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Yr Athro Stephen Cushion BA (E Anglia), MA (Wales), PhD (Wales), PGCE (Wales)
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Dr Stephen Cushion is a Reader at Cardiff University School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, and Director of Postgraduate Research Studies. He is part of the school's REF 2021 committee and is leading a potential REF impact case study.
He has written three sole authored books, News and Poitics: The Rise of Live and interpretive Journalism, The Democratic Value of News: Why Public Service Media Matter (2012, Palgrave) and Television Journalism (2012, Sage), one co-authored book, Reporting Elections: Rethinking the Logic of Campaign Coverage (2018, Polity Press, with Richard Thomas) and co-edited The Future of 24-Hour News: New Directions, New Chalenges (2016, Peter Lang, with Richard Sambrook) and The Rise of 24-Hour News: Global Perspectives (2010, Peter Lang with Justin Lewis). Overall, Stephen has also published over 30 journal articles and almost 20 book chapters on issues related to news, politics and journalism. He is on the editorial board of several leading academic journals, including Journalism Studies, Journalism Practice, Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism, Journalism Education and Journal of Applied Journalism and Media
Stephen has been PI on three BBC Trust Impartiality Reviews and Co-I on one. The first two (in 2008 and 2010) led to a 4* rated REF impact case study (receiving the regional impact award from Cardiff University). He was also PI on an ESRC funded project, Television News, impartaility and the 2017 UK general election campaign.
Stephen has successfully supervised many MA dissertations and PhD dissertations to completion, acted as an internal and external PhD examiner and chaired vivas. In 2017, he became JOMEC’s director of Postgraduate Research Studies.
Stephen regularly presents research at international and UK conferences, and has co-organised major academic conferences, such as the 2015 Future of Journalism conference, which included co-editing a special edition of three journals based on selected papers.
He welcomes PhD proposals in the area of political communication and journalism studies, particularly topics related to election reporitng, the mediatization of politics, and the impact of 24-hour news culture, or issues about journalistic balance, objectivity and impartaility, as well as broader inquires about media ownership and public service broadcasting, and internationally comparative news studies.
Stephen has recently supervised the following students to completion:
Afful, Ebo (2017) Journalism, Election Campaigns and Democracy in Ghana.
Kilby, Allaina (2014) Satire for sanity: An examination of media representation and audience engagement with The Daily Show’s Rally to Restore Sanity
Fitzgerald, Patrick (2014) Legitimising dissent? British and American newspaper coverage of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution.
Reardon, Sally (2013) Accounting for News: A discourse analysis of the talk of television journalists.
Cyhoeddiad
2023
- Cushion, S. 2023. Beyond mainstream media alternative media and the future of journalism. Routledge.
- Frischlich, L., Eldridge, S. A., Figenschou, T. U., Ihlebæk, K. A., Holt, K. and Cushion, S. 2023. Contesting the mainstream: Towards an audience-centered agenda of alternative news research. Digital Journalism 11(5), pp. 727-740. (10.1080/21670811.2023.2214791)
- Soo, N., Morani, M., Kyriakidou, M. and Cushion, S. 2023. Reflecting party agendas, challenging claims: An analysis of editorial judgements and fact-checking journalism during the 2019 UK general election campaign. Journalism Studies 24(4), pp. 460-478. (10.1080/1461670X.2023.2169190)
- Hughes, C., Morani, M., Cushion, S. and Kyriakidou, M. 2023. Does the political context shape how "due impartiality" is interpreted? An analysis of BBC reporting of the 2019 UK and 2020 US election campaigns. Journalism Studies (10.1080/1461670X.2023.2173956)
- McDowell-Naylor, D., Cushion, S. and Thomas, R. 2023. A typology of alternative online political media in the United Kingdom: A longitudinal content analysis (2015-2018). Journalism 24(1), pp. 41-61. (10.1177/14648849211059585)
2022
- Morani, M., Cushion, S., Kyriakidou, M. and Soo, N. 2022. Expert voices in the news reporting of the coronavirus pandemic: A study of UK television news bulletins and their audiences. Journalism 23(12), pp. 2513-2532. (10.1177/14648849221127629)
- Ihlebæk, K. A., Figenschou, T. U., Eldridge, S. A., Frischlich, L., Cushion, S. and Holt, K. 2022. Understanding alternative news media and its contribution to diversity. Digital Journalism 10(8), pp. 1267-1282. (10.1080/21670811.2022.2134165)
- Kyriakidou, M., Morani, M., Cushion, S. and Hughes, C. 2022. Audience understandings of disinformation: navigating news media through a prism of pragmatic scepticism. Journalism (10.1177/14648849221114244)
- Kyriakidou, M., Cushion, S., Hughes, C. and Morani, M. 2022. Questioning fact-checking in the fight against disinformation: An audience perspective. Journalism Practice (10.1080/17512786.2022.2097118)
- Thomas, R., McDowell-Naylor, D. and Cushion, S. 2022. Understanding 'good' and 'bad' Twitter practices in alternative media: an analysis of online political media in the UK (2015-2018). Journalism Practice (10.1080/17512786.2022.2050469)
- Cushion, S. 2022. Are public service media distinctive from the market? Interpreting the political information environments of BBC and commercial news in the UK. European Journal of Communication 37(1), pp. 3-20. (10.1177/02673231211012149)
- Cushion, S. and Carbis, L. 2022. Identifying informational opportunities in political responsibility reporting: A study of television news coverage during the coronavirus pandemic in the UK's devolved system. International Journal of Press/Politics (10.1177/19401612221075571)
- Cushion, S. 2022. UK Alternative left media and their criticism of mainstream news: analysing the Canary and Evolve politics. Journalism Practice 16(8), pp. 1695-1714. (10.1080/17512786.2021.1882875)
- Cushion, S., Morani, M., Kyriakidou, M. and Soo, N. 2022. (Mis)understanding the coronavirus and how it was handled in the UK: An analysis of public knowledge and the information environment. Journalism Studies 23(5-6), pp. 703-721. (10.1080/1461670X.2021.1950564)
- Cushion, S., Morani, M., Kyriakidou, M. and Soo, N. 2022. Why media systems matter: A fact-checking study of UK television news during the Coronavirus pandemic. Digital Journalism 10(5), pp. 698-716. (10.1080/21670811.2021.1965490)
- Horowitz, M., Cushion, S., Dragomir, M., Gutiérrez Manjón, S. and Pantti, M. 2022. A framework for assessing the role of public service media organizations in countering disinformation. Digital Journalism 10(5), pp. 843-865. (10.1080/21670811.2021.1987948)
2021
- Walsh, M. and Cushion, S. 2021. Channel 4 News: impartial, independent and informative. In: Tait, R. and Mair, J. eds. What Price Channel 4 Now?. Abramis
- Kyriakidou, M., Morani, M., Soo, N. and Cushion, S. 2021. Reporting from the front line: the role of health workers in UK television news reporting of COVID-19. In: Lewis, M., Govender, E. and Holland, K. eds. Communicating COVID-19: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 41-58., (10.1007/978-3-030-79735-5_3)
