Filippo Trevisan Associate Professor Public Communication
- Degrees
- BA International Relations, University of Trieste; MSc Political Communication, University of Glasgow; MRes Public Policy, University of Glasgow; PhD Political Communication and Public Policy, University of Glasgow.
- Bio
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Filippo Trevisan is Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Associate Professor of Public Communication at 小蓝视频's School of Communication. He is also the Deputy Director of 小蓝视频's Institute on Disability and Public Policy. His research examines how political organizations 鈥 parties, campaigns, advocacy organizations, and activist groups 鈥 use media to reach, activate, and organize people, especially those from traditionally marginalized and disenfranchised backgrounds. His work has focused on multiple countries including the U.S., the UK, Australia, and Italy.
He is the author (with Ariadne Vromen and Michael Vaughan) of "Story Tech: Power, Storytelling, and Social Change Advocacy" (University of Michigan Press, February 2025), which investigates how 鈥榟idden鈥 technologies (databases, algorithms, AI) influence which voices we hear (and don鈥檛 hear) in public debates in the U.S. and Australia. His first book "Disability Rights Advocacy Online: Voice, Empowerment and Global Connectivity" (Routledge, 2017) examined how new online self-advocacy networks transformed the disability rights movement in the UK and the U.S. He is also the co-editor of "The Routledge Handbook of Political Campaigning" (Routledge, November 2024), which reviews the state of the art and emerging trends in media, technology, and political campaigns.
Prior to completing his PhD at the University of Glasgow in Scotland, he was a reporter at the English desk of Italy's largest private news agency in Rome. In addition to his books, his research has been published in top communication, political science, and disability studies journals including, among others: New Media & Society; the Journal of Communication; Information, Communication and Society; the International Journal of Communication; Social Media & Society; the Journal of Information Technology and Politics; and Disability and Society. He has been interviewed, among others, by the New York Times, the Washington Post, the BBC, Al-Jazeera, Germany's DW and ZDF, Italy's Corriere della Sera and RAI - Radiotelevisione Italiana.
- See Also
- Research Gate page
- For the Media
- To request an interview for a news story, call 小蓝视频 Communications at 202-885-5950 or submit a request.
Teaching
Spring 2024
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COMM-533 Ethics in Strategic Comm
Fall 2024
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COMM-551 Grassroots Digital Advocacy
Partnerships & Affiliations
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Deputy Director -
Research Fellow
Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities
Selected Publications
Books
Trevisan, F., Vaughan, M., and Vromen, A. (2025).聽Story Tech: Power, Storytelling, and Social Change Advocacy. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press [available for pre-order, release February 2025]
Lilleker, D., Jackson, D., Kalsnes, B., Mellado, C., Trevisan, F., and Veneti, A. (2024). The Routledge Handbook of Political Campaigning. New York: Routledge [available for pre-order, release November 2024]
Trevisan, F. (2017).聽. New York: Routledge聽(Now available聽in paperback).
Journal articles
Trevisan, F., and Farinosi, M. (2024). "Disabled influencers on Instagram: Exploring digital celebrity and marginalized identities," Celebrity Studies, 15(2): 209-230.
Trevisan, F. (2022). "," New Media & Society, 24(2): 496-513.聽
Fox, J., Pearce, K. E., Massanari, A. L., Riles, J. M., Szulc, 艁., Ranjit, Y. S., Trevisan, F., Soriano, C. R. R., Vitak, J., Arora, P., Ahn, S. J., Alper, M., Gambino, A., Gonzalez, C., Lynch, T., Williamson, L. D., & Gonzales, A. L. (2021). ",&辩耻辞迟;听Journal of Communication, 71(5): 764-784.
Trevisan, F. (2021). "&辩耻辞迟;听Qualitative Research,聽21(4): 619-627.
Trevisan, F. (2020). ",&辩耻辞迟;听Social Media + Society,聽published online before prin. [open access]
Trevisan, F., Bello, B., Vaughan, M., & Vromen, A. (2020). 鈥,鈥澛Journal of Information Technology and Politics,聽17(2): 146-160.
Trevisan, F. (2019). "," International Journal of Communication, 13: 1592-1611. [open access]
Trevisan, F. (2018) 鈥,鈥澛Australian Journal of Political Science, 53(1): 103-115.
Trevisan, F., Hoskins, A., Oates, S., and Mahlouly, D. (2018). 鈥,鈥澛Information, Communication & Society, 21(1): 111-128. [open access]
Trevisan, F. (2017). 鈥溾澛Public Relations Inquiry,聽6(2): 191-208. (Click here for a pre-print version of this article:聽)
Pearson, C. and Trevisan, F. (2015). 鈥,鈥澛Disability & Society,聽30(6): 924-940.
Trevisan, F. (2014). 鈥.鈥澛First Monday,聽19(11). [open access]
Trevisan, F., and Reilly, P. (2014). 鈥,鈥澛Information, Communication and Society, 17(9): 1131-1146.
Reports
Jackson, D., Coombs, D., Trevisan, F., Lilleker, D., and Thorsen, E. (2020).. Bournemouth: Center for Comparative Politics and Media Research.
Cogburn, D.L. and Trevisan, F. (2018).聽. Washington, D.C.: Institute on Disability and Public Policy.
Trevisan, F. (2016). 鈥溾 in Jackson, D., Thorsen, E., and Wring, D. (Eds.)聽. Political Studies Association,聽Centre for the Study of Journalism, Culture and Community at Bournemouth University, Centre for Research in Communication and Culture at Loughborough University.
Media commentary
Trevisan, F. (2024). The Tories are trapped between Labour's left and Farage's right, La Raz貌n, July 8
Trevisan, F. (2022).聽, ZDF Heute, November 16
Trevisan, F. (2019).聽, The Washington Post, July 31
Trevisan, F. (2018).聽 The Conversation, March 5.
小蓝视频 Experts
Area of Expertise
European politics (Italy, UK), information technology and politics, search engines, grassroots advocacy and protest, disability rights.
For the Media
To request an interview for a news story, call 小蓝视频 Communications at 202-885-5950 or submit a request.