Professor of Communication, Cardiff University
Justin Lewis is Professor of Communication at Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, and Dean of Research for the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.
He has written widely about media, culture and politics. His books, since 2000, include Constructing Public Opinion (New York: Columbia University Press, 2001), Citizens or Consumers: What the media tell us about political participation (Open University Press, 2005), Shoot First and Ask Questions Later: Media Coverage of the War in Iraq (Peter Lang, 2006), Climate Change and the Media (Peter Lang, 2009) and The world of 24 hour news (Peter Lang, 2010). His latest book is Beyond Consumer Capitalism: Media and the Limits to Imagination (Polity, 2013). He has also written books on media audiences, cultural policy and media and race.
Prof Justin Lewis at TEDxCardiff 2012 (YouTube)
Talks and Interviews
Preview to talk on Media and climate change at 2011 Hay Festival
Burning Question – 2010 documentary about climate change, public opinion and media
Talk in Dublin on media and climate change 2010
Preview from Constructing Public Opinion
Research Interests
Consumerism, sustainability and media (the subject of his next book with Polity Press)
Media and Climate Change
Politics, journalism and public opinion
Media audiences
Teaching
He teaches an undergraduate module in the History of Mass Communication and Culture, and lectures across most of the Diploma, Masters and PhD programmes.
Sample of short articles
Open Democracy article on the politics of advertising
Open Democracy article – pre the phone-hacking scandal - addressing why we should be concerned about Sky
Open Democracy article on securing a more plural, diverse media
Guardian article on public opinion and the war in Iraq
Guardian article on media bias and the war in Iraq
Coronavirus: BBC emerges as the UK's clear favourite information source in new audience survey
Jul 03, 2020 07:15 am UTC| Business
News media have been especially important during the COVID-19 pandemic, as good quality information has literally become a matter of life and death. New Ofcom data confirms that we are increasingly reliant on the...
Brexit: research from Wales shows creative industry’s concern at leaving EU
Feb 03, 2020 12:25 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The creative industries are one of the UKs most conspicuous success stories. Creativity is not just good for the soul, it is one of our best exports. The Creative Industries Federation calculates that the creative economy...
Virgin boycott and the Daily Mail's strange notion of press freedom
Jan 11, 2018 12:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business
Virgin Trains recent decision to decide not to include the Daily Mail amongst the publications it offers its West Coast customers has received predictable howls of outrage. The foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, found time...
BBC 'Brexit bias' claims need to be based on hard evidence
Mar 24, 2017 07:39 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The recent letter to the BBC by a group of MPs accusing it of anti-Brexit bias looks like the latest attempt by politicians and press magnates to intimidate the public broadcaster. The letter complains that the BBC has,...
Electricity from farm waste: how biogas could help Malawians with no power
What the Supreme Court is doing right in considering Trump’s immunity case
US student Gaza protests: five things that have been missed
Will Solomon Islands’ new leader stay close to China?
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects