Professor Gregory Philo
- Emeritus Professor (School of Social & Political Sciences)
Publications
2023
Philo, Greg ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563 and Berry, Mike
(2023)
‘We need to start building up what's called herd immunity’: Scientific dissensus and public broadcasting in the Covid‐19 pandemic.
British Journal of Sociology of Education, 74(3),
pp. 453-475.
(doi: 10.1111/1468-4446.13010)
2016
McNulty, Des, Watson, Nicholas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0364-427X and Philo, Gregory
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563
(2016)
Human rights versus citizenship rights: media coverage of human rights in the UK.
In: Weber, Leanne, Fishwick, Elaine and Marmo, Marinello (eds.)
The Routledge International Handbook of Criminology and Human Rights.
Series: Routledge international handbooks.
Routledge.
ISBN 9781138931176
Happer, Catherine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9711-8544 and Philo, Gregory
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563
(2016)
New approaches to understanding the role of the news media in the formation of public attitudes and behaviours on climate change.
European Journal of Communication, 31(2),
pp. 136-151.
(doi: 10.1177/0267323115612213)
Philo, Gregory ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563
(2016)
Is Britain's media biased against the left?
Open Democracy, 2016,
12 Jan.
2015
Wellesley, Laura, Happer, Catherine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9711-8544, Froggatt, Antony, Bailey, Rob, Philo, Gregory
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563 and Shairp, Rachel
(2015)
Changing Climate, Changing Diets: Pathways to Lower Meat Consumption.
Project Report.
Chatham House, London.
Philo, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563, Miller, D. and Happer, C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9711-8544
(2015)
Circuits of communication and structures of power: the sociology of the mass media.
In: Holborn, Martin (ed.)
Contemporary Sociology.
Polity Press.
ISBN 9780745661827
Philo, Gregory ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563
(2015)
John Eldridge and the birth of Glasgow media group.
In: Dawson, Matt, Fowler, Bridget and Miller, David (eds.)
Stretching the Sociological Imagination: Essays in Honour of John Eldridge.
Palgrave Macmillan: Houndmills.
ISBN 9781137493637
2014
McNulty, Des, Watson, Nick ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0364-427X and Philo, Gregory
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563
(2014)
Human rights and prisoners' rights: the British press and the shaping of public debate.
Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 53(4),
pp. 360-376.
(doi: 10.1111/hojo.12075)
2013
Happer, Catherine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9711-8544 and Philo, Greg
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563
(2013)
The role of the media in the construction of public belief and social change.
Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 1(1),
pp. 321-336.
(doi: 10.5964/jspp.v1i1.96)
Philo, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563 and Happer, C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9711-8544
(2013)
Communicating Climate Change and Energy Security: New Methods in Understanding Audiences.
Series: Routledge new developments in communication and society.
Routledge: London.
ISBN 9780415835091
Philo, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563
(2013)
Review of: J. Curran, Media and Democracy.
British Politics, 8(2),
pp. 226-228.
(doi: 10.1057/bp.2012.32)[Book Review]
Briant, E., Watson, N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0364-427X and Philo, G.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563
(2013)
Reporting disability in the age of austerity: The changing face of media representation of disability and disabled people in the UK and the creation of new "folk devils".
Disability and Society, 28(6),
pp. 874-889.
(doi: 10.1080/09687599.2013.813837)
Philo, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563, Briant, E. and Donald, P.
(2013)
Bad News for Refugees.
Pluto: London, UK.
ISBN 9780745334325
Philo, Gregory ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563 and Happer, Catherine
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9711-8544
(2013)
Science and Technology Committee: Joint Written Evidence [Communicating Climate Science].
Other.
House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee, London.
2012
Berry, M., Philo, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563, Tiripelli, G., Docherty, S. and Macpherson, C.
(2012)
Media coverage and public understanding of sentencing policy in relation to crimes against children.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, 12(5),
pp. 567-591.
(doi: 10.1177/1748895811432956)
Philo, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563
(2012)
The media and the banking crisis.
Sociology Review, 21(3),
Happer, Catherine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9711-8544, Philo, Gregory
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563 and Froggatt, Antony
(2012)
Climate Change and Energy Security: Assessing the Impact of Information and its Delivery on Attitudes and Behaviour.
Project Report.
UKERC: UK Energy Research Centre, London.
2011
Briant, E., Watson, N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0364-427X and Philo, G.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563
(2011)
Bad News for Disabled People: How the Newspapers are Reporting Disability.
