Simon Cottle

Short Biography

Simon Cottle is currently Professor of Media and Communications in the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies at Cardiff University, UK. He has researched and written extensively on news production and mediated conflicts. Recent books include Mediatized Conflict: New Departures in Media and Conflict Studies (Open University Press, 2006), The Racist Murder of Stephen Lawrence: Media Performance and Public Transformation (Praeger, 2004), Media Organization and Production (Editor) (Sage, 2003) and News, Public Relations and Power (Editor) (Sage, 2003). He is currently writing Media and Global Crisis Reporting (Open University Press, 2008).