Dr Kerry Moore
BA (Wales), MA (Sunderland), PhD (Cardiff)
Senior Lecturer
School of Journalism, Media and Culture
- MooreK4@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 29208 76199
- Two Central Square, Room 1.39, Central Square, Cardiff, CF10 1FS
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
I am a Senior Lecturer in Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Culture, and my research and teaching focus on journalism, politics and social injustice. In particular, my research explores racism, migration and social/economic inequality in news and other mediated discourse. I have published extensively in these areas, including the monograph Reporting on Poverty: New Media Narratives and Third Sector Communications in Wales (2020, Cardiff University Press), the co-edited book Migrations and the Media with Bernhard Gross and Terry Threadgold (2012, Peter Lang) and a special issue for Jomec Journal on the Meaning of Migration (2015). I have substantial experience leading research teams conducting media and journalism analysis. My work on racism, ethnicity and social injustice includes largescale European comparative studies involving international research teams, studies commissioned by UK national government departments and by public and commercial broadcasters. I have published extensively on press coverage of refugee crises; immigration politics, populism and Brexit, human rights in refugee news and constructions of racism in UK crime news. My most recent published work focuses on the role of emotions in news narratives about jobs, on examining relationships between journalism and the non-profit sector on poverty, and investigating the representation of humanitarianism in refugee news coverage. Currently, I am leading a project exploring humanitarian narratives in refugee news; co-editing a special issue of the journal Digital Journalism based on papers submitted following the 2021 Future of Journalism conference; and writing about the national/local news coverage of charity shops (with Dr Alida Payson).
I serve on the editorial board of the journal Journalism and Discourse Studies and have reviewed for a wide range of publishers, academic journals and national funding bodies in journalism, media, cultural studies and related disciplines. I was Chair of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion for the School of Journalism, Media and Culture (2018-2022).
Publication
2022
- Payson, A. and Moore, K. 2022. The morbid romance of the good job: News and the emotional social imaginary in late capitalism. European Journal of Cultural Studies 25(5), pp. 1433-1447. (10.1177/13675494211057133)
2020
- Moore, K. and Lloyd, S. M. 2020. Reporting on poverty: news media narratives and third sector communications in Wales. Cardiff: Cardiff University Press. (10.18573/book4)
- Moore, K. and Lloyd, S. M. 2020. Adrodd ar dlodi: naratif y cyfryngau newyddion a chyfathrebiadau’r trydydd sector yng Nghymru. [Reporting on poverty: news media narratives and third sector communications in Wales].Evans, G. Cardiff: Cardiff University Press. (10.18573/book5)
2019
- Moore, K. et al. 2019. Exploring the news media narrative on poverty in Wales. Project Report. [Online]. Oxford: Oxfam. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/10546/620743
2018
- Moore, K., Berry, M. and Garcia-Blanco, I. 2018. Saving refugees or policing the seas? How the national press of five EU member states framed news coverage of the migration crisis. Justice, Power and Resistance 2(1), pp. 66-95.
- Moore, K. and Greenland, K. 2018. Racism as a crime in Britain's right-wing press. In: Bhatia, M., Poynting, S. and Tufail, W. eds. Media, Crime and Racism. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 213-233.
2017
- Moore, K. 2017. Media, human rights and refugees. In: Tumber, H. and Waisbord, S. eds. The Routledge Companion to Media and Human Rights., Vol. 1. Abingdon, Oxon, UK & New York: Routledge, pp. 446-455.
2016
- Moore, K. 2016. Wales, immigration, news media and Brexit. In: Jackson, D., Thorsen, E. and Wring, D. eds. EU Referendum Analysis 2016: Media, Voters and the Campaign. Bournemouth: The Centre for the Study of Journalism, Culture and Community, pp. 28.
- Berry, M., Garcia-Blanco, I. and Moore, K. 2016. UK press is the most aggressive in reporting on Europe’s ‘migrant’ crisis. The Conversation
- Berry, M., Garcia-Blanco, I. and Moore, K. 2016. Press coverage of the refugee and migrant crisis in the EU: a content analysis of five European countries. Project Report. [Online]. Geneva: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Available at: http://www.unhcr.org/56bb369c9.html
2015
- Moore, K. 2015. Editorial: The meaning of migration. JOMEC Journal(7), pp. 1-6. (10.18573/j.2015.10001)
- Moore, K. 2015. Immigration coverage and populist cultural work in the 2015 General Election campaign. In: Jackson, D. and Thorsen, E. eds. UK Election Analysis 2015: Media, Voters and the Campaign: Early reflections from leading UK academics. Bournemouth, UK: The Centre for the Study of Journalism, Culture and Community, Bournemouth University, pp. 20-21.
