Stephen Coleman

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:

• New York University, Lecturer in Politics, London campus (1984-1994)/
• Hansard Society, Director of Research (1995-2002)
• London School of Economics, Lecturer in Media (1997-2002)
• Oxford Internet Institute, Visiting Professor in E-Democracy (2002-2006)
• University of Leeds, Professor of Political Communication (2006–present).

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