Julian Matthews

Dr. Julian Matthews is an academic at the University of Leicester. He is a founding editor of the international journal, Sociology Compass ( http://www.blackwell-compass.com/subject/sociology/ )and original member, and now convenor, of the British Sociological Association Media Study Group ( http://www.britsoc.co.uk/specialisms/Media.htm ). He is the author of Producing Serious News for Citizen Children: A Study of the BBC's Children's Programme , Newsround (Edwin Mellen Press, 2010) and Co-editor of 'The Cultural Intermediaries Reader' (Sage, 2014) and has published on news production and the professional mediation of social problems, including environmental issues.