2013
- Moore, K. 2013. 'Asylum shopping' in the neoliberal social imaginary. Media, Culture & Society 35(3), pp. 348-365. (10.1177/0163443712472090)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. et al. 2013. Breadth of opinion in BBC output. Project Report. [Online]. BBC Trust. Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/our_work/editorial_standards/impartiality/breadth_opinion.html
2012
- Moore, K., Gross, B. and Threadgold, T. R. eds. 2012. Migrations and the media. Global Crises and the Media Vol. 6. New York: Peter Lang.
- Moore, K. 2012. “Asylum Crisis”, national security and the re-articulation of human rights. In: Moore, K., Gross, B. and Threadgold, T. R. eds. Migrations and the Media. Global Crises and the Media Vol. 6. New York: Peter Lang, pp. 65-88.
- Moore, K. and Jewell, J. 2012. Black role models and the news. Ethical Space: The International Journal of Communication Ethics 9(2/3), pp. n/a.
2011
- Lewis, J. M. W., Mason, P. and Moore, K. 2011. Images of Islam in the UK: The representation of British Muslims in the national press 2000-2008. In: Petley, J. and Richardson, R. eds. Pointing the Finger: Islam and Muslims in the British Media. Oxford: Oneworld, pp. 40-65.
- Jewell, J. and Moore, K. 2011. Black role models and the news. Presented at: How can mainstream media engage effectively with Black and Ethnic Minority audiences?, Birt Acres Lecture Theatre, Bute Building, CardiffUniversity, 16 June 2011.
- Moore, K., Jewell, J. and Cushion, S. 2011. Media representations of black young men and boys: Report of the REACH media monitoring project. Project Report. [Online]. London: Crown. Available at: http://lx.iriss.org.uk/sites/default/files/resources/2113275.pdf
- Moore, K. 2011. Asylum shopping and the politics of postcolonial neo-liberalism. Presented at: No borders? Exclusion, justice and the politics of fear - 39th Annual Conference of the European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control, Université de Savoie, Chambery, France, 3-7 September 2011.
2010
- Moore, K. 2010. Cultural study of asylum under New Labour. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
2009
- Lewis, J. M. W., Mason, P. and Moore, K. 2009. Islamic terrorism and the repression of the political. In: Marsden, L. and Savigny, H. eds. Media, Religion and Conflict. Religion and International Security Farnham: Ashgate, pp. 17-38.
2008
- Moore, K., Mason, P. and Lewis, J. M. W. 2008. Images of Islam in the UK: the representation of British Muslims in the national print news media 2000-2008. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: http://jppsg.ac.uk/jomec/resources/08channel4-dispatches.pdf
- Moore, K. and Gross, B. 2008. Refugee and asylum discourse in British broadcast news. Presented at: MeCCSA Conference 2008, School of Journalism Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University, 9 – 11 January 2008.
2007
- Moore, K. and Clifford, S. 2007. The gendered use of the media by asylum seekers in Britain. Gender and Development 15(3), pp. 451-466. (10.1080/13552070701630616)
- Gross, B., Moore, K. and Threadgold, T. R. 2007. Broadcast news coverage of asylum April to October 2006: caught between human rights and public safety. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: http://cardiff.ac.uk/jomec/resources/BroadcastNewsCoverageofAsylum.pdf
2005
- Moore, K. 2005. Policing the 'asylum crisis', anti-detention campaigns and counter discourse on asylum in the UK. Signs of the Times Collective 2005(13 Apr)
Articles
- Payson, A. and Moore, K. 2022. The morbid romance of the good job: News and the emotional social imaginary in late capitalism. European Journal of Cultural Studies 25(5), pp. 1433-1447. (10.1177/13675494211057133)
- Moore, K., Berry, M. and Garcia-Blanco, I. 2018. Saving refugees or policing the seas? How the national press of five EU member states framed news coverage of the migration crisis. Justice, Power and Resistance 2(1), pp. 66-95.
- Berry, M., Garcia-Blanco, I. and Moore, K. 2016. UK press is the most aggressive in reporting on Europe’s ‘migrant’ crisis. The Conversation
- Moore, K. 2015. Editorial: The meaning of migration. JOMEC Journal(7), pp. 1-6. (10.18573/j.2015.10001)
- Moore, K. 2013. 'Asylum shopping' in the neoliberal social imaginary. Media, Culture & Society 35(3), pp. 348-365. (10.1177/0163443712472090)
- Moore, K. and Jewell, J. 2012. Black role models and the news. Ethical Space: The International Journal of Communication Ethics 9(2/3), pp. n/a.
- Moore, K. and Clifford, S. 2007. The gendered use of the media by asylum seekers in Britain. Gender and Development 15(3), pp. 451-466. (10.1080/13552070701630616)
- Moore, K. 2005. Policing the 'asylum crisis', anti-detention campaigns and counter discourse on asylum in the UK. Signs of the Times Collective 2005(13 Apr)
Book sections
- Moore, K. and Greenland, K. 2018. Racism as a crime in Britain's right-wing press. In: Bhatia, M., Poynting, S. and Tufail, W. eds. Media, Crime and Racism. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 213-233.
