Dr. Alessio Cornia
Alessio Cornia is Associate Professor at Dublin City University and Research Associate at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford.
His research interest is comparative research on political communication and journalism, with a focus on the relationship between media and politics, news industry developments, digital news, social media platforms, media coverage of corruption, and EU journalism.
He has contributed to major European research projects, including as DCU research team lead for the EU-funded CO.R.E.: COrruption Risk indicators in Emergency project and as Co-PI for the H2020 project MEDIATIZED EU: Mediatized Discourses on Europeanization and Their Representations in Public Perceptions.
He was previously Research Fellow at the Reuters Institute and Researcher at the University of Perugia, where he completed a PhD in Social and Political Theory and Research.
He has published a monograph on EU journalists in Brussels and articles in academic journals including the International Journal of Press/Politics, Digital Journalism, the European Journal of Communication, Journalism, Journalism Studies, Media, Culture & Society and the Journal of Risk Research.
Research Interests
Teaching Interests
MCO1050 - Political Communication 1: Concepts & Issues
MCO1066/MCO1051 - Social Media, Journalism and Democracy
CUS1032 - Perspectives on the Network Society
MCO1060 - Dissertation/Major Project (MA in Social Media Communications)
CV
External Positions
- Research Associate, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford01/09/2018 – Ongoing
Academic Qualifications
- PhD, University of Perugia, ItalyField of study: Social sciencesProject: Social and Political Theory and ResearchAward date: 23/02/2009
- Master's Degree, University of Perugia, ItalyProject: Communication SciencesAward date: 31/03/2004