Dr Mike Berry
Bsc (Bath) PhD (Glasgow)
Lecturer (Teaching and Research)
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Dr Mike Berry is a Lecturer at Cardiff University School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies.
After completing his Bsc at Bath Mike spent two years working as a researcher at the University of California Santa Barbara on a major research project funded by the American cable television industry. He then completed a PhD at the University of Glasgow where he worked with members of the Glasgow Media Group.
Following that he was employed as a researcher on an ESRC project examining the framing of security threats in Russia, the United States and Britain before taking up a lectureship in late 2006 at the University of Nottingham. Recently he has been working on projects funded by the NSPCC and London Inclusion.
Cyhoeddiadau
2023
- Philo, G. and Berry, M. 2023. "We need to start building up what's called herd immunity": Scientific dissensus and public broadcasting in the Covid-19 pandemic. British Journal of Sociology (10.1111/1468-4446.13010)
- Philo, G. and Berry, M. 2023. ‘We need to start building up what's called herd immunity’: scientific dissensus and public broadcasting in the Covid‐19 pandemic. The British Journal of Sociology (10.1111/1468-4446.13010)
2021
- Morrison, J., Birks, J. and Berry, M. eds. 2021. The Routledge companion to political journalism. Routledge.
- Berry, M. 2021. 'How can you stand there and say you didn't overspend and end up bankrupting this country?': Power, propaganda and public understanding of the economy. In: Morrison, J., Birks, J. and Berry, M. eds. The Routledge Companion to Political Journalism. Routledge, pp. 221-233.
- Morrison, J., Birks, J. and Berry, M. 2021. Introduction: the new terrain of mediated politics. In: The Routledge Companion to Political Journalism. London: Routledge, (10.4324/9780429284571-101)
- Berry, M. 2021. The Guardian and the economy. In: Freedman, D. ed. Capitalism's Conscience: 200 years of the Guardian. Pluto Press, pp. 231-254.
- Walsh, C. and Berry, M. 2021. Introduction. Journalism Studies 22(2), pp. 115-118. (10.1080/1461670X.2021.1873823)
- Berry, M. 2021. The media's role in public attitudes to austerity and inequality. In: Schifferes, S. and Knowles, S. eds. Media and Inequality!. Routledge
- Berry, M., Wahl-Jorgensen, K., Garcia-Blanco, I., Bennett, L. and Cable, J. 2021. British public service broadcasting, the EU and Brexit. Journalism Studies 22(15), pp. 2082-2102. (10.1080/1461670X.2021.1981154)
2019
- Berry, M. 2019. UK election 2019: why the BBC’s approach to the IFS is a threat to its impartiality. The Conversation
- Philo, G., Miller, D., Berry, M., Schlosberg, J. and Lerman, A. 2019. Bad news for Labour: Antisemitism, the Party and public belief. Pluto Press.
- Berry, M. 2019. The media and Neoliberalism. In: Curran, J. and Hesmondhalgh, D. eds. Media and Society. London: Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 57-82.
- Berry, M. 2019. The media, the public and the great financial crisis. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. (10.1007/978-1-137-49973-8)
- Berry, M. 2019. The media and the manifestos: why 2019 wasn't 2017 redux for the Labour party. The Centre for Comparative Politics and Media Research. Available at: http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/33165/13/UKElectionAnalysis2019_Jackson-Thorsen-Lilleker-and-Weidhase_v1.pdf
2018
- Bennett, L., Berry, M. and Allan, S. 2018. Introduction. Journalism Studies 19(13), pp. 1849-1853. (10.1080/1461670X.2018.1502922)
- 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. 2018. Austerity, the media and the UK public. In: Basu, L., Schifferes, S. and Knowles, S. eds. The Media and Austerity: Comparative Perpectives. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 15-29.