- Moore, K. 2017. Media, human rights and refugees. In: Tumber, H. and Waisbord, S. eds. The Routledge Companion to Media and Human Rights., Vol. 1. Abingdon, Oxon, UK & New York: Routledge, pp. 446-455.
- Moore, K. 2016. Wales, immigration, news media and Brexit. In: Jackson, D., Thorsen, E. and Wring, D. eds. EU Referendum Analysis 2016: Media, Voters and the Campaign. Bournemouth: The Centre for the Study of Journalism, Culture and Community, pp. 28.
- Moore, K. 2015. Immigration coverage and populist cultural work in the 2015 General Election campaign. In: Jackson, D. and Thorsen, E. eds. UK Election Analysis 2015: Media, Voters and the Campaign: Early reflections from leading UK academics. Bournemouth, UK: The Centre for the Study of Journalism, Culture and Community, Bournemouth University, pp. 20-21.
- Moore, K. 2012. “Asylum Crisis”, national security and the re-articulation of human rights. In: Moore, K., Gross, B. and Threadgold, T. R. eds. Migrations and the Media. Global Crises and the Media Vol. 6. New York: Peter Lang, pp. 65-88.
- Lewis, J. M. W., Mason, P. and Moore, K. 2011. Images of Islam in the UK: The representation of British Muslims in the national press 2000-2008. In: Petley, J. and Richardson, R. eds. Pointing the Finger: Islam and Muslims in the British Media. Oxford: Oneworld, pp. 40-65.
- Lewis, J. M. W., Mason, P. and Moore, K. 2009. Islamic terrorism and the repression of the political. In: Marsden, L. and Savigny, H. eds. Media, Religion and Conflict. Religion and International Security Farnham: Ashgate, pp. 17-38.
Books
- Moore, K. and Lloyd, S. M. 2020. Reporting on poverty: news media narratives and third sector communications in Wales. Cardiff: Cardiff University Press. (10.18573/book4)
- Moore, K. and Lloyd, S. M. 2020. Adrodd ar dlodi: naratif y cyfryngau newyddion a chyfathrebiadau’r trydydd sector yng Nghymru. [Reporting on poverty: news media narratives and third sector communications in Wales].Evans, G. Cardiff: Cardiff University Press. (10.18573/book5)
- Moore, K., Gross, B. and Threadgold, T. R. eds. 2012. Migrations and the media. Global Crises and the Media Vol. 6. New York: Peter Lang.
Conferences
- Jewell, J. and Moore, K. 2011. Black role models and the news. Presented at: How can mainstream media engage effectively with Black and Ethnic Minority audiences?, Birt Acres Lecture Theatre, Bute Building, CardiffUniversity, 16 June 2011.
- Moore, K. 2011. Asylum shopping and the politics of postcolonial neo-liberalism. Presented at: No borders? Exclusion, justice and the politics of fear - 39th Annual Conference of the European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control, Université de Savoie, Chambery, France, 3-7 September 2011.
- Moore, K. and Gross, B. 2008. Refugee and asylum discourse in British broadcast news. Presented at: MeCCSA Conference 2008, School of Journalism Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University, 9 – 11 January 2008.
Monographs
- Moore, K. et al. 2019. Exploring the news media narrative on poverty in Wales. Project Report. [Online]. Oxford: Oxfam. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/10546/620743
- Berry, M., Garcia-Blanco, I. and Moore, K. 2016. Press coverage of the refugee and migrant crisis in the EU: a content analysis of five European countries. Project Report. [Online]. Geneva: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Available at: http://www.unhcr.org/56bb369c9.html
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. et al. 2013. Breadth of opinion in BBC output. Project Report. [Online]. BBC Trust. Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/our_work/editorial_standards/impartiality/breadth_opinion.html
- Moore, K., Jewell, J. and Cushion, S. 2011. Media representations of black young men and boys: Report of the REACH media monitoring project. Project Report. [Online]. London: Crown. Available at: http://lx.iriss.org.uk/sites/default/files/resources/2113275.pdf
- Moore, K., Mason, P. and Lewis, J. M. W. 2008. Images of Islam in the UK: the representation of British Muslims in the national print news media 2000-2008. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: http://jppsg.ac.uk/jomec/resources/08channel4-dispatches.pdf
- Gross, B., Moore, K. and Threadgold, T. R. 2007. Broadcast news coverage of asylum April to October 2006: caught between human rights and public safety. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: http://cardiff.ac.uk/jomec/resources/BroadcastNewsCoverageofAsylum.pdf
Thesis
- Moore, K. 2010. Cultural study of asylum under New Labour. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Research
- Racism and racialised crisis discourse
- Asylum and migration
- Representations of religious and cultural difference
- Poverty and social injustice
- Discourse theory and analysis
Funded Projects
Racism in the Brexit Britain Press Principal Investigator with Dr Katy Greenland (June-July 2018)
‘Racism rows’, ‘controversies’ and ‘scandals’ frequently make newspaper headlines in the UK, including recent conflicts surrounding Brexit and the immigration debate, the US Presidential retweeting of Britain First propaganda, findings of ‘institutional racism’ in the police and other agencies and concerns about ‘banter’ or bullying in professional football. But, what is ‘racism’ taken to be, and how is its meaning constructed in the news? This project builds upon collaborative, interdisciplinary research investigating public discourses on racism 20 years after the murder of black teenager, Stephen Lawrence, exploring the cultural values, politics and social representations in constructions of racism within the three highest circulating tabloid, mid-market and broadsheet daily national newspapers: the Daily Mail, The Sun and the Daily Telegraph. It systematically examines patterns of press coverage in order to demonstrate, specifically: the current news value of racism; the kinds of news narratives within which ‘racists’, ‘racism’ and ‘anti-racism’ feature; and the language/rhetoric surrounding racism accusation/denial. This aim is to provide valuable empirical data for a longitudinal, comparative analysis of ‘racism’ in the UK news media.
