Author Profile: Rasmus Kleis Nielsen

About Rasmus Kleis Nielsen

Dr Rasmus Kleis Nielsen is Research Fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (University of Oxford) and an assistant professor of communications at Roskilde University (RUC) in Denmark. His research deals with political communication, the use of digital networked technologies by political campaigns, and the implications new information and communication technologies have for legacy news media organisations. Before coming to Oxford, he did his PhD in Communications at Columbia University, where he taught at the School of International and Public Affairs. In addition, he has a BA and an MA in Political Science from the University of Copenhagen and an MA in Political Theory from the University of Essex.

We are going to win this thing the (new) old-fashioned way

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Rasmus Kleis Nielsen

May 5th, President Obama gave (basically identical) speeches in the swing states of Ohio and Virginia, officially providing the “campaign kickoff” for his re-election effort. The opening statement is interesting for how it frames the campaign, as well as for … Continue reading →

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Next steps for Romney?

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Rasmus Kleis Nielsen

It continues to look like Mitt Romney will be the Republican candidate for President in the fall. While he is still fighting a war of attrition with Rick Santorum, it will take a major game changer for him to lose … Continue reading →

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Nothing “super” about Super Tuesday

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Rasmus Kleis Nielsen

Super Tuesday came and went, and I’m not sure people in the ten states involved felt it was all that “super”. Despite some Republican party activists asserting this is the most important presidential election since George Washington was elected (no, … Continue reading →

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The fight goes on—from Arizona and Michigan to Super Tuesday

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Rasmus Kleis Nielsen

Mitt Romney won yesterday’s two primaries in Arizona and Michigan, but he didn’t win by enough to (re)establish a sense of inevitability around his candidacy. He has been the favourite for so long that everything but decisive victories ends up … Continue reading →

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“Hi, I’m a volunteer with the Mitt Romney campaign, calling you from my computer…”

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Rasmus Kleis Nielsen

So Mitt Romney won what the Washington Post calls a “decisive victory” in Florida yesterday, and while the Republican presidential primary isn’t quite over (a majority of the votes still went to his three remaining rivals, donations keep coming in … Continue reading →

Posted in Comparative Government, Democracy and Elections, Political Science, US Politics | 2 Comments

Gingrich needs an organization (and fast)

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Rasmus Kleis Nielsen

Newt Gingrich’s clear come-from-behind victory in the January 21 South Carolina primary has made the Republican Presidential Primary a lot more exciting than it looked after Iowa and New Hampshire. Clearly, many Republicans remain reluctant to embrace Romney. If the … Continue reading →

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Sticking it to the man with the tool at hand

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Rasmus Kleis Nielsen

The Guardian and the LSE have partnered up on an impressive journalistic-cum-sociological analysis called “reading the riots”, examining the unrest that rocked England this summer on the basis of interviews with people involved, massive social media datasets, and various forms … Continue reading →

Posted in British Politics, Comparative Government, European Politics and Society | 2 Comments

Supporting the past, ignoring the future? Public sector support for the media

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Rasmus Kleis Nielsen

Though Western media systems are going through a rapid and often painful transformation today with the rise of the internet and mobile platforms, the decline of paid print newspaper circulation, and the erosion of the largest free-to-air broadcast audiences, the … Continue reading →

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The Business of Digital Journalism and Why it Matters for Democracy

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Rasmus Kleis Nielsen

Many commercial legacy media organizations around the Western world are having a hard time these days, still hit by the impact of the recession on their revenues, and struggling with the different structural adjustments they will have to make as … Continue reading →

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Mundane internet tools and political mobilization

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Rasmus Kleis Nielsen

For some time, I’ve been developing the argument that when we want to understand the role of internet technologies in politics—in particular when it comes to getting people involved in electoral campaigns, in various forms of activism, and in other … Continue reading →

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