I have been teaching, researching and writing about aspects of media since the mid-1970s. Before academic life, I had a 12-year career in the Communications branch of the Royal Navy, on ships and shore establishments, leaving to work in journalism before becoming a mature student, first at Ruskin College in Oxford and then at Christ’s College, Cambridge. After gaining a teaching qualification in Further Education I was appointed to what is now the University of Sunderland to help devise and teach their new degree in Communication Studies. However, most of my academic career was spent at the University of Liverpool, finally as a Professor and Head of the School of Politics and Communication Studies. On retirement, I became Visiting Professor in the School of Media and Communication at the University of Leeds until 2023. I have authored or co-authored 9 books, edited or co-edited 8 others and written over 150 articles or chapters in books or journals. I have given papers at conferences across Europe, Australia and the United States. From 1989 until 2023 I was an editor of the journal Media, Culture and Society. For more information, see the documents on this site and my Author page on Amazon for book details. Contact: Corner494@btinternet.com
My recent articles are:
- 2021 Figuring Covid: A Note on Media Flows and ‘Statisticality’, Download PDF
- 2019 Origins and Transformations: Histories of Communication Study, Media, Culture and Society. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0163443718820666
- 2019 ‘Aesthetics and Media Inquiry’, open access at mediatheoryjournal.org (within ‘commentaries’)
- ‘2018 ‘Mediatization, Media Theory’s Word of the Decade’, open access at the ‘blog’ of media theory journal at mediatheoryjournal.org volume 2.2.
- (with Kate Nash) ‘Strategic Impact Documentary: Contexts of Production and Social Intervention’, European Journal of Communication 31.3. 227-242. 2016
- 2017 ‘Reflections on ‘Engagement’. Afterword to section on Media Engagement. Media Industries Journal. 4.1. Spring.
- 2017 ‘After Dark: Channel 4’s Innovation in Television Talk’ (with David Lee) Journal of British Cinema and Television. 14.4 445-463
- 2017 ‘Fake News, Post-Truth and Media-Political Change’ (review article) Media Culture and Society, November issue. (39.7)