Rasmus Kleis Nielsen is professor of political communication and Director at the

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at the

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. Nielsen earned his BA and MSc in political science at the

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, his MA in political theory from the

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, and his PhD in communications from

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. In 2014, he won the Doris Graber Award for best book on political communication published in the last ten years, awarded by the

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, for ''Ground Wars''.

Selected publications

*''The Changing Business of Journalism and its Implications for Democracy'' (2010, edited with David Levy) *''Ground Wars: Personalized Communication in Political Campaigns'' (2012) *''Political Journalism in Transition: Western Europe in a Comparative Perspective'' (2014, edited with Raymond Kuhn).

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External links

*http://rasmuskleisnielsen.net/ Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Academics of the University of Oxford University of Copenhagen alumni Alumni of the University of Essex Danish expatriates in England Columbia University alumni Communication scholars {{Europe-academic-bio-stub