John E T Eldridge John E T Eldridge, B Sc (Econ) (London), MA (Leicester) telephone: +44 (0)141 330 4684 email:
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Positions held: Lecturer and Senior Lecturer, University of York (1964-69), Professor, University of Bradford (1969- 72), Professor, University of Glasgow (1972 to present). Research: Research interests centre on social theory, media, industrial sociology and the sociology of risk. He is currently working on an ESRC-funded project on Media and Expert Construction of Risk in selected Areas, and has worked in the past on externally-funded research on Media Representations on Issues relating to AIDS, Child Sexual Abuse and Food; Issues of War and Peace and Industrial Relations and the Economy. Publications: Major books include: - Bad News (Routledge, 1976)
- C. Wright Mills (Tavistock, 1985)
- (with J.MacInnes and P. Cressey), Industrial Sociology and Economic Crisis (Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1990)
- Getting the Message: News, Truth and Power (Routledge, 1993)
- (with L Eldridge) Raymond Williams, (Routledge, 1994)
- The Glasgow University Media Group Reader: News Content, Language and Visuals (ed) (Routledge, 1995)
- (with J.Kitzinger and K.Williams) The Mass Media and Power in Modern Britain (Oxford University Press,1997)
He has also contributed to many journals and edited collections.
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