Chris Peters

PhD in Sociology, Professor

Professor (MSO), Department of Communication and Arts
Professor (MSO), Audiences & Mediated life
Professor (MSO), Communication, Journalism and Social Change

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5813-1674

Phone+45 46 74 22 38
Emailcpeters@ruc.dk

Universitetsvej 1, 40.3
DK-4000 Roskilde
Denmark

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Personal profile

Research

Chris Peters is Professor with Special Resonsibilites in Audience Research at Roskilde University, Denmark and publishes in the areas of media, journalism, and audience studies. He is also Principal Investigator of ‘Beyond the Here and Now of News’, a project funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark. Peters is the editor of six books and special issues, including Rethinking Journalism and Rethinking Journalism Again (Routledge, 2013 & 2016, both with Marcel Broersma), ‘The Places and Spaces of News Audiences’ (Journalism Studies, 2015), and ‘Conceptualizing Change in Journalism Studies’ (Journalism, 2019, with Matt Carlson). He is currently working on The Visual Citizen (Oxford University Press, forthcoming, with Stuart Allan). His research has also appeared in numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and edited collections. Peters sits on the editorial boards of the international academic journals Journalism; Journalism Studies; Digital Journalism, and Journalism Practice.

Specialities: Media, journalism, and audience studies, with a broad awareness of sociology and communications theory.

Education/Academic qualification

Sociology, PhD, Carleton University

Award Date: 12 Jun 2009

Sociology, MA, Carleton University

Award Date: 14 Nov 2004

Commerce, B.Comm , Queen's University

Award Date: 25 May 2000

External positions

Associate Professor, Aalborg University

1 Jun 2015 → 31 Mar 2019

Senior Lecturer, University of Groningen

1 Aug 2008 → 31 May 2015

Keywords

Communication, Journalism, Media
media sociology
audience research
audience studies
journalism studies
news

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Research Output

20 Journal article
14 Book chapter
7 Anthology
4 Literature review
4 More

The Visual Citizen in a Digital News Landscape

Peters, C. & Allan, S., May 2020, In : Communication Theory. 30, 2, p. 149-168

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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Conceptualizing Change in Journalism Studies

Peters, C. (ed.) & Carlson, M. (ed.), May 2019, SAGE Publications. (Journalism; No. 5, Vol. 20).

Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › Research › peer-review

Conceptualizing Change in Journalism Studies: Why Change at All?

Peters, C. & Carlson, M., May 2019, In : Journalism. 20, 5, p. 637-641

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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Fusion cuisine: A functional approach to interdisciplinary cooking in journalism studies

Peters, C. & Broersma, M., May 2019, In : Journalism. 20, 5, p. 660-669

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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Journalism needs a better argument: Aligning public goals with the realities of the digital news and information landscape

Peters, C., 1 Jan 2019, In : Journalism. 20, 1, p. 73-76 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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Projects

1 Active

Beyond the Here and Now of News

Peters, C., Schrøder, K. C., Lehaff, J. & Vulpius, J.

Independent Research Fund Denmark

01/09/2018 → 31/08/2022

Project: Research

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Activities

18 Peer review of manuscripts
9 Lecture and oral contribution
5 Editor of Research journal
4 Organisation and participation in conference
2 More
- 1 Membership in committee, council, board
- 1 Membership in review committee