David McQueen
David lectures on Media and Politics at Bournemouth University. His research interests include questions of media & power and representations of war, conflict and politics. He has been teaching on media courses at different levels since 1991 and is author of a popular undergraduate textbook Television: a Media Student's Guide. In 2010 he successfully completed his PhD research entitled BBC TV's Panorama, Conflict Coverage and the Westminster Consensus.
As a full time member of staff he has developed and taught on a number of BA and MA units within the Media School and is an active researcher with an interest in issues around media, power and politics; film, television, conflict coverage, political struggle and public relations.
David’s recent publications include Fear, loathing and shale gas. The introduction of fracking to the UK: a case study. In Theofilou, A., Grigore, G. and Stancu, A. (eds) 2016. Corporate Social Responsibility in the Post Financial Crisis; Panorama and 9-11. In Lacey, S. and and Paget, D. (eds) 2015. The War on Terror: post-9/11 drama, docudrama and documentary; Media Democracy and Reform in Latin America: The Policy Lessons for Europe for Europe in The International Political Economy of Communication: Media and Power in South America (2014) edited by Vivares, E., Cheryl Martens, C., McChesney R. Palgrave.
He also continued to a co-authored chapter News journalism and public relations: a dangerous relationship in Allan, S. and Fowler-Watt, K. (eds) Journalism: New Challenges. (2013).
David led the accreditation of new Politics and Media degree launched in September 2012 (now BA Politics) and is Unit Leader for MA units Narrative Constructions (2013-17); Political Journalism (2015-17) He is also unit leader for BA Units Global Perspectives on Politics (2015-17) and two popular media theory options Media and Conflict; Film and International Politics.
In his spare time David has produced a number of films and brews Medieval style 'gruit' ale.