- Cushion, S., McDowell-Naylor, D. and Thomas, R. 2021. Why national media systems matter: A longitudinal analysis of how UK left-wing and right-wing alternative media critique mainstream media (2015-2018). Journalism Studies 22(5), pp. 633-652. (10.1080/1461670X.2021.1893795)
- Kyriakidou, M. and Cushion, S. 2021. Journalistic responses to misinformation. In: The Routledge Companion to Media Disinformation and Populism. Routledge, (10.4324/9781003004431-55)
- McDowell-Naylor, D., Thomas, R. and Cushion, S. 2021. Alternative online political media. In: Tumber, H. and Waisbord, S. eds. The Routledge Companion to Media Disinformation and Populism. Routledge, (10.4324/9781003004431-19)
2020
- Cushion, S. 2020. Six ways alt-left media legitimatize their criticism of mainstream media: An analysis of The Canary and Evolve Politics (2015-19). Journal of Alternative and Community Media 5(2), pp. 153-171. (10.1386/joacm_00081_1)
- Morani, M., Kyriakidou, M., Soo, N. and Cushion, S. 2020. The 'hospectacle' of reporting from ICUs: what does the public want to see?. [Online]. LSE COVID-19 Blog: London School of Economics and Political Science. Available at: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/covid19/2020/05/29/the-hospectacle-of-reporting-from-icus-what-does-the-public-want-to-see/
- Kyriakidou, M., Morani, M., Soo, N. and Cushion, S. 2020. Government and media misinformation about COVID-19 is confusing the public. [Online]. LSE Blogs: LSE. Available at: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/covid19/2020/05/07/government-and-media-misinformation-about-covid-19-is-confusing-the-public/
- Soo, N., Morani, M., Kyriakidou, M. and Cushion, S. 2020. Research suggests UK public can spot fake news about COVID-19, but don’t realise the UK’s death toll is far higher than in many other countries. [Online]. LSE Blogs: LSE. Available at: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/covid19/2020/04/28/research-suggests-uk-public-can-spot-fake-news-about-covid-19-but-dont-realise-the-uks-death-toll-is-far-higher-than-in-many-other-countries/
- Cushion, S., Lewis, J. and Kilby, A. 2020. Why context, relevance and repetition matter in news reporting: Interpreting the United Kingdom's political information environment. Journalism 21(1), pp. 34-53. (10.1177/1464884917746560)
2019
- Cushion, S. and Jackson, D. 2019. Introduction to special issue about election reporting: Why journalism (still) matters. Journalism 20(8), pp. 985-993. (10.1177/1464884919845454)
- Cushion, S. 2019. PSM Contribution to democracy: News, editorial standards and informed citizenship. In: Połońska, E. and Beckett, C. eds. Public Service Broadcasting and Media Systems in Troubled European Democracies. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 23-39., (10.1007/978-3-030-02710-0_2)
- Lewis, J. and Cushion, S. 2019. Think tanks, television news and impartiality: The ideological balance of sources in BBC programming. Journalism Studies 20(4), pp. 480-499. (10.1080/1461670X.2017.1389295)
- Thomas, R. and Cushion, S. 2019. Towards an institutional news logic of digital native news media? A case study of buzzfeed's reporting during the 2015 and 2017 UK General Election Campaigns. Digital Journalism 7(10), pp. 1328-1345. (10.1080/21670811.2019.1661262)
2018
- Cushion, S. 2018. Journalism under (ideological) threat: safeguarding and enhancing public service media into the 21st century. Journalism 20(1), pp. 69-72. (10.1177/1464884918807036)
- Cushion, S. 2018. Using public opinion to serve journalistic narratives: Rethinking vox pops and live two-way reporting in five UK election campaigns (2009-2017). European Journal of Communication 33(6), pp. 639-656. (10.1177/0267323118793779)
- Allan, S. et al. eds. 2018. The future of journalism: risks, threats and opportunities. London and New York: Routledge.
- Cushion, S. and Beckett, C. 2018. Campaign coverage and editorial judgements: broadcasting. In: Cowley, P. and Kavanagh, D. eds. The British General Election of 2017. Springer, pp. 323-346., (10.1007/978-3-319-95936-8_13)
- Cushion, S. and Thomas, R. 2018. Reporting elections: Rethinking the logic of campaign coverage. Contemporary Political Communication. Polity.
- Cushion, S., Kilby, A., Thomas, R., Morani, M. and Sambrook, R. J. 2018. Newspapers, impartiality and television news: intermedia agenda-setting during the 2015 uk general election campaign. Journalism Studies 19(2), pp. 162-181. (10.1080/1461670X.2016.1171163)
2017
- Cushion, S., Lewis, J. and Callaghan, R. 2017. Data journalism, impartiality and statistical claims: towards more independent scrutiny in news reporting. Journalism Practice 11(10), pp. 1198-1215. (10.1080/17512786.2016.1256789)
- Cushion, S. and Lewis, J. 2017. Impartiality, statistical tit-for tats and the construction of balance: UK television news reporting of the 2016 EU referendum campaign. European Journal of Communication 32(3), pp. 208-223. (10.1177/0267323117695736)
- Cushion, S. and Thomas, R. 2017. From quantitative precision to qualitative judgements: professional perspectives about the impartiality of television news during the 2015 UK General Election. Journalism 20(3), pp. 392-409. (10.1177/1464884916685909)
2016
- Cushion, S., Thomas, R., Kilby, A., Morani, M. and Sambrook, R. J. 2016. Interpreting the media logic behind editorial decisions: Television News Coverage of the 2015 U.K. General Election Campaign. International Journal of Press/Politics 21(4), pp. 472-489. (10.1177/1940161216664726)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. et al. 2016. The future of journalism: risks, threats and opportunities. Journalism Studies 17(7), pp. 801-807. (10.1080/1461670X.2016.1199486)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. et al. 2016. Introduction: The future of journalism: risks, threats and opportunities. Digital Journalism 4(7), pp. 809-815. (10.1080/21670811.2016.1199469)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. et al. 2016. Introduction: the future of journalism: risks, threats and opportunities. Journalism Practice 10(7), pp. 808-814. (10.1080/17512786.2016.1199485)
- Cushion, S. and Sambrook, R. J. eds. 2016. The future of 24 hour news: new directions, new challenges. Peter Lang.
- Cushion, S. and Thomas, R. 2016. Reporting different second order elections: A comparative analysis of the 2009 and 2013 local and EU elections on public and commercial UK television news bulletins. British Politics 11(2), pp. 164-183. (10.1057/bp.2015.26)
2015
- Cushion, S., Lewis, R. and Rodger, H. 2015. Adopting or resisting 24-hour news logic on evening bulletins? the mediatization of UK television news 1991-2012. Journalism 16(7), pp. 866-883. (10.1177/1464884914550975)
- Cushion, S., Thomas, R. and Ellis, O. 2015. Interpreting UKIP's 'earthquake' in British politics: UK television news coverage of the 2009 and 2014 EU election campaigns. The Political Quarterly 86(2), pp. 314-322. (10.1111/1467-923X.12169)
- Sambrook, R. J. and Cushion, S. 2015. Election coverage: how the parties and leaders are faring on television. The Guardian 2015(12 Apr)
- Cushion, S. 2015. News and politics: The rise of live and interpretive journalism. Communication and Society. Abingdon and New York: Routledge.
