Glasgow Media Group

David Miller is Professor of Sociology in the Department of Geography and Sociology.

David is widely known for his writings on propaganda, spin and lobbying as well as for his expertise on 'terrorism', conflict in Ireland and Iraq, global power-politics and the Scottish political scene. He is often called upon by the broadcast media as a commentator on media issues and regularly writes for popular media outlets.

Research interests

His current research interests include propaganda and the 'war on terror', corporate communications, corporate power, lobbying, the strategic use of science, corporate influences on academic work, spin and the decline of democratic governance.

Recent Books

(2007) Thinker, Faker, Spinner, Spy: Corporate PR and the Assault on Democracy, Edited by William Dinan and David Miller, ISBN: 9780745324449 Paperback ISBN: 9780745324456 Hardback Publication Date: June 2007, Pages: 296pp.

(2005) Arguments Against G8 , Gill Hubbard and David Miller (Eds) London: Pluto.

Also in Japanese translation: Hubbard, Gill and Miller, David Arguments Against G8, Tokyo: Transworld;Korean translation edited by Gill Hubbard and David Miller, Arguments Against G8, Sidaew: Seoul, 2006 and Arabic: Obeikan Publishers, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2006, ISBN 0-034-54-9960

(2004) Tell Me lies: Propaganda and Media Distortion in the Attack on Iraq , London: Pluto. (ed.) Also in Arabic, published in Beirut by Educart, 2007, ISBN 009611308216_7

(2001) Open Scotland? Journalists, Spin Doctors and Lobbyists . Edinburgh: Polygon. (co-author)

(2001) Market Killing: What Capitalism does and what Social Scientists can do about it. London: Longman. (co-author)

Editorial Work

David is on the Editorial board of Journalism Studies Critical Terrorism Studies and Corporate Communications: An International Journal as well as the editorial committee of the Scottish Left Review.

Networks

David is the convenor of the Public Interest Research Network which is a collaborative research organisation involving more than one hundred researchers in and outside academia who work together to produce research in the public interest. David also co-convenes two working groups as part of the Public Interest REsearch Network, one on Neoliberal Scotland and the other jointly with Doug Stokes of Naspir which focuses on Terrorism 'expertise', the Consortium for Research on Terrorlogy and Political Violence . David is co-founder and co-editor of Spinwatch a website devoted to public interest reporting on spin and propaganda, together with associated sites such as Nuclear Spin. He is an advisor to the BRussels Tribunal on Iraq, the Centre for Investigative Journalism based at City University, London, the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU) and UKWatch and a member of Naspir. He also moderates the Media Watch e-mail list.

"They have skills to rival any market research organisation, combined with a name independent researchers would die for." ~ The Sunday Times

"They have skills to rival any market research organisation,
combined with a name independent researchers would die for." ~ The Sunday Times