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Dr Mike Berry Bsc (Bath) PhD (Glasgow)
Senior Lecturer
School of Journalism, Media and Culture
- BerryM1@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 29208 70630
- Two Central Square, Room 0.60A, Central Square, Cardiff, CF10 1FS
- Media commentator
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
Dr Mike Berry is a Senior Lecturer at Cardiff University School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies.
His research interests are focused around the question of how the mass media affects public knowledge and understanding of social political and economic issues. He is the author of seven books including The Media, the Public and the Great Financial Crisis (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2019) and More Bad News from Israel (Pluto, 2011) and has produced research for a wide variety of organisations including the BBC Trust, UNHCR, TUC and NSPCC.
He has published in leading journals such as Sociology, Journalism, Media, Culture and Society and Journalism Studies and is currently working on a project examining how public service media has influenced public understanding of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Publication
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)
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.
Articles
- 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)
- Walsh, C. and Berry, M. 2021. Introduction. Journalism Studies 22(2), pp. 115-118. (10.1080/1461670X.2021.1873823)
- 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)
- Berry, M. 2019. UK election 2019: why the BBC’s approach to the IFS is a threat to its impartiality. The Conversation
- 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.
- 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. 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., Garcia-Blanco, I. and Moore, K. 2016. UK press is the most aggressive in reporting on Europe’s ‘migrant’ crisis. The Conversation
- 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)
- 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)
Book sections
- 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.
- 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. 2019. The media and Neoliberalism. In: Curran, J. and Hesmondhalgh, D. eds. Media and Society. London: Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 57-82.
- 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.
- 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)
- 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.
- 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)
Books
- Morrison, J., Birks, J. and Berry, M. eds. 2021. The Routledge companion to political journalism. Routledge.
- 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, the public and the great financial crisis. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. (10.1007/978-1-137-49973-8)
- Philo, G. and Berry, M. 2011. More bad news from Israel. London: Pluto Press.
- 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.
- Berry, M. and Philo, G. 2006. Israel and Palestine: competing histories. London: Pluto Press.
- Philo, G. and Berry, M. 2004. Bad news from Israel. London: Pluto Press.
Monographs
- 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
- 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
- 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
Websites
- 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. 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/
Research
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 The Routledge Companion to Political Journalism (forthcoming, with J Morrison and J Biks), Bad News for Labour (2019, with G Philo, J. Schlosberg, A Lerman and D. Miller) and The Media, the Public and the Great Financial Crisis (2019).
Hi recent reaserch has been focused around the following issues:
- Political Communication
- War and Peace Reporting
- Financial Journalism
- Propaganda and Public Relations
- Crime News
- Reception Theory
Teaching
I currently teach three modules:
- The Mediation of Political Violence (BA level)
- Putting Reserach into Practice 1 (MA level)
- The Media and Political Understanding
I am also currently supervising dissertation students at the BA, MA and doctoral level.
Biography
After completing my Bsc in Sociology and Psychology at Bath University I 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. I then completed a PhD at the University of Glasgow where I worked with members of the Glasgow Media Group and co-authored my first book 'Bad News from Israel' (Pluto Press)
Following completion of my PhD I was employed as a researcher on an ESRC 'New Security Challnges' project examining the framing of security threats in Russia, the United States and Britain - out of which came my second co-authored book 'Terrorism, Elections and Democracy' (Palgrave- Macmillan).
In the autumn of 2006 I took up a lectureship at the University of Nottingham where I was a founding member of the Department of International Media and Communication. Whilst at Nottingham I was involved in establishing the degree programme and setting up the extensive student exchange with Nottingham's campus in Ningbo, China. I taught at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels in my department and convened a module for the business school.
Since 2012 I have been a member of academic staff at JOMEC. During this period I have continued to be an active researcher leading projects for funders including the UNHCR and the TUC. I publish in leading journals including Sociology, Journalism, Media, Culture and Journalism Studies. I currently taech at the Undergraduate and Postgraduate Level as well as supervising PhD students. I am currently the Erasmus Officer for the School. Previously I have been Director of the MA in Political Communication and Chair of Undergraduate Admissions.
Supervisions
I am interested in supervising PhD students in the following areas:
- Economic and financial journalism
- Conflict reporting
- Public understanding of social and political issues.
- Political communication
- The reception of broadcast and digital news.