- Cushion, S. and Franklin, R. 2015. Public service broadcasting: markets and 'vulnerable values' in broadcast and print journalism. In: Coleman, S., Moss, G. and Parry, K. eds. Can the Media Serve Democracy? Essays in Honour of Jay G. Blumler. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 63-75.
- Cushion, S. 2015. Injecting immediacy into media logic: re(interpreting) the mediatizaton of politics on UK television newscasts 1991-2013. Javnost/The Public 21(3), pp. 39-54. (10.1080/13183222.2014.11073410)
- Cushion, S., Thomas, R. and Ellis, O. 2015. The mediatization of second-order elections and party launches: UK television news reporting of the 2014 European Union campaign. International Journal of Communication 9, pp. 1523-1543.
2014
- Cushion, S., Roger, H. and Lewis, R. 2014. Comparing levels of mediatization in television journalism: an analysis of political reporting on US and UK evening news bulletins. International Communication Gazette 76(6), pp. 443-463. (10.1177/1748048514533860)
- Blumler, J. and Cushion, S. 2014. Normative perspectives on journalism studies: Stock-taking and future directions. Journalism 15(3), pp. 259-272. (10.1177/1464884913498689)
- Cushion, S., Aalberg, T. and Thomas, R. 2014. Towards a rolling news logic in fixed time bulletins? A comparative analysis of journalistic interventions in the US, UK and Norway. European Journal of Communication 29(1), pp. 100-109. (10.1177/0267323113504373)
2013
- Cushion, S. 2013. Assessing, measuring and applying ‘public value tests’ beyond new media: Interpreting impartiality and plurality in debates about journalism standards. In: Barkho, L. ed. From Theory to Practice: How to Assess and Apply Impartiality in News and Current Affairs. Chicago: Chicago University Press, pp. 49-68.
- Cushion, S. and Thomas, R. 2013. The mediatization of politics: Interpreting the value of live vs. edited journalistic interventions in UK television news bulletins. The International Journal of Press/Politics 18(3), pp. 360-380. (10.1177/1940161213484522)
- Cushion, S. 2013. Do public service media (still) matter? Evaluating the supply, quality, and the impact of television news in Western Europe. In: Kuhn, R. and Nielsen, R. K. eds. Political Journalism in Transition: Western Europe in a Comparative Perspective. Reuters Challenges Oxford: I. B. Tauris, pp. 151-170.
2012
- Cushion, S. 2012. The democratic value of news: Why public service media matter. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Cushion, S., Lewis, J. M. W. and Ramsay, G. N. 2012. The impact of interventionist regulation in reshaping news agendas: A comparative analysis of public and commercially funded television journalism. Journalism 13(7), pp. 831-849. (10.1177/1464884911431536)
- Cushion, S. 2012. Television journalism. Journalism Studies: Key Texts. London: SAGE Publications.
2011
- Bromley, M. and Cushion, S. 2011. Media fundamentalism: the immediate response of the UK national press to terrorism-from 9/11 to 7/7. In: Zelizer, B. and Allan, S. eds. Journalism after September 11 2nd ed. Communication and Society London ; New York: Routledge, pp. 212-2311.
- 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
2010
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K., Cushion, S., Williams, A., Guerra, S., Garcia-Blanco, I. and Tsagalas, D. 2010. Diversity and the European public sphere: The case of United Kingdom. Project Report. [Online]. EUROSPHERE. Available at: http://eurospheres.org/files/2010/06/UK.pdf
- Cushion, S. and Lewis, J. eds. 2010. The rise of 24 Hour news television: Global perspectives. Oxford: Peter Lang.
- Garcia-Blanco, I. and Cushion, S. 2010. A partial Europe without citizens or EU-level political institutions: How far can Euronews constitute a European public sphere?. Journalism Studies 11(3), pp. 393-411. (10.1080/14616700903378653)
- Cushion, S. 2010. Rolling service, market logic: the race to be "Britain's most watched news channel". In: Cushion, S. and Lewis, J. M. W. eds. The Rise of 24-Hour News Television: Global Perspectives. New York: Peter Lang
- Cushion, S. and Lewis, J. M. W. 2010. Introduction: what is 24-hour news television?. In: Cushion, S. and Lewis, J. M. W. eds. The Rise of 24-Hour News Television: Global Perspectives. Global Perspectives New York: Peter Lang, pp. 1-14.
- Cushion, S. 2010. Three phases of 24-hour news television. In: Cushion, S. and Lewis, J. M. W. eds. The Rise of 24-Hour News Television: Global Perspectives. New York: Peter Lang, pp. 15-30.
- Cushion, S., Lewis, J. M. W. and Ramsay, G. 2010. Four nations impartiality review follow-up: An analysis of reporting devolution. Project Report. [Online]. London: BBC Trust Publications. Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/our_work/services/television/other/nations_follow_up.html
2009
- Cushion, S., Lewis, J. M. W. and Groves, C. R. 2009. Prioritizing hand-shaking over policy-making: A study of how the 2007 devolved elections was reported on BBC UK network coverage. Cyfrwng: Media Wales Journal 6, pp. 7-32.
- Cushion, S. and Lewis, J. M. W. 2009. Towards a 'Foxification' of 24-hour news channels in Britain?: An analysis of market-driven and publicly funded news coverage. Journalism 10(2), pp. 131-153. (10.1177/1464884908100598)
- Cushion, S. 2009. Discouraging citizenship? Young people's reactions to news media coverage of anti-Iraq war protesting in the UK. Young: Nordic Journal of Youth Research 17(2), pp. 123-143. (10.1177/110330880901700202)
- Cushion, S., Lewis, J. M. W. and Groves, C. R. 2009. Reflecting the four nations? An analysis of reporting devolution on UK network news media. Journalism Studies 10(5), pp. 655-671. (10.1080/14616700902797242)
- Lewis, J. M. W. and Cushion, S. 2009. The thirst to be first: An analysis of breaking news stories and their impact on the quality of 24 hour news coverage in the UK. Journalism Practice 3(3), pp. 304- 318. (10.1080/17512780902798737)
- Cushion, S. 2009. From tabloid hack to broadcast journalist: which news sources are the most trusted?. Journalism Practice 3(4), pp. 472-481. (10.1080/17512780903259358)
- Garcia-Blanco, I. and Cushion, S. 2009. Constructing Europe and European citizenship? A study of Euronews and the democratic implications of their journalistic practices. Presented at: MeCCSA Conference 2009, National Media Museum, Bradford, Wed 14 – Fri 16 January 2009.
- Cushion, S. 2009. Reflecting the four nations? An analyis of reporting devolution on UK network news media. Presented at: MeCCSA Conference, Bradford University, 2009.
