Communication Studies and Media Studies

• MS 1101: Introduction to Communication Studies
• MS 2102: Public Communication
• MS3101: Public Sphere: culture technology politics
• MS 3104: Exploring Working Class Culture
• MS3000: Dissertation

I am researching voice in the fields of media and telecommunications. Bourdieu, Language and the Media (2010).

Bourdieu, Language and the Media (2010) Basingstoke: Palgrave

‘Making don't knows make sense: Bourdieu, phenomenology and opinion polls’

The Sociological Review (2007) Vol. 56. 1. 102-116

Lash, Scott & Myles, John (2007) 'De la acumulacion a la circulacion: el Joven Arte Britanico y la sociedad de la cultura' in Artruro Rodriguez Morato (ed) (2007) La Sociedad de la Cultura Barcelona: Ariel isbn 978 84 344 5221 3 (’From Accumulation to Circulation: Brit Art and 21st Century London’).

‘Community Networks and cultural intermediaries: the politics of community net development in Greater Manchester’ (2004) Media Culture Society Vol. 26.4. 467-490

‘From Doxa to Experience: issues in Bourdieu’s adoption of Husserlian Phenomenology’ (2004) Theory Culture and Society Vol.21.2.April 91-107

‘Carnival Radio: Soca-calypso music and Afro-Caribbean voice in a RSL station in Manchester.’ Journal of Communication Inquiry 2001 vol.: 24/1 87-112

Membership: Meccsa

Membership: British Sociological Association

Membership: International Sociological Association

'From doxa to experience' TCS: This article examines Bourdieu’s adoption of Husserl’s concept of ‘doxa’ and argues that Bourdieu’s reading of Husserl overpolarizes doxa (or sens pratique) and reflexivity. The article argues that there is a need for Bourdieusian sociology to adopt a more complex interpretation of Husserlian phenomenology in order to understand the potential range of states of consciousness between doxa and reflexivity. In contrast to Bourdieu’s reading of Husserl, this article argues that the philosophical underlabouring for an adequate understanding of doxa is now available within recent Husserlian studies which marks a radical development from earlier readings in the ‘sociology of consciousness’.

Book: Bourdieu, Language and the Media - Bourdieu, Language and the Media engages with key theoretical and analytical issues in the field of media, communication and cultural studies. Whilst taking the reader through the rich theoretical ideas associated with Bourdieu's social and cultural writings on media and society, this book demonstrates how the ideas can be applied in media analysis. Drawing on press reports, talk radio, internet polls and photojournalism, the book enables its readers to see how Bourdieu's ideas can offer a real alternative to other approaches in the analysis of language and the media such as semiotics, critical discourse analysis and ethnomethodology.http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=320050