An EconoTimes perspective

James Morrison

Associate Professor in Journalism, University of Stirling

Associate Professor in Journalism, University of Stirling I am an Associate Professor in Journalism at University of Stirling and hold a PhD in Media and Communications, a PG Dip in Journalism Studies from Cardiff University and a BA Honours Degree (2.1) in Archaeology from University of York. My PhD thesis (published by Palgrave Macmillan as the monograph Familiar Strangers, Juvenile Panic and the British Press) focused on the interplay between news media portrayals of children and young people as victims and threats and parental and juvenile attitudes towards risk. The focus of my current research is on the intersection between media and political discourses, social attitudes and the lived experiences of people from marginalised groups - primarily those experiencing economic and intersectional disadvantages. Prior to becoming a lecture in 2003, I worked for a decade as a professional journalist - starting on local newspapers but ending my full-time reporting career as a specialist writer for the Independent on Sunday.