- Cushion, S. 2009. “The truants take to the streets”: Young people, politics and citizenship in the UK. Media & Jornalismo 11
2008
- Cushion, S. 2008. Truly International? A content analysis of journalism: theory, practice and criticism and journalism studies. Journalism Practice 2(2), pp. 280-293. (10.1080/17512780801999477)
- Lewis, J. M. W., Cushion, S., Groves, C., Bennett, L., Reardon, S., Wilkins, E. and Williams, R. 2008. Four Nations Impartiality Review: An analysis of reporting devolution. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/review_report_research/impartiality/appendix_a_cardiff_u_analysis.pdf
2007
- Cushion, S. 2007. Protesting their apathy? An analysis of British press coverage of young anti Iraq war protestors. Journal of Youth Studies 10(4), pp. 419-437.
- Cushion, S. 2007. “On the beat” or in the classroom: Where and how is journalism studied?. Journalism Practice 1(3), pp. 421-434. (10.1080/17512780701505234)
- Cushion, S. 2007. Rich media, poor journalists: Journalists’ salaries. Journalism Practice 1(1), pp. 120-129. (10.1080/17512780601078910)
2006
- Cushion, S. 2006. Refashioning youth citizenship: Hoodies, the anti-Iraq war movement and press coverage in Wales. Cyfrwng: Media Wales Journal 3, pp. 107-122.
- Cushion, S., Franklin, R. A. and Court, G. 2006. Citizens, readers and local newspaper coverage of the UK 2005 General Election. Javnost 13(1), pp. 41-60.
2005
- Lewis, J. M. W., Cushion, S. and Thomas, J. 2005. Immediacy, convenience or engagement? An analysis of 24-hour news channels in the UK. Journalism Studies 6(4), pp. 461-477. (10.1080/14616700500250362)
2004
- Thomas, J., Cushion, S. and Jewell, J. 2004. Stirring up apathy? Political disengagement and the media in the 2003 Welsh Assembly elections. Journal of Public Affairs 4(4), pp. 355-363. (10.1002/pa.198)
- Thomas, J., Jewell, J. and Cushion, S. 2004. The media and the 2003 Welsh Assembly elections. Representation: The Journal of Representative Democracy 40(4), pp. 281-287. (10.1080/00344890408523277)
2003
- Thomas, J., Jewell, J. and Cushion, S. 2003. The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003: The official report and results. Project Report. [Online]. London: The Electoral Commission. Available at: http://http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/electoral_commission_pdf_file/0011/13160/WalesElectionReportEnglish-newmap_14696-8855__E__N__S__W__.pdf
Articles
- Frischlich, L., Eldridge, S. A., Figenschou, T. U., Ihlebæk, K. A., Holt, K. and Cushion, S. 2023. Contesting the mainstream: Towards an audience-centered agenda of alternative news research. Digital Journalism 11(5), pp. 727-740. (10.1080/21670811.2023.2214791)
- Soo, N., Morani, M., Kyriakidou, M. and Cushion, S. 2023. Reflecting party agendas, challenging claims: An analysis of editorial judgements and fact-checking journalism during the 2019 UK general election campaign. Journalism Studies 24(4), pp. 460-478. (10.1080/1461670X.2023.2169190)
- Hughes, C., Morani, M., Cushion, S. and Kyriakidou, M. 2023. Does the political context shape how "due impartiality" is interpreted? An analysis of BBC reporting of the 2019 UK and 2020 US election campaigns. Journalism Studies (10.1080/1461670X.2023.2173956)
- McDowell-Naylor, D., Cushion, S. and Thomas, R. 2023. A typology of alternative online political media in the United Kingdom: A longitudinal content analysis (2015-2018). Journalism 24(1), pp. 41-61. (10.1177/14648849211059585)
- Morani, M., Cushion, S., Kyriakidou, M. and Soo, N. 2022. Expert voices in the news reporting of the coronavirus pandemic: A study of UK television news bulletins and their audiences. Journalism 23(12), pp. 2513-2532. (10.1177/14648849221127629)
- Ihlebæk, K. A., Figenschou, T. U., Eldridge, S. A., Frischlich, L., Cushion, S. and Holt, K. 2022. Understanding alternative news media and its contribution to diversity. Digital Journalism 10(8), pp. 1267-1282. (10.1080/21670811.2022.2134165)
- Kyriakidou, M., Morani, M., Cushion, S. and Hughes, C. 2022. Audience understandings of disinformation: navigating news media through a prism of pragmatic scepticism. Journalism (10.1177/14648849221114244)
- Kyriakidou, M., Cushion, S., Hughes, C. and Morani, M. 2022. Questioning fact-checking in the fight against disinformation: An audience perspective. Journalism Practice (10.1080/17512786.2022.2097118)
- Thomas, R., McDowell-Naylor, D. and Cushion, S. 2022. Understanding 'good' and 'bad' Twitter practices in alternative media: an analysis of online political media in the UK (2015-2018). Journalism Practice (10.1080/17512786.2022.2050469)
- Cushion, S. 2022. Are public service media distinctive from the market? Interpreting the political information environments of BBC and commercial news in the UK. European Journal of Communication 37(1), pp. 3-20. (10.1177/02673231211012149)
- Cushion, S. and Carbis, L. 2022. Identifying informational opportunities in political responsibility reporting: A study of television news coverage during the coronavirus pandemic in the UK's devolved system. International Journal of Press/Politics (10.1177/19401612221075571)
- Cushion, S. 2022. UK Alternative left media and their criticism of mainstream news: analysing the Canary and Evolve politics. Journalism Practice 16(8), pp. 1695-1714. (10.1080/17512786.2021.1882875)
- Cushion, S., Morani, M., Kyriakidou, M. and Soo, N. 2022. (Mis)understanding the coronavirus and how it was handled in the UK: An analysis of public knowledge and the information environment. Journalism Studies 23(5-6), pp. 703-721. (10.1080/1461670X.2021.1950564)
- Cushion, S., Morani, M., Kyriakidou, M. and Soo, N. 2022. Why media systems matter: A fact-checking study of UK television news during the Coronavirus pandemic. Digital Journalism 10(5), pp. 698-716. (10.1080/21670811.2021.1965490)
- Horowitz, M., Cushion, S., Dragomir, M., Gutiérrez Manjón, S. and Pantti, M. 2022. A framework for assessing the role of public service media organizations in countering disinformation. Digital Journalism 10(5), pp. 843-865. (10.1080/21670811.2021.1987948)
- Cushion, S., McDowell-Naylor, D. and Thomas, R. 2021. Why national media systems matter: A longitudinal analysis of how UK left-wing and right-wing alternative media critique mainstream media (2015-2018). Journalism Studies 22(5), pp. 633-652. (10.1080/1461670X.2021.1893795)
- Cushion, S. 2020. Six ways alt-left media legitimatize their criticism of mainstream media: An analysis of The Canary and Evolve Politics (2015-19). Journal of Alternative and Community Media 5(2), pp. 153-171. (10.1386/joacm_00081_1)
- Cushion, S., Lewis, J. and Kilby, A. 2020. Why context, relevance and repetition matter in news reporting: Interpreting the United Kingdom's political information environment. Journalism 21(1), pp. 34-53. (10.1177/1464884917746560)
- Cushion, S. and Jackson, D. 2019. Introduction to special issue about election reporting: Why journalism (still) matters. Journalism 20(8), pp. 985-993. (10.1177/1464884919845454)
- Lewis, J. and Cushion, S. 2019. Think tanks, television news and impartiality: The ideological balance of sources in BBC programming. Journalism Studies 20(4), pp. 480-499. (10.1080/1461670X.2017.1389295)