Project Report.
Strathclyde Centre for Disability Research and Glasgow Media Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Philo, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563
(2011)
Pictures and public relations in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
In: Freedman, D. and Thusso, D.K. (eds.)
Media and Terrorism: Global Perspectives.
Sage: London, pp. 151-164.
ISBN 9781446201589
Philo, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563 and Berry, M.
(2011)
More Bad News From Israel.
Pluto Press: London.
ISBN 9780745329789
2010
Philo, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563
(2010)
Cultural encounters between Britain and China: key factors in the formation of ideas and values.
Westminster Papers, 7(1),
pp. 91-110.
(doi: 10.1177/1357034X10383882)
2009
Philo, G. (2009) News audiences. In: Allan, S. (ed.) The Routledge Companion to News and Journalism. Series: Routledge companions. Routledge: New York, USA. ISBN 9780415465298
2008
Philo, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563
(2008)
Active audiences and the construction of public knowledge.
Journalism Studies, 9(4),
pp. 535-544.
(doi: 10.1080/14616700802114217)
2007
Philo, G (2007) Can Discourse Analysis Successfully Explain the Content of Media and Journalistic Practice? Journalism Studies, 8(2), pp. 175-196.
Philo, G. and Berry, M. (2007) Israel und Palästina: Kampf ums "gelobte" Land - Eine Vergleichende Betrachtung. Series: Edition Zeitgeschichte (25). Homilius: Berlin, Germany. ISBN 9783897068469
2006
Berry, M. and Philo, G. (2006) Israel and Palestine: Competing Histories. Pluto Press: London, UK. ISBN 9780745325668
Philo, G. and Berry, C. (2006) More bad news from the Middle East. In: Demaria, C. and Wright, C. (eds.) Post-Conflict Cultures: Rules of Representation. Zoilus Press: London, UK. ISBN 9781902878584
Philo, G. and Berry, M. (2006) Bad news and public debate about the Israel-Palestine conflict. In: Poole, E. and Richardson, J.E. (eds.) Muslims and the News Media. I.B. Tauris: London, UK. ISBN 9781845111717
Philo, G. and Berry, M. (2006) Even more bad news from the Middle East. In: Demaria, C. and Wright, C. (eds.) Post-Conflict Cultures: Rituals of Representation. Zoilus Press: London, UK, pp. 27-39. ISBN 9781902878584
2004
Philo, G. (2004) The mass production of ignorance: news content and audience. In: Paterson, C.A. and Sreberny, A. (eds.) International News in the 21st Century. Published by John Libbey Pub. for University of Luton Press: Eastleigh, UK. ISBN 9781860205965
Philo, G. and Berry, M. (2004) Bad News from Israel. Pluto Press: London, UK. ISBN 9780745320625
Philo, G. and Gilmour, M. (2004) Black holes of history: public understanding and the shaping of our past. In: Miller, D. (ed.) Tell Me Lies: Propaganda and Media Distortion in the Attack on Iraq. Pluto Press: London, UK, pp. 232-240. ISBN 9780745322025
2003
Philo, G., Gilmour, A, Gilmour, M, Rust, S, Gaskell, E and West, L (2003) The Israeli-Palestinian conflict: TV news and public understanding. In: Thussu, D.K. and Freedman, D. (eds.) War and the Media: Reporting Conflict 24/7. Sage: London. ISBN 9780761943129
2002
Miller, D and Philo, G (2002) Silencing dissent in academia: the commercialisation of science. Psychologist, 15(5), pp. 244-246.
Philo, G (2002) Sorting out Africa: developing societies and the media. Sociology Review, 12(1), pp. 28-30.
Philo, G (2002) Television News and Audience Understanding of War, Conflict and Disaster. Journalism Studies, 3(2), pp. 173-186. (doi: 10.1080/14616700220129955)
2001
Philo, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563 and Miller, D. (Eds.)
(2001)
Market Killing: What the Free Market Does and What Social Scientists Can Do About It.
Longman: New York, USA.
ISBN 9780582382367
Philo, G (2001) Media effects and the active audience. Sociology Review, 10(3), pp. 26-29.
Philo, G and Miller, D (2001) Corrupting research: how the market shapes science. Sociology Review, 11(1), pp. 24-27.
