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'''Ben O'Loughlin''' is Professor of International Relations at [[Royal Holloway, University of London]]. He is Co-Director of the New Political Communication Unit, which was launched in 2007 by Professor Andrew Chadwick. Before joining [[Royal Holloway]] in September 2006 he was a researcher on the [[ESRC]] New Security Challenges Programme.<ref>ESRC New Security Challenges homepage: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/research/newsecurity/</ref> He completed a DPhil in Politics at [[New College, Oxford]] in 2005 under the supervision of the political theorist Elizabeth Frazer and journalist Godfrey Hodgson.
'''Ben O'Loughlin''' is Professor of International Relations at [[Royal Holloway, University of London]]. He is Co-Director of the New Political Communication Unit, which was launched in 2007 by Professor Andrew Chadwick. Before joining [[Royal Holloway]] in September 2006 he was a researcher on the [[ESRC]] New Security Challenges Programme.<ref>ESRC New Security Challenges homepage: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/research/newsecurity/</ref> He completed a DPhil in Politics at [[New College, Oxford]] in 2005 under the supervision of the political theorist Elizabeth Frazer and journalist Godfrey Hodgson.


Ben's expertise is in the field of international political communication. He was Specialist Advisor to the House of Lords Select Committee on Soft Power [House of Lords Select Committee on Soft Power homepage: http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/lords-select/soft-power-and-the-uks-influence/ which published the report "Power and Persuasion in the Modern World".
Ben's expertise is in the field of international political communication. He was Specialist Advisor to the House of Lords Select Committee on Soft Power [House of Lords Select Committee on Soft Power homepage: http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/lords-select/soft-power-and-the-uks-influence/ which published the report [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201314/ldselect/ldsoftpower/150/150.pdf Power and Persuasion in the Modern World].


Through a number of projects, books and articles he has explored how politics and security are changing in the new [[media ecology]]. This work is drawn together in the book ''War and Media: The Emergence of Diffused War'' (Cambridge: [[Polity Press|Polity]], 2010), co-authored with Professor Andrew Hoskins. He has published articles in [[Political Studies (journal)|Political Studies]], [[Review of International Studies]], [[International Affairs (journal)|International Affairs]], International Journal of Press/Politics, Journalism, and many other peer-reviewed scientific journals.
Through a number of projects, books and articles he has explored how politics and security are changing in the new [[media ecology]]. This work is drawn together in the book ''War and Media: The Emergence of Diffused War'' (Cambridge: [[Polity Press|Polity]], 2010), co-authored with Professor Andrew Hoskins. He has published articles in [[Political Studies (journal)|Political Studies]], [[Review of International Studies]], [[International Affairs (journal)|International Affairs]], International Journal of Press/Politics, Journalism, and many other peer-reviewed scientific journals.

Revision as of 17:51, 19 July 2015

Ben O'Loughlin
Born
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Alma materNew College, Oxford
Known forInternational political communication, international relations, propaganda, public diplomacy, strategic communication, communication theory, terrorism

Ben O'Loughlin is Professor of International Relations at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is Co-Director of the New Political Communication Unit, which was launched in 2007 by Professor Andrew Chadwick. Before joining Royal Holloway in September 2006 he was a researcher on the ESRC New Security Challenges Programme.[1] He completed a DPhil in Politics at New College, Oxford in 2005 under the supervision of the political theorist Elizabeth Frazer and journalist Godfrey Hodgson.

Ben's expertise is in the field of international political communication. He was Specialist Advisor to the House of Lords Select Committee on Soft Power [House of Lords Select Committee on Soft Power homepage: http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/lords-select/soft-power-and-the-uks-influence/ which published the report Power and Persuasion in the Modern World.

Through a number of projects, books and articles he has explored how politics and security are changing in the new media ecology. This work is drawn together in the book War and Media: The Emergence of Diffused War (Cambridge: Polity, 2010), co-authored with Professor Andrew Hoskins. He has published articles in Political Studies, Review of International Studies, International Affairs, International Journal of Press/Politics, Journalism, and many other peer-reviewed scientific journals.

The concept 'strategic narrative' has been developed by Ben with colleagues Alister Miskimmon at Royal Holloway, Andreas Antoniades (Sussex) and Laura Roselle at Elon University. Strategic narratives refer to how states tell stories about international affairs in order to influence the behaviour of other states and non-state actors. Ben and colleagues' book on strategic narratives, Strategic Narratives: Communication Power and the New World Order, is published by Routledge in New York in November 2013. This research has been supported by the International Studies Association (ISA) and the ESRC Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change (CRESC).[2]

He has carried out projects on media and radicalisation for the Economic and Social Research Council and the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure. This led to the book Radicalisation and Media: Terrorism and Connectivity in the New Media Ecology (London: Routledge, 2011) co-authored with Akil N. Awan and Andrew Hoskins.

Ben is currently researching the new field of social media monitoring. He is completing a project examining how the BBC used social media to engage global audiences during the 2012 Summer Olympics. In 2010 he completed a project for the UK Technology Strategy Board exploring how Twitter data can reveal emerging crises, infrastructure problems, and shifts in public opinion. With Nick Anstead he calls this Semantic Polling. Ben is currently writing a new book on digital media and social change called The New Mass, with Andrew Hoskins.

Ben is Co-Editor of the Sage journal Media, War & Conflict.[3] The journal was launched in 2008. It is a major international, peer-reviewed journal that maps the shifting arena of war, conflict and terrorism in an intensively and extensively mediated age.

Ben has presented research to the No. 10 Policy Unit, Home Office, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, OFCOM, the European Commission and European Broadcasting Union (EBU), as well as expert groups like the Global Futures Forum. He has contributed to the New York Times, Guardian, OpenDemocracy, Sky News and Newsweek. He has held visiting positions at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and the University of Sydney, Australia. He blogs for Global Policy,[4] the international relations journal, and the New Political Communication Unit.

External links

  1. ^ ESRC New Security Challenges homepage: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/research/newsecurity/
  2. ^ The homepage of CRESC can be found at: http://www.cresc.ac.uk/
  3. ^ Media, War & Conflict can be found at: http://mwc.sagepub.com/
  4. ^ Global Policy can be found at: http://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/

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