Andrew Chadwick (PhD, London School of Economics and Political Science) is Professor of Political Communication in the Department of Communication and Media at Loughborough University and a Fellow of the UK Academy of Social Sciences. He studies how digital media are implicated in social and political power in four main areas: political mobilisation, political engagement, deception and dis/misinformation, and news and journalism.
His work has won multiple international awards from the American Political Science Association, the International Communication Association, and the American Sociological Association. In addition, The Hybrid Media System: Politics and Power (Oxford University Press, 2013; 2nd Edition, 2017) received the International Journal of Press/Politics Best Book Award, which recognises an outstanding book over a ten year period. Earlier books include Internet Politics: States, Citizens, and New Communication Technologies (Oxford University Press, 2006) and The Handbook of Internet Politics (Routledge, 2009; co-edited with Philip N. Howard).
Andrew has published more than 120 academic research articles, book chapters, public reports, reviews, and press articles and is series editor for Oxford Studies in Digital Politics, which he launched in 2010. In recent years, he has advised various policymaking bodies, including for example the UK Department of Digital, Media, Culture and Sport (DCMS) Counter-Disinformation Policy Forum, the Government Office for Science Rapid Project on AI-driven disinformation, and the DCMS’s scoping for the BBC Royal Charter Review and its implementation phase.