broadcasting, journalism studies and documentary film. He also lectured on the European Union Peace III funded course‘Conflicts of Interest’, run by Expac, delivering talks on post-conflict Northern Ireland to ex-prisoners and community groups.
Research
Phil Ramsey’s research focuses primarily on political communication in the UK, public sphere theory and the relationship between media and democracy. Connected to this are questions concerning the role of public service broadcasters and the UK Parliament in the public sphere. In China, his research focuses on the conceptualisation of creativity in China and the development of creative industries policy discourse. In this regard he is engaged withDr Bjarke Liboriussen and Dr Andrew White on a project entitled ‘Creativity in a Chinese Context’.
Teaching - UNNC
Undergraduate
• Arts and Communication
• Media Studies
• Arts and Cultural Policy
• Political Communication
•Digital Media, Culture and Creative Industries in China (Summer School)
Postgraduate
•International Communications and Cultural Difference
•Digital and Creative Media
Publications
Ramsey, P. (2012) ‘Review: The Comfort of Things, and Stuff’, Participations: Journal of Audience and Reception Studies, pp. 829-831.
Somerville, I. & Ramsey, P. (2012) ‘Public Relations and Politics’ in A. Theaker, The Public Relations Handbook (4th Edition).Oxon: Routledge, pp. 38-59.
Hargie, O., Somerville, I. & Ramsey, P. (2011) Identifying and Addressing Barriers to Inclusion for Young Players in Northern Ireland International Football. Jordanstown: University of Ulster.
Ramsey, P. (2010) ‘Journalism, Deliberative Democracy and Government Communication: normative arguments from public sphere theory’, in Javnost-The Public, Vol.17(4): 81-96.
Ramsey, P. (2010) ‘Public Service Broadcasting and the Public Sphere: Normative Arguments from Habermasian Theory’ in Networking Knowledge: the Journal of the MeCCSA PGN, Vol.3(2): 1-14.
Ramsey, P. (2010) ‘Response to BBC Strategy Review 2010’, Media Policy Briefing Paper No.6, University of Ulster: Centre for Media Research, ISSN 1748-0175 (Print).
Ramsey, P. (2010) ‘Digital citizenship and inclusion: a social democratic agenda’, Compass Thinkpieces. Available from:
Porter, R. & Ramsey, P. (2010) 'Ideology' in M. Bevir (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Political Theory: Volume 2, London: Sage, pp.682-687.
Waterhouse-Bradley, B. & Ramsey, P. (2010) ‘The Political Engagement of Black and Minority Ethnic Groups: Does policy impede Civic Culture?’ in International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Vol.5(7): 183-194.
Other output
Ramsey, P. (2010) ‘Labour’s life and times’, Agenda NI magazine. Available from:
Conference and Symposium Papers and Presentations
‘Creativity and the Cultural and Creative Industries in China’. Conference paper presented with Bjarke Liboriussen and Andrew White toChinese Culture on the World Stage, Hong Kong Baptist University (hosted in conjunction with Renmin University and University of Westminster, UK), 15-17 June 2012.
‘The Internet and the Public Sphere under New Labour (UK government, 1997-2010)’. Paper presented to The First International Seminar on Internet Culture and Creative Industries in Ningbo, School of Media and Design, Ningbo Institute of Technology, Zhejiang University, and Division of International Communications, The University of Nottingham Ningbo China, 11 May 2012.
‘The predictable case of Titanic Quarter: neoliberalism, the city and the public sphere’. Paper presented to Dramatizing the Political – A One Day Symposium, School of Media, Film & Journalism, University of Ulster, 17 September 2010.
‘Market led, not public led: a public sphere analysis of the BBC Executive proposal document, Putting Quality First: The BBC and Public Space’. Conference paper presented to MeCCSA (Media Communication and Cultural Studies Association) Post-Graduate Conference, University of Glasgow, 30 June - 1 July 2010.
‘Journalism and Deliberative Democracy: the role of governmental communication’. Conference Paper presented to International Conference: Journalism Research in the Public Interest, IAM Institute of Applied Media Studies at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences and the Institute of Mass Communication and Media Research, University of Zurich, 21 November 2009.
‘Government, citizenship and the public sphere: contested democracy and digital technology’. Conference paper presented to International Symposium on Electronic Arts, Annual Conference, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, 24 August 2009.
‘Reflections on the House of Lords Communication Committee Report (2009): implications for politics and the media’. Conference paper presented to MeCCSA (Media Communication and Cultural Studies Association) Post-Graduate Conference, National Institute for Excellence in the Creative Industries, Bangor University, Wales, 8 July 2009.
‘The changing relationship between Parliament and the public’. Conference paper
presented to Shifting Boundaries of the Public and Private: Post-graduate Research Conference, School of Political, Social and International Studies (PSI), University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, 5 June 2009.
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