- Thomas, R. and Cushion, S. 2019. Towards an institutional news logic of digital native news media? A case study of buzzfeed's reporting during the 2015 and 2017 UK General Election Campaigns. Digital Journalism 7(10), pp. 1328-1345. (10.1080/21670811.2019.1661262)
- Cushion, S. 2018. Journalism under (ideological) threat: safeguarding and enhancing public service media into the 21st century. Journalism 20(1), pp. 69-72. (10.1177/1464884918807036)
- Cushion, S. 2018. Using public opinion to serve journalistic narratives: Rethinking vox pops and live two-way reporting in five UK election campaigns (2009-2017). European Journal of Communication 33(6), pp. 639-656. (10.1177/0267323118793779)
- Cushion, S., Kilby, A., Thomas, R., Morani, M. and Sambrook, R. J. 2018. Newspapers, impartiality and television news: intermedia agenda-setting during the 2015 uk general election campaign. Journalism Studies 19(2), pp. 162-181. (10.1080/1461670X.2016.1171163)
- Cushion, S., Lewis, J. and Callaghan, R. 2017. Data journalism, impartiality and statistical claims: towards more independent scrutiny in news reporting. Journalism Practice 11(10), pp. 1198-1215. (10.1080/17512786.2016.1256789)
- Cushion, S. and Lewis, J. 2017. Impartiality, statistical tit-for tats and the construction of balance: UK television news reporting of the 2016 EU referendum campaign. European Journal of Communication 32(3), pp. 208-223. (10.1177/0267323117695736)
- Cushion, S. and Thomas, R. 2017. From quantitative precision to qualitative judgements: professional perspectives about the impartiality of television news during the 2015 UK General Election. Journalism 20(3), pp. 392-409. (10.1177/1464884916685909)
- Cushion, S., Thomas, R., Kilby, A., Morani, M. and Sambrook, R. J. 2016. Interpreting the media logic behind editorial decisions: Television News Coverage of the 2015 U.K. General Election Campaign. International Journal of Press/Politics 21(4), pp. 472-489. (10.1177/1940161216664726)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. et al. 2016. The future of journalism: risks, threats and opportunities. Journalism Studies 17(7), pp. 801-807. (10.1080/1461670X.2016.1199486)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. et al. 2016. Introduction: The future of journalism: risks, threats and opportunities. Digital Journalism 4(7), pp. 809-815. (10.1080/21670811.2016.1199469)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. et al. 2016. Introduction: the future of journalism: risks, threats and opportunities. Journalism Practice 10(7), pp. 808-814. (10.1080/17512786.2016.1199485)
- Cushion, S. and Thomas, R. 2016. Reporting different second order elections: A comparative analysis of the 2009 and 2013 local and EU elections on public and commercial UK television news bulletins. British Politics 11(2), pp. 164-183. (10.1057/bp.2015.26)
- Cushion, S., Lewis, R. and Rodger, H. 2015. Adopting or resisting 24-hour news logic on evening bulletins? the mediatization of UK television news 1991-2012. Journalism 16(7), pp. 866-883. (10.1177/1464884914550975)
- Cushion, S., Thomas, R. and Ellis, O. 2015. Interpreting UKIP's 'earthquake' in British politics: UK television news coverage of the 2009 and 2014 EU election campaigns. The Political Quarterly 86(2), pp. 314-322. (10.1111/1467-923X.12169)
- Sambrook, R. J. and Cushion, S. 2015. Election coverage: how the parties and leaders are faring on television. The Guardian 2015(12 Apr)
- Cushion, S. 2015. Injecting immediacy into media logic: re(interpreting) the mediatizaton of politics on UK television newscasts 1991-2013. Javnost/The Public 21(3), pp. 39-54. (10.1080/13183222.2014.11073410)
- Cushion, S., Thomas, R. and Ellis, O. 2015. The mediatization of second-order elections and party launches: UK television news reporting of the 2014 European Union campaign. International Journal of Communication 9, pp. 1523-1543.
- Cushion, S., Roger, H. and Lewis, R. 2014. Comparing levels of mediatization in television journalism: an analysis of political reporting on US and UK evening news bulletins. International Communication Gazette 76(6), pp. 443-463. (10.1177/1748048514533860)
- Blumler, J. and Cushion, S. 2014. Normative perspectives on journalism studies: Stock-taking and future directions. Journalism 15(3), pp. 259-272. (10.1177/1464884913498689)
- Cushion, S., Aalberg, T. and Thomas, R. 2014. Towards a rolling news logic in fixed time bulletins? A comparative analysis of journalistic interventions in the US, UK and Norway. European Journal of Communication 29(1), pp. 100-109. (10.1177/0267323113504373)
- Cushion, S. and Thomas, R. 2013. The mediatization of politics: Interpreting the value of live vs. edited journalistic interventions in UK television news bulletins. The International Journal of Press/Politics 18(3), pp. 360-380. (10.1177/1940161213484522)
- Cushion, S., Lewis, J. M. W. and Ramsay, G. N. 2012. The impact of interventionist regulation in reshaping news agendas: A comparative analysis of public and commercially funded television journalism. Journalism 13(7), pp. 831-849. (10.1177/1464884911431536)
- Garcia-Blanco, I. and Cushion, S. 2010. A partial Europe without citizens or EU-level political institutions: How far can Euronews constitute a European public sphere?. Journalism Studies 11(3), pp. 393-411. (10.1080/14616700903378653)
- Cushion, S., Lewis, J. M. W. and Groves, C. R. 2009. Prioritizing hand-shaking over policy-making: A study of how the 2007 devolved elections was reported on BBC UK network coverage. Cyfrwng: Media Wales Journal 6, pp. 7-32.
- Cushion, S. and Lewis, J. M. W. 2009. Towards a 'Foxification' of 24-hour news channels in Britain?: An analysis of market-driven and publicly funded news coverage. Journalism 10(2), pp. 131-153. (10.1177/1464884908100598)
- Cushion, S. 2009. Discouraging citizenship? Young people's reactions to news media coverage of anti-Iraq war protesting in the UK. Young: Nordic Journal of Youth Research 17(2), pp. 123-143. (10.1177/110330880901700202)
- Cushion, S., Lewis, J. M. W. and Groves, C. R. 2009. Reflecting the four nations? An analysis of reporting devolution on UK network news media. Journalism Studies 10(5), pp. 655-671. (10.1080/14616700902797242)
- Lewis, J. M. W. and Cushion, S. 2009. The thirst to be first: An analysis of breaking news stories and their impact on the quality of 24 hour news coverage in the UK. Journalism Practice 3(3), pp. 304- 318. (10.1080/17512780902798737)
- Cushion, S. 2009. From tabloid hack to broadcast journalist: which news sources are the most trusted?. Journalism Practice 3(4), pp. 472-481. (10.1080/17512780903259358)
- Cushion, S. 2009. “The truants take to the streets”: Young people, politics and citizenship in the UK. Media & Jornalismo 11
- Cushion, S. 2008. Truly International? A content analysis of journalism: theory, practice and criticism and journalism studies. Journalism Practice 2(2), pp. 280-293. (10.1080/17512780801999477)
- Cushion, S. 2007. Protesting their apathy? An analysis of British press coverage of young anti Iraq war protestors. Journal of Youth Studies 10(4), pp. 419-437.
