Dr Alessio Cornia
Dr Alessio Cornia is a Research Associate at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. His main area of research interest is the comparative research of journalism, with a focus on news industry developments, digital news, EU journalism, political communication, journalism and corruption, and risk communication. He is currently working on the Digital News Project, focusing on how private media are developing in several European countries.
He comes from a position of Ricercatore (Senior Research Fellow) at the Department of Political Science, University of Perugia, where he taught Online Communication Campaigns and Digital Media Studies, and where he was involved in several EU-funded research projects (e.g. ANTICORRP, OPTI-ALERT and AIM). In 2009 he completed a Ph.D. in Social and Political Theory and Research (University of Perugia).
He published a monograph (Notizie da Bruxelles, 2010, FrancoAngeli) and several of his articles have featured in scientific journals including Media, Culture and Society, European Journal of Communication, Journalism, Journalism Studies, Journal of Risk Research.
For a complete overview over Dr Cornia's research, please consult his Google Scholar Profile.
Research
How Polarized Are Online and Offline News Audiences? A Comparative Analysis of Twelve Countries
Private Sector News, Social Media Distribution, and Algorithm Change
Newsroom Integration as an Organisational Challenge: Approaches of European public service media from a comparative perspective
Public Service News and Social Media
Measuring the reach of "fake news" and online disinformation in Europe
Developing Digital News Projects in Private Sector Media
Developing Digital News in Public Service Media
Pay Models in European News
Challenges and opportunities for news media and journalism in an increasingly digital, mobile and social media environment
Private Sector Media and Digital News
Journalists in the UK