Stephen Coleman (professor)


Stephen Coleman is Professor of Political communication at the University of Leeds. He was born in 1957. He is the author or editor of ten books and over a hundred articles on politics and communication. He is an advocate of direct representation via the Internet. He has been described as a "leading commentator" on online democracy. He has led independent evaluations of the UK televised election debates since 2010.
Career summary includes:
Coleman has conducted research into how young people form opinions about their online experiences. Supported by a group of actors, Coleman worked with the iRights juries drawn from Nottingham, Leeds and London, with whom different scenarios were acted out. These juries each consisted of about 12 young people aged 12–17 from mixed socio-economic backgrounds.

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