Rasmus Kleis Nielsen is Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and Professor of Political Communication at the University of Oxford.
His research is focused on the changing role of news and media in our societies. He has written extensively about journalism, digital media, the business of news, political communication, misinformation and related topics in dozens of scholarly articles, edited volumes, and books, including Ground Wars (winner of the American Political Science Association’s Doris Graber Award for the best book on political communication published in the last ten years), The Power of Platforms (with Sarah Anne Ganter), and Avoiding the News (with Benjamin Toff and Ruth Palmer). In addition, he is co-author of the annual Reuters Institute Digital News Report.
A frequent speaker at academic, industry, and policy-making conferences, he has provided expert advice to both governments and news media companies in several countries. His work has been covered by a wide variety of media all over the world, and he has written for the Financial Times, El País, The Hindu, the Indian Express, the Washington Post, and many other publications. He tweets at @rasmus_kleis.
For a complete overview over Dr Nielsen’s research, please consult his Google Scholar Profile.
Research
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Concentration of online news traffic and publishers' reliance on platform referrals: Evidence from passive tracking data in the UK
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Juicios rápidos: cómo reaccionan las audiencias que no confían en las noticias a las que ven en las plataformas digitales
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Julgamentos rápidos: como o público que não confia nas notícias navega pelas informações nas plataformas digitais
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Snap judgements: how audiences who lack trust in news navigate information on digital platforms
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Race and leadership in the news media 2022: evidence from five markets
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Mujeres y liderazgo en los medios informativos en 2022: evidencias de 12 mercados
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Women and leadership in the news media 2022: evidence from 12 markets
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Echo chambers, filter bubbles, and polarisation: a literature review
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Profundidade e amplitude: Como as organizações noticiosas navegam entre as escolhas envolvidas para construir confiança nas notícias
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Profundidad y amplitud: cómo navegan los medios los compromisos en torno a mejorar la confianza en las noticias
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Depth and breadth: How news organisations navigate trade-offs around building trust in news
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