James Curran#
| Membership Number: | 7313 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | FILM, MEDIA & VISUAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2025 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.gold.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/curran/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2007 - Director of Goldsmiths Leverhulme Media Research Centre
- 1989 - Professor of Communications at Goldsmiths College, University of London (first ever chair in Communications in the University of London)
- 1983-87 - Head of Department of Communications, Goldsmiths College, University of London
- 1975-83 - Senior Lecturer in Media Studies, Polytechnic of Central London (UK’s first BA in Media Studies introduced in 1975)
- 1974-75 - Research Fellow, Mass Communication Research Unit, Social Sciences Faculty, Open University
Fields of Scholarship
- Media and politics
- Journalism studies
- Media history
- Political economy of the media
- History of technology
Honours and Awards
- 2011 First Winner of the Edwin C. Baker Award for lifetime research on Media, Markets and Democracy awarded by the Philosophy of Communication, Law and Policy Divisions of the International Communication Association
- 2013 Fellow of International Communication Association
- 2019 Winner of International Communication Association Fellows ‘classic’ Book Award (with Jean Seaton) for Power Without Responsibility
