This year, the prize of NOK 4.5 million (or EUR 570,000/USD 800,000) has been awarded to Manuel Castells for his outstanding work as the leading sociologist of the city and new information and media technologies. The prize is awarded annually for outstanding scholarly work in the fields of the arts and humanities, social sciences, law, and theology. Congratulations to Manuel!
Read MoreI'm Professor of Political Communication in the Centre for Research in Communication and Culture and the School of Social Sciences at Loughborough University, where I also direct the Online Civic Culture Centre (O3C).
I'm Professor of Political Communication in the Department of Communication and Media at Loughborough University, where I am also director of the Online Civic Culture Centre (O3C).
The Hybrid Media System: Politics and Power is published by Oxford University Press and is now in its second edition. It was awarded the Best Book Award of the American Political Science Association Information Technology and Politics Section and the International Journal of Press/Politics Best Book Award.
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