James Curran
Professor
Media and Communications
Goldsmiths University of London
United Kingdom
Biography
Professor James Curran has written or edited 22 books about the media, some in collaboration with others. These include Media and Democracy, Routledge, 2011, Power Without Responsibility (with Jean Seaton), 7th edition, Routledge, (2010), Media and Society, 5th edition, Bloomsbury, 2010 and Media and Power, Routledge, 2002 (translated into five languages). His latest book is Misunderstanding the Internet (with Natalie Fenton and Des Freedman), Routledge, 2012, arising from Leverhulme funded research.
Research Interest
Media history and media political economy. In media history, he has sought increasingly to relate the development of the media to wider changes in society, while in media political economy he has turned to comparative media research, drawing on quantitative methods.
Publications
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Contesting Media Power Couldry, Nick and Curran, James P., eds. 2003. Contesting Media Power. Rowman and Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-7425-2384-5
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Media and Cultural Theory Morley, David G. and Curran, James P.. 2006. Media and Cultural Theory. Routledge. ISBN 9780415317054
