Andrew Chadwick (born December 1970) is a British

political communication Political communication is a subfield of communication and political science that is concerned with how information spreads and influences politics, policy makers, the news media, and citizens. Since the advent of the World Wide Web, the amount ...

researcher. His work focuses on the fields of

, including mobilisation, news and journalism, political engagement, and deception and misinformation. He is Professor of Political Communication at

Loughborough University Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for post-nominals) is a public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university since 1966, but it dates back to 1909, when L ...

, where he is also director of th
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''.

Career

Chadwick was the Head of Department in Politics and International Relations at

Royal Holloway, University of London Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL), formally incorporated as Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, is a public research university and a constituent college of the federal University of London. It has six schools, 21 academic departm ...

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

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's Best Book Award (Communication and Information Technologies Section) in 2007 for his book ''Internet Politics: States, Citizens and New Communication Technologies''. 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. In 2014 Chadwick was one of eight Commissioners on the Commission on Civil Society and Democratic Engagement, which has been launched in response to concerns raised regarding the UK Government's proposed

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. Chadwick has contributed to, amongst others, '' The Independent'', BBC Radio 4 ( Today,

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and Moral Maze), and '' The Daily Telegraph''. In 2012, Chadwick was invited to speak at the

Holberg Prize The Holberg Prize is an international prize awarded annually by the government of Norway to outstanding scholars for work in the arts, humanities, social sciences, law and theology, either within one of these fields or through interdisciplinary ...

Symposium, where he delivered an address on the hybrid media system. He held a visiting position at the

Oxford Internet Institute The Oxford Internet Institute (OII) is a multi-disciplinary department of social and computer science dedicated to the study of information, communication, and technology, and is part of the Social Sciences Division of the University of Oxford ...

, University of Oxford.

Selected publications

* 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. * Chadwick, Andrew, ''Internet Politics: States, Citizens, and New Communication Technologies'', Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. * Chadwick, Andrew and Heffernan, Richard, eds. ''The New Labour Reader''. Cambridge:

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, 2003. * Chadwick, Andrew, ''Augmenting Democracy: Political Movements and Constitutional Reform During the Rise of Labour, 1900–1924''. Aldershot:

Ashgate Publishing Ashgate Publishing was an academic book and journal publisher based in Farnham ( Surrey, United Kingdom). It was established in 1967 and specialised in the social sciences, arts, humanities and professional practice. It had an American office i ...

, 1999.

External links

Andrew Chadwick’s website

Andrew Chadwick on Google Scholar

New Political Communication Unit, Royal Holloway, University of London

Oxford Studies in Digital Politics book series with Oxford University Press
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chadwick, Andrew Academics of Loughborough University Alumni of the London School of Economics Living people British political scientists Alumni of the University of Birmingham 1970 births