Using Research findings about the Media Narrative on Poverty in Wales to Build Journalist-Third Sector Communications Networks Principal Investigator (May 2016-April 2017) Project using research findings from the project, ‘Exploring the News Media Narrative on Poverty in Wales' to improve fair and accurate public representation of the issues, reduce stigma, and build sustainable and mutually supportive communication networks between journalists and the third sector organisations in Wales working to support socio-economically marginalised groups and address economic inequality. The impact of the project will be to establish new connections between the third sector and news professionals to improve reporting of the issue of poverty and economic inequality in the Welsh and English language news media. Funded by an Economic and Social Research Council Initiator Accelerator Award (ESRC IAA)
Exploring the News Media Narrative on Poverty in Wales Principal Investigator (2016) Project investigating the coverage and production of news surrounding poverty in the English and Welsh language news media in Wales. Funded by a coalition of 10 NGOs based in Wales, coordinated by Oxfam Cymru.
Poverty, NGOs and the News Media in Wales Principal Investigator (2016) Project investigating practices of communications professionals working in the third sector in Wales seeking to influence the news agenda on poverty. Funded by Cardiff Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (CUROP).
News Media Representations of Migration in Five European Countries: Co-Investigator (2016) Project investigating the representation of immigration during the 2014-5 crisis in the national press of 5 European countries (UK, Sweden, Germany, Spain & Italy), with Dr Inaki Garcia Blanco and Dr Mike Berry, funded by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
The Meaning of ‘Racism’ in the UK Press 20 Years After the Death of Stephen Lawrence: Principal Investigator (2014) Project developing interdisciplinary work with Dr Katy Greenland (SOCSI) examining the construction of racism in the UK national press, funded by Cardiff Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programmed (CUROP)
BBC Impartiality Study: Co-Investigator (2014) Project investigating and reviewing the breadth of opinion in BBC news coverage across three areas (Migration, Europe and Religion) with Professor Karin Wahl Jorgensen, Professor Richard Sambrook, Dr Mike Berry, Dr Lucy Bennett, Dr Jonathan Cable, Dr Inaki Garcia-Blanco, Dr Jenny Kidd, Dr Lina Denzic & Dr Arne Hintz, funded by the BBC Trust.
DOC 360: Principal Investigator (2013-)
Collaboration with creative partners On Par, to explore audience engagement with documentary when presented within an immersive environment, funded by REACT.
REACH Media Analysis: Principal Investigator (2009-10)
Project with Dr John Jewell and Dr Stephen Cushion to explore constructions of young black men and boys in the news media, funded by the Department of Communities and Local Government, 2009-10
Images of Islam: Principal Investigator (2008)
Project with Professor Justin Lewis and Dr Paul Mason to explore the coverage of Muslims and Islam in the UK, funded by Channel 4 for the Dispatches documentary, ‘It Shouldn’t Happen to a Muslim’, broadcast July 7th 2008.
Broadcast Coverage of Asylum Seekers and Refugees: Research Assistant (2006-7)
Project with Professor Terry Threadgold and Bernhard Gross exploring the construction of asylum and refugee issues in the UK broadcast news media, funded by Oxfam.
Teaching
Current Undergraduate Teaching:
- Media Power & Society
- Media, Racism and Conflict
- Doing Media Research
Supervisions
I am interested in supervising PhD students in the areas of:
- Migration discourse
- Racism and the media
- Social injustice and the news
- Values and ethics in journalistic practice