Philo, G. and Miller, D. (2001) Media / cultural studies and social science. In: Philo, G. and Miller, D. (eds.) Market Killing: What the Free Market Does and What Social Scientists Can Do About It. Longman: New York, USA. ISBN 9780582382367
Articles
Philo, Greg ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563 and Berry, Mike
(2023)
‘We need to start building up what's called herd immunity’: Scientific dissensus and public broadcasting in the Covid‐19 pandemic.
British Journal of Sociology of Education, 74(3),
pp. 453-475.
(doi: 10.1111/1468-4446.13010)
Happer, Catherine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9711-8544 and Philo, Gregory
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563
(2016)
New approaches to understanding the role of the news media in the formation of public attitudes and behaviours on climate change.
European Journal of Communication, 31(2),
pp. 136-151.
(doi: 10.1177/0267323115612213)
Philo, Gregory ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563
(2016)
Is Britain's media biased against the left?
Open Democracy, 2016,
12 Jan.
McNulty, Des, Watson, Nick ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0364-427X and Philo, Gregory
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563
(2014)
Human rights and prisoners' rights: the British press and the shaping of public debate.
Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 53(4),
pp. 360-376.
(doi: 10.1111/hojo.12075)
Happer, Catherine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9711-8544 and Philo, Greg
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563
(2013)
The role of the media in the construction of public belief and social change.
Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 1(1),
pp. 321-336.
(doi: 10.5964/jspp.v1i1.96)
Briant, E., Watson, N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0364-427X and Philo, G.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563
(2013)
Reporting disability in the age of austerity: The changing face of media representation of disability and disabled people in the UK and the creation of new "folk devils".
Disability and Society, 28(6),
pp. 874-889.
(doi: 10.1080/09687599.2013.813837)
Berry, M., Philo, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563, Tiripelli, G., Docherty, S. and Macpherson, C.
(2012)
Media coverage and public understanding of sentencing policy in relation to crimes against children.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, 12(5),
pp. 567-591.
(doi: 10.1177/1748895811432956)
Philo, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563
(2012)
The media and the banking crisis.
Sociology Review, 21(3),
Philo, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563
(2010)
Cultural encounters between Britain and China: key factors in the formation of ideas and values.
Westminster Papers, 7(1),
pp. 91-110.
(doi: 10.1177/1357034X10383882)
Philo, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563
(2008)
Active audiences and the construction of public knowledge.
Journalism Studies, 9(4),
pp. 535-544.
(doi: 10.1080/14616700802114217)
Philo, G (2007) Can Discourse Analysis Successfully Explain the Content of Media and Journalistic Practice? Journalism Studies, 8(2), pp. 175-196.
Miller, D and Philo, G (2002) Silencing dissent in academia: the commercialisation of science. Psychologist, 15(5), pp. 244-246.
Philo, G (2002) Sorting out Africa: developing societies and the media. Sociology Review, 12(1), pp. 28-30.
Philo, G (2002) Television News and Audience Understanding of War, Conflict and Disaster. Journalism Studies, 3(2), pp. 173-186. (doi: 10.1080/14616700220129955)
Philo, G (2001) Media effects and the active audience. Sociology Review, 10(3), pp. 26-29.
Philo, G and Miller, D (2001) Corrupting research: how the market shapes science. Sociology Review, 11(1), pp. 24-27.
Books
Philo, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563 and Happer, C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9711-8544
(2013)
Communicating Climate Change and Energy Security: New Methods in Understanding Audiences.
Series: Routledge new developments in communication and society.
Routledge: London.
ISBN 9780415835091
Philo, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563, Briant, E. and Donald, P.
(2013)
Bad News for Refugees.
Pluto: London, UK.
ISBN 9780745334325
Philo, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563 and Berry, M.
(2011)
More Bad News From Israel.
Pluto Press: London.
ISBN 9780745329789
Philo, G. and Berry, M. (2007) Israel und Palästina: Kampf ums "gelobte" Land - Eine Vergleichende Betrachtung. Series: Edition Zeitgeschichte (25). Homilius: Berlin, Germany. ISBN 9783897068469
Berry, M. and Philo, G. (2006) Israel and Palestine: Competing Histories. Pluto Press: London, UK. ISBN 9780745325668
Philo, G. and Berry, M. (2004) Bad News from Israel. Pluto Press: London, UK. ISBN 9780745320625
Book Sections
McNulty, Des, Watson, Nicholas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0364-427X and Philo, Gregory
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563
(2016)
Human rights versus citizenship rights: media coverage of human rights in the UK.
In: Weber, Leanne, Fishwick, Elaine and Marmo, Marinello (eds.)
