Todd Graham
- Position: University Academic Fellow in Political Communication and Journalism
- Areas of expertise: Journalism studies; Political communication; Internet research; New media and democracy; Online deliberation
- Email: T.Graham@leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 9945
- Location: 2.14 Clothworkers' Building North
- Website: Academia.edu | Twitter | Googlescholar | Researchgate | ORCID
Profile
I am a University Academic Fellow (UAF) in Political Communication and Journalism at the School of Media and Communication. I completed my PhD at the Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), University of Amsterdam, in 2009. I worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Digital Media and Journalism at the University of Groningen from 2009-2012. In 2012, I became a Lecture in Political Communication and Journalism and a Senior Lecture in 2015. In late 2016, I took up a post at the University of Leeds. My work has been published in top international journals across the field of communication and politics, including: New Media & Society, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, European Journal of Communication, International Journal of Press/Politics, Information, Communication & Society, Journalism Practice, Journalism Studies, Journal of Information Technology and Politics and Digital Journalism. In 2012, I received the European Journal of Communication Article of the Year Award for my research on online political talk and popular culture.
Research interests
My main research research interests include: i) the use of new media in representative democracies; ii) the intersections between popular culture and formal politics; iii) online election campaigns; iv) social media and journalism; v) forms of online deliberation and political talk; vi) online civic engagement; vii) public sphere and deliberative democratic theory.
<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Any research projects I'm currently working on will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>Qualifications
- PhD in Political Communication (University of Amsterdam, ASCoR)
- MA in European Communication Studies (w/Honors, University of Amsterdam, ASCoR)
- BA in Communication Studies and Political Science (University of Rhode Island)
- University Teaching Qualification (University of Groningen)
Research groups and institutes
- Journalism
- Political Communication