Professor Aeron Davis has studied and worked in the departments of Media and Communication, Politics, History, and Sociology. His research and teaching merges elements of each of these disciplines, and includes sociology of elites and power, political communication, media sociology and journalism, promotional culture and cultural intermediaries, economic sociology and financialization.
He has conducted research at Westminster, Whitehall, the London Stock Exchange, across business and financial networks, amongst the major political parties and the trade union movement. Along the way, he has interviewed over 350 high-profile individuals working in these sectors. He has published two edited collections, over 50 other journal articles, book chapters and reports, and six books: Public Relations Democracy (MUP, 2002), The Mediation of Power (Routledge, 2007), Political Communication and Social Theory (Routledge, 2010), Promotional Cultures (Polity, 2013), Reckless Opportunists (MUP, 2018) and Political Communication: A New Introduction for Crisis Times (Polity, 2019).
Books in order of publication:
Public Relations Democracy (MUP, 2002)
The Mediation of Power (Routledge, 2007)
Political Communication and Social Theory (Routledge, 2010)
Promotional Cultures (Polity, 2013)
Reckless Opportunists (MUP, 2018)
Political Communication: A New Introduction for Crisis Times (Polity, 2019)
Bankruptcy, Bubbles and Bailouts: The Inside History of the Treasury Since 1976 – 2022
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