- Cushion, S. 2007. “On the beat” or in the classroom: Where and how is journalism studied?. Journalism Practice 1(3), pp. 421-434. (10.1080/17512780701505234)
- Cushion, S. 2007. Rich media, poor journalists: Journalists’ salaries. Journalism Practice 1(1), pp. 120-129. (10.1080/17512780601078910)
- Cushion, S. 2006. Refashioning youth citizenship: Hoodies, the anti-Iraq war movement and press coverage in Wales. Cyfrwng: Media Wales Journal 3, pp. 107-122.
- Cushion, S., Franklin, R. A. and Court, G. 2006. Citizens, readers and local newspaper coverage of the UK 2005 General Election. Javnost 13(1), pp. 41-60.
- Lewis, J. M. W., Cushion, S. and Thomas, J. 2005. Immediacy, convenience or engagement? An analysis of 24-hour news channels in the UK. Journalism Studies 6(4), pp. 461-477. (10.1080/14616700500250362)
- Thomas, J., Cushion, S. and Jewell, J. 2004. Stirring up apathy? Political disengagement and the media in the 2003 Welsh Assembly elections. Journal of Public Affairs 4(4), pp. 355-363. (10.1002/pa.198)
- Thomas, J., Jewell, J. and Cushion, S. 2004. The media and the 2003 Welsh Assembly elections. Representation: The Journal of Representative Democracy 40(4), pp. 281-287. (10.1080/00344890408523277)
Book sections
- Walsh, M. and Cushion, S. 2021. Channel 4 News: impartial, independent and informative. In: Tait, R. and Mair, J. eds. What Price Channel 4 Now?. Abramis
- Kyriakidou, M., Morani, M., Soo, N. and Cushion, S. 2021. Reporting from the front line: the role of health workers in UK television news reporting of COVID-19. In: Lewis, M., Govender, E. and Holland, K. eds. Communicating COVID-19: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 41-58., (10.1007/978-3-030-79735-5_3)
- Kyriakidou, M. and Cushion, S. 2021. Journalistic responses to misinformation. In: The Routledge Companion to Media Disinformation and Populism. Routledge, (10.4324/9781003004431-55)
- McDowell-Naylor, D., Thomas, R. and Cushion, S. 2021. Alternative online political media. In: Tumber, H. and Waisbord, S. eds. The Routledge Companion to Media Disinformation and Populism. Routledge, (10.4324/9781003004431-19)
- Cushion, S. 2019. PSM Contribution to democracy: News, editorial standards and informed citizenship. In: Połońska, E. and Beckett, C. eds. Public Service Broadcasting and Media Systems in Troubled European Democracies. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 23-39., (10.1007/978-3-030-02710-0_2)
- Cushion, S. and Beckett, C. 2018. Campaign coverage and editorial judgements: broadcasting. In: Cowley, P. and Kavanagh, D. eds. The British General Election of 2017. Springer, pp. 323-346., (10.1007/978-3-319-95936-8_13)
- Cushion, S. and Franklin, R. 2015. Public service broadcasting: markets and 'vulnerable values' in broadcast and print journalism. In: Coleman, S., Moss, G. and Parry, K. eds. Can the Media Serve Democracy? Essays in Honour of Jay G. Blumler. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 63-75.
- Cushion, S. 2013. Assessing, measuring and applying ‘public value tests’ beyond new media: Interpreting impartiality and plurality in debates about journalism standards. In: Barkho, L. ed. From Theory to Practice: How to Assess and Apply Impartiality in News and Current Affairs. Chicago: Chicago University Press, pp. 49-68.
- Cushion, S. 2013. Do public service media (still) matter? Evaluating the supply, quality, and the impact of television news in Western Europe. In: Kuhn, R. and Nielsen, R. K. eds. Political Journalism in Transition: Western Europe in a Comparative Perspective. Reuters Challenges Oxford: I. B. Tauris, pp. 151-170.
- Bromley, M. and Cushion, S. 2011. Media fundamentalism: the immediate response of the UK national press to terrorism-from 9/11 to 7/7. In: Zelizer, B. and Allan, S. eds. Journalism after September 11 2nd ed. Communication and Society London ; New York: Routledge, pp. 212-2311.
- Cushion, S. 2010. Rolling service, market logic: the race to be "Britain's most watched news channel". In: Cushion, S. and Lewis, J. M. W. eds. The Rise of 24-Hour News Television: Global Perspectives. New York: Peter Lang
- Cushion, S. and Lewis, J. M. W. 2010. Introduction: what is 24-hour news television?. In: Cushion, S. and Lewis, J. M. W. eds. The Rise of 24-Hour News Television: Global Perspectives. Global Perspectives New York: Peter Lang, pp. 1-14.
- Cushion, S. 2010. Three phases of 24-hour news television. In: Cushion, S. and Lewis, J. M. W. eds. The Rise of 24-Hour News Television: Global Perspectives. New York: Peter Lang, pp. 15-30.
Books
- Cushion, S. 2023. Beyond mainstream media alternative media and the future of journalism. Routledge.
- Allan, S. et al. eds. 2018. The future of journalism: risks, threats and opportunities. London and New York: Routledge.
- Cushion, S. and Thomas, R. 2018. Reporting elections: Rethinking the logic of campaign coverage. Contemporary Political Communication. Polity.
- Cushion, S. and Sambrook, R. J. eds. 2016. The future of 24 hour news: new directions, new challenges. Peter Lang.
- Cushion, S. 2015. News and politics: The rise of live and interpretive journalism. Communication and Society. Abingdon and New York: Routledge.
- Cushion, S. 2012. The democratic value of news: Why public service media matter. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Cushion, S. 2012. Television journalism. Journalism Studies: Key Texts. London: SAGE Publications.
- Cushion, S. and Lewis, J. eds. 2010. The rise of 24 Hour news television: Global perspectives. Oxford: Peter Lang.
Conferences
- Garcia-Blanco, I. and Cushion, S. 2009. Constructing Europe and European citizenship? A study of Euronews and the democratic implications of their journalistic practices. Presented at: MeCCSA Conference 2009, National Media Museum, Bradford, Wed 14 – Fri 16 January 2009.
- Cushion, S. 2009. Reflecting the four nations? An analyis of reporting devolution on UK network news media. Presented at: MeCCSA Conference, Bradford University, 2009.
