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Dr Sophia Kaitatzi-Whitlock, is assistant professor at the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. She holds a PhD. in communication from the University of Westminster, UK, and has written and published extensively in academic journals and publications, on European audiovisual policy-making, political communication, the political economy of the media as well as on new media and technology policy (http://www.politikinet.gr). Her first book: The Domain of Information’ was published in Greek, (2003), while her latest international book publication is: Europe’s Political Communication Deficit (2005). She has translated Steven Lukes’ book: ‘Power A Radical View’ into the Greek language and has written a compreshensive introduction for it, entitled: ‘Subjugation and the Power of Ignorance’ (2007). She was vice-chair (2001-2004) of the COST-A20 research programme on: ‘The Impact of the Internet on Mass Media in Europe’. She is an elected member of the International Council of IAMCR. Her current research interests include democracy theory, power relations and the media, the interlocking between communicative and political practices within the new media domains.
Katrin Voltmer, University of Leeds, UK / Germany Dr. Katrin Voltmer Senior Lecturer in Political Communication Institute of Communications studies, University of Leeds, United Kingdom, Dr. Katrin Voltmer is Senior Lecturer in Political Communication and Course Director of the MA in Political Communication at the Institute of Communications Studies at the University of Leeds (UK). She obtained her PhD in Political Science in 1996 from the Free University Berlin (Germany) and has held positions at the Science Centre for Social Research Berlin and the Institute of Political Science at the Free University Berlin before moving to the UK in 2000. Her research interests focus on the role of the media in processes of democratisation, the media’s impact on citizens’ attitudes and political participation, and the influence of mass communication on public policy making. Most of her research takes a comparative perspective by including both established and emerging democracies. Katrin Voltmer has widely published in these areas. Her books include ‘Media Quality and Democracy’ (in German, 1998), ‘The Mass Media and Political Communication in New Democracies’ (Routledge 2006), ‘Public Policy and the Mass Media’ (Routledge 2009, with Sigrid Koch-Baumgarten) and ‘The Media in Transitional Democracies’ (Polity, forthcoming 2009). She has been invited speaker and organiser of panels on numerous national and international conferences. In particular, she has organised 5-days workshops at the ECPR (European Consortium for Political Research) joint sessions of workshops in 2002 (on ‘Political Communication, the Mass Media and the Consolidation of New Democracies’, with Slavko Splichal) and 2007 (on ‘Public Policy and the Mass Media – Influences and Interactions’, with Sigrid Koch-Baumgarten). She has recently been invited to contribute to consultative hearings for the World Bank’s CommGAP programme (Communication for Governance & Accountability Program) at Harvard University. Katrin Voltmer has participated in several national and international research projects and has been a member of the CNEP network (Cross National Election Project where she was responsible for the area of media effects on political orientations (with Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck). She has been Principal Investigator of the ESRC-funded (Economic and Social Research Council, UK) research project on ‘Conflict, Communication and Respect for Political Opponents’. Presently she is leading a research project on ‘Political Communication in New Democracies: Government-Media Relationships in Transition’, funded by the British Academy (see http://polcomdem.com).
Jesper Strömbäck, University of Mid-Sweden, Sweden Dr. Jesper Strömbäck Ludvig Nordström-professor in Journalism, Research Director at the Centre for Political Communication Research, Mid Sweden University, S-851 70 Sundsvall, Sweden http://www.jesperstromback.com Dr. Jesper Strömbäck is Professor in
Media and Communication and was in 2007 appointed Ludvig
Nordström Professor and Chair in Journalism at Mid Sweden
University. He was also co-founder of the Centre for
Political Communication Research at Mid Sweden University,
where he is now Research Director. In 2005, 2006 and 2008 he
was a member of the Swedish Democratic Audit. He obtained
his Ph.D. in Journalism in 2001 from Stockholm University,
and has been a visiting Professor at the College of
Journalism and Communications, University of Florida, on
several occasions. He has published around 20 articles in
journals such as The International Journal of
Press/Politics, Global Media and Communication, Journal of
Political Marketing, Journalism Studies, Media, Culture &
Society, and Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and
Parties. He has also published more than ten books and
numerous book chapters. His most recent books are Handbook
of Election News Coverage around the World (co-edited with
Lynda Lee Kaid, Routledge 2008) and Communicating Politics.
Political Communication in the Nordic Countries (co-edited
with Mark Ørsten and Toril Aalberg, Nordicom 2008). He is
also a member of the Swedish Broadcasting Commission and has
experience working as both a journalist and in politics.
Currently he is visiting Professor at the University of
Florida, among other things studying the U.S. media coverage
of the 2008 presidential election. For a full CV, see
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