James Morris

Dr James Morris runs the BA (Hons) Web Media programme at Ravensbourne. This is a unique course in the UK, blending creative Web design skills with social media and online community management. He gained his PhD in Communication from the European Graduate School (www.egs.edu) in Switzerland, writing a dissertation focusing on digital creativity, which has since been published as "Can computers create art?" by Atropos Press. He gained his MA in Media Arts from the New School for Social Research in New York, and has a BA in Social Anthropology from the London School of Economics. In parallel with his academic career, Dr Morris has worked extensively in journalism and video production. He spent five years as editor of the leading UK computing magazine, PC Pro, and still regularly contributes to computing magazines and websites. He also runs a successful small video production company, t-zero communications Ltd (www.tzero.co.uk), which produces audiovisual content for the Web.