Lindsey Meeks, Ph.D.

lmeeks@ou.edu


Associate Professor

University of Oklahoma

Year of PhD: 2013

Country: United States (Oklahoma)

About Me:

I am an associate professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Oklahoma. Generally, my research areas include political communication, gender, news media, and social media. I have also conducted research on sexual harassment in the workplace, sheriff election coverage, and climate change. I received my MA and PhD from the University of Washington and my BS from the University of Texas at Austin. 

Research Interests

Political Communication

Gender and Politics

Elections, Election Administration, and Voting Behavior

American Presidency And Executive Politics

News Media

American Political Parties

Gender And Partisanship

Gender And Representation

Gender And Voting

Gender Stereotypes

Media Gender Representation

Political Gender Stereotypes

Twitter

Political Journalism

Party Identification

Party Politics

Political Communication Online

Presidential Communication

Women Candidates

Women Voters

Content Analysis

Experiments

Climate Change

Sexual Harassment

Sheriffs

Countries of Interest

United States

My Research:

My main areas of research include political communication, gender, news media, and social media. Within these areas, I am interested in three main actors: the news media, candidates, and voters. Specifically, I examine how the news media covers men and women candidates, and whether that coverage differs based on level of office sought and the gender of the journalists. Additionally, I analyze communication strategies of men and women candidates in varying contexts, e.g., different levels of office, the impact of their opponent’s gender and political party affiliation. Much of this work has focused on candidates’ campaign Twitter feeds, and has analyzed their issue and trait emphases, interactivity, and personalization. I have also examined how candidates appeal to women voters specifically. Lastly, I examine how voters grapple with news information and candidate information in their evaluative processes across such concepts as candidate gender, party, political issue emphases, character trait portrayal, and the effects of personalized campaign communication.