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Kristoffer Holt is a Professor in Media and Communication at the Department of Media and Journalism (MJ) at Linnæus University in Kalmar/Växjö, Sweden. He serves as Research Leader of the department and coordinates the Linnaeus Knowledge Environment: A Questioned Democracy. His research focuses on alternative media, media ethics, media criticism, populism, and citizen journalism. Holt leads the Linnaeus Media Observatory (LiMO), a research center exploring media practices and societal impact, and contributes to the Intermedial and Multimodal Studies (IMS) research group.
Key research projects include Alternative Media Logic (examining alternative media's role in Sweden’s democracy) and Young Citizens and the Quality of News (investigating youth news consumption strategies). His work appears in journals like Journalism Practice, New Media & Society, and European Journal of Communication. Holt has authored books on right-wing alternative media and edited volumes on digital politics and media sustainability.
His research explores media populism, digital media’s political roles, and media distrust. He actively collaborates internationally, contributing to projects analyzing immigration-critical media in Sweden, France, and Germany. Holt’s teaching includes courses on media society, research methodology, and thesis supervision.