The Routledge International Handbook of Criminology and Human Rights.
Series: Routledge international handbooks.
Routledge.
ISBN 9781138931176
Philo, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563, Miller, D. and Happer, C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9711-8544
(2015)
Circuits of communication and structures of power: the sociology of the mass media.
In: Holborn, Martin (ed.)
Contemporary Sociology.
Polity Press.
ISBN 9780745661827
Philo, Gregory ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563
(2015)
John Eldridge and the birth of Glasgow media group.
In: Dawson, Matt, Fowler, Bridget and Miller, David (eds.)
Stretching the Sociological Imagination: Essays in Honour of John Eldridge.
Palgrave Macmillan: Houndmills.
ISBN 9781137493637
Philo, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563
(2011)
Pictures and public relations in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
In: Freedman, D. and Thusso, D.K. (eds.)
Media and Terrorism: Global Perspectives.
Sage: London, pp. 151-164.
ISBN 9781446201589
Philo, G. (2009) News audiences. In: Allan, S. (ed.) The Routledge Companion to News and Journalism. Series: Routledge companions. Routledge: New York, USA. ISBN 9780415465298
Philo, G. and Berry, C. (2006) More bad news from the Middle East. In: Demaria, C. and Wright, C. (eds.) Post-Conflict Cultures: Rules of Representation. Zoilus Press: London, UK. ISBN 9781902878584
Philo, G. and Berry, M. (2006) Bad news and public debate about the Israel-Palestine conflict. In: Poole, E. and Richardson, J.E. (eds.) Muslims and the News Media. I.B. Tauris: London, UK. ISBN 9781845111717
Philo, G. and Berry, M. (2006) Even more bad news from the Middle East. In: Demaria, C. and Wright, C. (eds.) Post-Conflict Cultures: Rituals of Representation. Zoilus Press: London, UK, pp. 27-39. ISBN 9781902878584
Philo, G. (2004) The mass production of ignorance: news content and audience. In: Paterson, C.A. and Sreberny, A. (eds.) International News in the 21st Century. Published by John Libbey Pub. for University of Luton Press: Eastleigh, UK. ISBN 9781860205965
Philo, G. and Gilmour, M. (2004) Black holes of history: public understanding and the shaping of our past. In: Miller, D. (ed.) Tell Me Lies: Propaganda and Media Distortion in the Attack on Iraq. Pluto Press: London, UK, pp. 232-240. ISBN 9780745322025
Philo, G., Gilmour, A, Gilmour, M, Rust, S, Gaskell, E and West, L (2003) The Israeli-Palestinian conflict: TV news and public understanding. In: Thussu, D.K. and Freedman, D. (eds.) War and the Media: Reporting Conflict 24/7. Sage: London. ISBN 9780761943129
Philo, G. and Miller, D. (2001) Media / cultural studies and social science. In: Philo, G. and Miller, D. (eds.) Market Killing: What the Free Market Does and What Social Scientists Can Do About It. Longman: New York, USA. ISBN 9780582382367
Book Reviews
Philo, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563
(2013)
Review of: J. Curran, Media and Democracy.
British Politics, 8(2),
pp. 226-228.
(doi: 10.1057/bp.2012.32)[Book Review]
Edited Books
Philo, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563 and Miller, D. (Eds.)
(2001)
Market Killing: What the Free Market Does and What Social Scientists Can Do About It.
Longman: New York, USA.
ISBN 9780582382367
Research Reports or Papers
Wellesley, Laura, Happer, Catherine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9711-8544, Froggatt, Antony, Bailey, Rob, Philo, Gregory
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563 and Shairp, Rachel
(2015)
Changing Climate, Changing Diets: Pathways to Lower Meat Consumption.
Project Report.
Chatham House, London.
Philo, Gregory ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563 and Happer, Catherine
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9711-8544
(2013)
Science and Technology Committee: Joint Written Evidence [Communicating Climate Science].
Other.
House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee, London.
Happer, Catherine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9711-8544, Philo, Gregory
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563 and Froggatt, Antony
(2012)
Climate Change and Energy Security: Assessing the Impact of Information and its Delivery on Attitudes and Behaviour.
Project Report.
UKERC: UK Energy Research Centre, London.
Briant, E., Watson, N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0364-427X and Philo, G.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4563
(2011)
Bad News for Disabled People: How the Newspapers are Reporting Disability.
Project Report.
Strathclyde Centre for Disability Research and Glasgow Media Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.