Monographs
- 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
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K., Cushion, S., Williams, A., Guerra, S., Garcia-Blanco, I. and Tsagalas, D. 2010. Diversity and the European public sphere: The case of United Kingdom. Project Report. [Online]. EUROSPHERE. Available at: http://eurospheres.org/files/2010/06/UK.pdf
- Cushion, S., Lewis, J. M. W. and Ramsay, G. 2010. Four nations impartiality review follow-up: An analysis of reporting devolution. Project Report. [Online]. London: BBC Trust Publications. Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/our_work/services/television/other/nations_follow_up.html
- Lewis, J. M. W., Cushion, S., Groves, C., Bennett, L., Reardon, S., Wilkins, E. and Williams, R. 2008. Four Nations Impartiality Review: An analysis of reporting devolution. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/review_report_research/impartiality/appendix_a_cardiff_u_analysis.pdf
- Thomas, J., Jewell, J. and Cushion, S. 2003. The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003: The official report and results. Project Report. [Online]. London: The Electoral Commission. Available at: http://http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/electoral_commission_pdf_file/0011/13160/WalesElectionReportEnglish-newmap_14696-8855__E__N__S__W__.pdf
Websites
- Morani, M., Kyriakidou, M., Soo, N. and Cushion, S. 2020. The 'hospectacle' of reporting from ICUs: what does the public want to see?. [Online]. LSE COVID-19 Blog: London School of Economics and Political Science. Available at: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/covid19/2020/05/29/the-hospectacle-of-reporting-from-icus-what-does-the-public-want-to-see/
- Kyriakidou, M., Morani, M., Soo, N. and Cushion, S. 2020. Government and media misinformation about COVID-19 is confusing the public. [Online]. LSE Blogs: LSE. Available at: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/covid19/2020/05/07/government-and-media-misinformation-about-covid-19-is-confusing-the-public/
- Soo, N., Morani, M., Kyriakidou, M. and Cushion, S. 2020. Research suggests UK public can spot fake news about COVID-19, but don’t realise the UK’s death toll is far higher than in many other countries. [Online]. LSE Blogs: LSE. Available at: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/covid19/2020/04/28/research-suggests-uk-public-can-spot-fake-news-about-covid-19-but-dont-realise-the-uks-death-toll-is-far-higher-than-in-many-other-countries/
Ymchwil
Cyllid allanol/REF Astudiaethau achos
Rwyf wedi bod yn PI ar bedwar prosiect grant ESRC: 'Tu hwnt i'r MSM: Deall cynnydd cyfryngau gwleidyddol ar-lein amgen' (£517,731.20), 'Newyddion Teledu a didueddrwydd: Adrodd Ymgyrch Etholiad Cyffredinol y DU 2017' (£42,765), 'Newyddion Teledu a didueddrwydd' (£11,000) ac 'Adrodd Etholiad Cyffredinol y DU 2015' (£3000). Cynhyrchodd hyn £574,496.20 mewn incwm ymchwil.
Rwyf hefyd wedi bod yn PI ar grant ymchwil dwy flynedd £9,839.80 a ddyfarnwyd gan BA/Leverhulme o'r enw 'Cywir neu gamarweiniol? Y portread o MSM yn y cyfryngau alt-chwith '.
Rwyf wedi bod yn PI ar dri adolygiad didueddrwydd Ymddiriedolaeth y BBC am sylw yn y cyfryngau i ddatganoli neu ystadegau (yn 2009, 2015 a 2016), a gynhyrchodd £220,258 o incwm ymchwil. Datblygwyd prosiect 2009 yn astudiaeth achos effaith 4* ar gyfer cyflwyniad REF JOMEC yn 2014. Derbyniodd hefyd y wobr effaith ranbarthol gan Brifysgol Caerdydd yn 2013. Rwy'n cyd-arwain astudiaeth achos REF yn 2021 am effaith ein hymchwil ar ddidueddrwydd newyddion y BBC (yn seiliedig i raddau helaeth ar dri phrosiect yr oeddwn yn PI).
Rwyf wedi bod yn Gyd-ymchwilydd ar dri phrosiect arall: dyfarniad o £38,665 gan yr Adran Cymunedau a Llywodraeth Leol ar sylw yn y cyfryngau Prydeinig o ddynion a bechgyn du ifanc, dyfarniad o £63,487 gan brosiect Ymddiriedolaeth y BBC ar Adolygiad Didueddrwydd y Cenhedloedd ac adrodd ar ddatganoli yn y DU, a phrosiect comisiwn Ewropeaidd gwerth £173,229 o'r enw 'Eurosphere' sy'n ymwneud â maes cyhoeddus Ewrop.
Ar y cyfan, fel naill ai PI neu Co-I rwyf wedi gweithio ar ddyfarniadau grant allanol gwerth dros 1 miliwn o bunnoedd.
Rolau golygyddol/sgyrsiau cyhoeddus/cynadleddau
Rwy'n Olygydd Cyswllt cyfnodolyn mewnol blaenllaw, Journalism Studies, ac yn aelod o fwrdd golygyddol Journalism Practice, Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism, Journalism Education a Journal of Applied Journalism and Media studies.
Rwy'n cyflwyno ymchwil yn rheolaidd mewn cynadleddau rhyngwladol a'r DU, yn ogystal â bod yn siaradwr gwadd mewn ysgolion rhyngwladol blaenllaw. Tra'n ysgolhaig gwadd yn yr Unol Daleithiau ac Awstralia yn 2016 a 2018, rhoddais sgyrsiau ym Mhrifysgol Austin, Prifysgol George Washington, Prifysgol Sydney, Prifysgol Melbourne, Prifysgol Swinburne a Phrifysgol Queensland Technoleg.
Rwyf wedi cyd-drefnu cynadleddau academaidd mawr, gan gynnwys nifer o gynadleddau Dyfodol Newyddiaduraeth Prifysgol Caerdydd (2013, 2015, 2017 a 2019), cynhadledd MECCSA 2007 ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd a chyn-gynhadledd ICA 2018 ym Mhrâg.
Addysgu
I coordinate the following modules
MA - Introudction to Political Communication (Autumn)
PhD - Method workshop (Autumn)
BA - The Making and Shaping of News (Spring)
PhD - Issues in Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies (Spring)
Stephen welcomes PhD proposals in the area of political communication and journalism studies, particularly topics related to election reporitng, the mediatization of politics and 24-hour news, balance, objectivity and impartaility, media ownership and public service broadcasting, and internationally comparative news studies.
He welcomes PhD proposals in the area of political communication and journalism studies, particularly topics related to election reporitng, the mediatization of politics, and the impact of 24-hour news culture, or issues about journalistic balance, objectivity and impartaility, as well as broader inquires about media ownership and public service broadcasting, and internationally comparative news studies.
Stephen has recently supervised the following students to completion:
Afful, Ebo (2017) Journalism, Election Campaigns and Democracy in Ghana.
Kilby, Allaina (2014) Satire for sanity: An examination of media representation and audience engagement with The Daily Show’s Rally to Restore Sanity
Fitzgerald, Patrick (2014) Legitimising dissent? British and American newspaper coverage of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution.