2017
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K., Berry, M., Garcia-Blanco, I., Bennett, L. and Cable, J. 2017. Rethinking balance and impartiality in journalism? How the BBC attempted and failed to change the paradigm. Journalism 18(7), pp. 781-800. (10.1177/1464884916648094)
- Berry, M. 2017. Reporting the Israel-Palestine conflict. In: Harb, Z. ed. Reporting the Middle East: The Practice of News in the Twenty-First Century. Bloomsbury, pp. 87-104., (10.5040/9781350987791.ch-005)
2016
- Berry, M. 2016. No alternative to austerity: how BBC broadcast news reported the deficit debate. Media, Culture and Society 38(6), pp. 844-863. (10.1177/0163443715620931)
- Berry, M. 2016. The UK press and the deficit debate. Sociology 50(3), pp. 542-559. (10.1177/0038038515582158)
- Berry, M. 2016. UK media and the legitimisation of austerity policies. [Online]. https://www.opendemocracy.net: Open Democracy. Available at: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/uk-media-and-legitimisation-of-austerity-policies/
- 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. 2016. Heavy duty: what are the shortcomings of the BBC’s reporting of the EU?. [Online]. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit: LSE Brexit Blog. Available at: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2016/02/26/heavy-duty-what-are-the-shortcomings-of-the-bbcs-reporting-of-the-eu/
- Berry, M. 2016. The British are dangerously ill-informed about the EU referendum. [Online]. https://www.opendemocracy.net: Open Democracy. Available at: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/ourbeeb/british-are-dangerously-ill-informed-about-eu-referendum/
- 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
- Berry, M. 2016. Understanding the role of the mass media in the EU referendum [EU referendum analysis 2016: media, coters and the campaign: early reflections from leading UK academics]. The Centre for the Study of Journalism, Culture and Community. Available at: http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/24337/1/EU Referendum Analysis 2016 - Jackson Thorsen and Wring v1.pdf
2013
- Berry, M. 2013. Hard evidence: how biased is the BBC?. The Conversation
- Berry, M. 2013. The 'Today' programme and the banking crisis. Journalism 14(2), pp. 253-270. (10.1177/1464884912458654)
- Berry, M. 2013. The Today programme and the banking crisis. Journalism 14(2), pp. 253-270. (10.1177/1464884912458654)
- 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
- Berry, M., Philo, G., Tiripelli, G., Docherty, S. and Macpherson, C. 2012. Media coverage and public understanding of sentencing policy in relation to crimes against children. Criminology and Criminal Justice 12(5), pp. 567-591. (10.1177/1748895811432956)
2011
- Philo, G. and Berry, M. 2011. More bad news from Israel. London: Pluto Press.
2010
- Oates, S., Kaid, L. L. and Berry, M. 2010. Terrorism, elections and democracy: Political campaigns in the United States, Great Britain, and Russia. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
2006
- Berry, M. and Philo, G. 2006. Israel and Palestine: competing histories. London: Pluto Press.
- Philo, G. and Berry, M. 2006. The British media and the Al Aqsa Intifada. In: Poole, E. and Richardson, J. E. eds. Muslims and the News Media. I.B. Taurus, pp. 199-209.
2005
- Philo, G. and Berry, M. 2005. Bad news and public debate about the Israel-Palestine conflict. In: Muslims and the News Media. I.B.Tauris, pp. 199-209., (10.5040/9780755695652.ch-017)
2004
- Philo, G. and Berry, M. 2004. Bad news from Israel. London: Pluto Press.
Mike Berry’s research interests are focused around the question of how the mass media affects public knowledge and understanding .
His research is especially concerned with examining the social, political, economic and cultural contexts in which messages are produced and received.
His recent publications include More Bad News from Israel (Pluto, 2011), and Terrorism, Elections and Democracy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010). He is currently completing research looking at media coverage and public understanding of the financial crisis.
- Political Communication
- War and Peace Reporting
- Financial Journalism
- Propaganda and Public Relations
- Crime News
- Reception Theory
