John Eldridge (sociologist)
John Eldridge is a British sociologist known for his writings on Industrial Sociology and on Max Weber as well as for being a founder member of the media analysis research group the Glasgow Media Group. Eldridge is Professor Emeritus at the University of Glasgow[1] and a visiting professor of sociology at the University of Strathclyde[2] He was President of the British Sociological Association 1979–1981.
He gained B Sc (Econ) from the University of London, and an MA from Leicester University.
Positions held
- Lecturer and Senior Lecturer, University of York (1964–69),
- Professor, University of Bradford (1969–72),
- Professor, University of Glasgow (1972 to present).
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)
- 978-0-415-12729-5 The Glasgow University Media Group Reader: News Content, Language and Visuals[permanent dead link] (ed) (Routledge, 1995) ISBN 978-0-415-12729-5
- (with J.Kitzinger and K.Williams) The Mass Media and Power in Modern Britain (Oxford University Press,1997)
Notes
- ^ University of Glasgow John Eldridge, accessed 19 September 2008
- ^ University of Strathclyde department of Geography and Sociology John Eldridge Archived 2009-11-01 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 19 September 2008
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