Reardon, Sally (2013) Accounting for News: A discourse analysis of the talk of television journalists.
He currently supervises the following students:
Steven Buckley ‘EMOTIONALLY CHARGED: TO WHAT EXTENT DOES FOX NEWS UTILISE EMOTION WHEN REPORTING ON NEWS FEATURES?’
Gong, Shunlin 'TO DISCUSS AND COMPARE THE ROLE OF SEX IN BRITISH AND CHINESE TELEVISION ADVERTISING'
Petra Kovacevic ‘READING BETWEEN THE LINES AND SEEING BEYOND THE WORDS: WHO IS A CONSTRUCTIVE JOURNALIST?’
Moza Al-Rawahi ‘THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON POLITICAL COGNITIONS AND BEHAVIOUR: A CASE STUDY OF THE SULTANATE OF OMAN’
Binakuromo Ogbebor ‘MEDIA REPRESENTATION OF THE NEWS OF THE WORLD PHONE HACKING SCANDAL’
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Employment
Employment-present: Reader and Director of Postgraduate Research Studies and MA in Political Communication at the Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies.
Jan 2012-August 2015: Senior Lecturer and Director of the MA in Political Communication at the Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies.
Jan 2006-2012: Lecturer at the Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies.
May 2005-June 2005: Research Assistant at the Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies for a project on local and regional press coverage of the 2005 general election. This involved developing an appropriate methodological framework for the content analysis, coding many 100s of articles, inputting them into SPSS, generating the results and co-authoring the findings.
May 2003-June 2003: Research Assistant at the Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies for a project on the way the Welsh media reported the 2003 National Assembly for Wales election.
Education
2002-2006 Doctor of Philosophy, ‘Protesting their apathy: Young People, News Media and Citizenship’ at the Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University, October 2006
2001-2002 MA in Journalism Studies (distinction): Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University.
1998-2001 BA Hons. Film and Media (2:1) University of East Anglia, Norwich.
2008 Postgraduate Certificate in University Teaching and Learning (PCTUL). The aim of the qualification is to enable participants to become more competent, confident and reflective university teachers, capable of critically evaluating and developing their own teaching and learning approach in order to facilitate high quality student learning.
Anrhydeddau a dyfarniadau
2017: Principal Investigator, ESRC Award, Television News, impartaility and the 2017 UK general election campaign. (£42, 765)
2016: Principal Investigator on a BBC Trust project on Nations Impartiality Review and devolution in the UK. (£70,704)
2015-2016: Principal Investigator on a BBC Trust project on Impartiality Review about reporting of statistics. (£70,285)
2015-2016: Principal Investigator on a BBC Trust project on Nations Impartiality Review and devolution in the UK. (£79,269)
2015: Principal Investigator University ESRC initiator fund to support research about the 2015 General Election (£3000)
2015: JOMEC Impact and Engagement and seedcorn Funding (£2000) to support research about the 2015 General Election
2015: Principal Investigator on a Cardiff Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (CUROP) project (£1,360) about how Buzzfeed reported the 2015 UK general election
2014: Principal Investigator on a Cardiff Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (CUROP) project (£1,360) about television news reporting of the 2014 EU Elections
2013: Regional impact award at Cardiff University (a JOMEC impact REF submission) for the Follow up review of Accuracy and impartiality in coverage of the 4 nations funded by the BBC Trust. This included a £1,000 award towards research
2009-2010: Principal Investigator on a BBC Trust project on Nations Impartiality Review and devolution in the UK. (£69,372)
2008-2010: Co- Investigator (with Kerry Moore and John Jewell) on a project for the Department for Communities and Local Government on British media coverage of young black men and boys (£38,665)
2007-2008: Co-Investigator (with Justin Lewis) on a BBC Trust project on Nations Impartiality Review and devolution in the UK (£63,487)
2007-2008: Co-Investigator on a European commission project entitled ‘Eurosphere’ on the European public sphere (£173,229). I joined this project after funding had been secured to help develop a methodological framework for the analysis of print and broadcast news across 15 European countries. This involved managing a large team of researchers and training them in relevant research methods.
Meysydd goruchwyliaeth
Mae Stephen yn croesawu cynigion PhD ym maes astudiaethau cyfathrebu a newyddiaduraeth wleidyddol, yn enwedig pynciau sy'n ymwneud â phoritng etholiadol, cyfryngu gwleidyddiaeth, ac effaith diwylliant newyddion 24 awr, neu faterion am gydbwysedd newyddiadurol, gwrthrychedd ac anrhandod, yn ogystal ag ymholiadau ehangach am berchnogaeth cyfryngau a darlledu gwasanaeth cyhoeddus, ac astudiaethau newyddion cymharol rhyngwladol.
Goruchwyliaeth gyfredol
Edel Anabwani
Myfyriwr ymchwil
Keith Magnum
Myfyriwr ymchwil
Max Modell
Myfyriwr ymchwil
Ymgysylltu
Ymgysylltu/Effaith
Ynghyd â chydweithwyr yn Ysgol Newyddiaduraeth, y Cyfryngau a Diwylliant Caerdydd, mae'r Athro Stephen Cushion wedi cydweithio â nifer o sefydliadau newyddion a rheoleiddwyr cyfryngau i helpu i wella ansawdd newyddiaduraeth ddarlledu yn y DU. Mae wedi gweithio gydag Ymddiriedolaeth y BBC ac Ofcom, er enghraifft, ac wedi ymgysylltu ag uwch olygyddion newyddion yn y BBC, ITV, Sianeli 4 a 5, a Sky News. Wrth wneud hynny, nod ymchwil Cushion's fu adolygu arferion golygyddol a gwella safonau newyddiaduraeth, megis cryfhau canllawiau ynghylch adrodd ar y cenhedloedd a gwleidyddiaeth ddatganoledig yn y DU, Yn enwedig yn ystod pandemig y coronafeirws, gwella sut mae newyddiadurwyr yn defnyddio ystadegau, ac yn fwy eang gwella ystod a dyfnder yr allbwn newyddion.
Mae enghreifftiau diweddar o'r ymchwil hwn yn cynnwys:
Adrodd am wleidyddiaeth mewn DU ddatganoledig
Cushion, Stephen et al (2015) Dilyniant Adolygiad Didueddrwydd y Pedair Gwlad 2015: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/review_report_research/impartiality/2016/cardiff_university_2015.pdf
Cushion, Stephen, et al (2016) Adolygiad Didueddrwydd y Cenhedloedd: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/review_report_research/impartiality/2016/cardiff_university_2016.pdf
Y defnydd newyddiadurol o ddata ac adroddiadau rheolaidd o ystadegau
Cushion et al (2016) Adolygiad Didueddrwydd o Adrodd Ystadegau'r BBC: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/our_work/stats_impartiality/content_analysis.pdf
Gwella ystod a dyfnder rhaglenni newyddion mewn newyddiaduraeth darlledu
Cushion, Stephen (2019) Ystod a Dyfnder Newyddion a Materion Cyfoes y BBC: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/174205/bbc-news-review-content-analysis-full-report.pdf
