Roger Silverstone

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The inspiration behind Polis.[1]

Career

  • born Birkenhead, Cheshire 15 June 1945;
  • Lecturer, then Reader, in Sociology, Brunel University 1976-91,
  • Director, Centre for Research into Innovation, Culture and Technology 1987-91;
  • Professor of Media Studies, Sussex University 1991-98;
  • Professor of Media and Communications, London School of Economics 1998-2006;
  • died Oxford 16 July 2006.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Nick Couldry, 'Professor Roger Silverstone, Media studies pioneer at the LSE', The Independent, Published: 20 July 2006
  2. ^ Couldry, Ibid.