Andrew Chadwick (born December 1970) is a British
political communication researcher. His work focuses on the fields of
political communication, including
mobilisation, news and journalism, political engagement, and deception and misinformation. He is Professor of Political Communication at
Loughborough University, where he is also director of the
Online Civic Culture Centre (O3C). His latest book The Hybrid Media System: Politics and Power was released in 2013 and in a second edition in 2017.
Early life and education
Chadwick completed his PhD under the supervision of Professor
Rodney Barker at the
London School of Economics. His thesis later became his first book, Augmenting Democracy: Political Movements and Constitutional Reform During the Rise of Labour, 1900–1924.[1]
Career
Chadwick was the Head of Department in Politics and International Relations at
Royal Holloway, University of London from 2006-2009. He was also the Founder and co-Director, with Professor
Ben O'Loughlin, of the New Political Communication Unit based at Royal Holloway.
Chadwick has contributed to field-building in this area of communication studies. He edited the Handbook of Internet Politics with
Philip N. Howard, and is the founder and editor of Oxford Studies in Digital Politics. He was awarded the
American Sociological Association's Best Book Award (Communication and Information Technologies Section) in 2007 for his book Internet Politics: States, Citizens and New Communication Technologies.[2] His most recent book, The Hybrid Media System: Politics and Power, offers a critical analysis of the exercise of power in a media system characterised by a meshing of media types.
Chadwick, Andrew, The Hybrid Media System: Politics and Power. Oxford:
Oxford University Press, Second Edition, 2017.
Chadwick, Andrew and Howard, Phillip N. eds. Handbook of Internet Politics. London:
Routledge, 2009.[6]
Chadwick, Andrew, Internet Politics: States, Citizens, and New Communication Technologies, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.[7][8][9][10]
Chadwick, Andrew and Heffernan, Richard, eds. The New Labour Reader. Cambridge:
Polity, 2003.[11]
Chadwick, Andrew, Augmenting Democracy: Political Movements and Constitutional Reform During the Rise of Labour, 1900–1924. Aldershot:
Ashgate Publishing, 1999.[1]
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