Dr Isidoropaolo Casteltrione (PhD, BA (Hons), BA) is a LecturerÌýin the Media, Communication and Performing Arts Division. He is also an associateÌýmember of the Centre for Communication, Cultural & Media Studies.
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- Research Interests
- Research Publications
- Teaching & Learning
- Activities & Awards
Paolo has a bachelor degree in Communication, an honours degree in Communication, Advertising and PR, and a PhD in Political Communication obtained respectively at the Università Suor Orsola Benincasa (2006), Edinburgh Napier University (2009), and ¹û¶³´«Ã½ (2015).
His PhD project examined the contributions of Facebook to citizens’ political participation in Italy and United Kingdom and his main research interests include social media, online community formation, online self-presentation, the Internet and information, digital communications, political communication, and citizens’ political behaviours.
Paolo has been working at QMU in the capacity of Lecturer since 2016, teaching a number of modules on the undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Paolo currently operates within the Division of Media, Communication & Performing Arts and Queen Margaret Business School, and is the Programme Leader for the MSc Strategic Communication and Public Relations.
Affiliations/Memberships to Other Organisations:
European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), 2012/2015
Applied Quantitative Methods Network (AQMeN), 2011/to date
Research/Knowledge Exchange Centre Membership:
Centre for Communication, Cultural & Media Studies - full member
Paolo is a committed and professional early-career researcher whose main research interests include social, digital and traditional media, dialogue, political communication, and online stakeholders’ engagement. He has recently completed a PhD in which he examined the contributions of Facebook to citizens’ political participation in Italy and the United Kingdom.
ÌýKey Research Skills:
- A convinced advocate of the mixed methods approach with an in-depth knowledge of both quantitative and qualitative methods.
- Experienced in cross-national comparative research.
- Specialisations in surveys, interviews, focus groups and online data collection methods.
- Proficient user of the SPSS statistical software, NVivo and Microsoft Office.
- Competence in the general management of research projects.
Active Research Interests:
- Social media
- Online self-presentation
- Digital media
- Political communication
- Persuasion
- Online stakeholders’ engagement.
Research Methods:
- Surveys
- Qualitative research (e.g. interviews, focus groups)
- Mixed methods
- Internet research
- Cross-national comparative research
Paolo’s lectures, seminars and workshops focus on new media, marketing, communication, public relations, activism, politics, research methods, critical management and enterprise creation.
PhD Bursary Competition, ¹û¶³´«Ã½, 2010
Santander Research Grant Fund, ¹û¶³´«Ã½, 2015
Vice-Chancellor’s Fund, ¹û¶³´«Ã½, 2015
