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Dr Joanne Knowles

Humanities and Social Science

Faculty of Arts Professional and Social Studies

Email: J.Knowles@ljmu.ac.uk

Telephone: 0151 231 5061

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I’m a senior lecturer teaching on the Media, Culture Communication and English and Media and Cultural Studies degree programmes at LJMU. I’m a textual and archival researcher, interested in a variety of popular texts and media.

Much of my work focuses on gender, as in my research with the Femorabilia archive examining girls’ magazines such as Jackie and Just Seventeen and their representation of readers’ interactions with other popular cultural forms such as fashion and TV. I’ve also previously published on chick-lit and domestic disarray.

I also research media organisations and their politics, values and related operating decisions, as seen in my work on ITV drama and broadcaster identity, and also on Channel 4's Christmas broadcasting, as well as in the research undertaken by my supervisee Youngson Ndawana as part of his completed doctorate on Zambian journalism, politics and media ownership. Organisational communication and public figures’ use of Twitter as it crosses local/global spheres is also an interest.

Finally, I maintain an interest in nineteenth-century popular texts, writers and cultural icons including animals, gardens and seaside resorts.

I’d be interested in supervising potential postgraduate students who wish to undertake research related to any of the above areas.

Degrees

2001, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, PhD, English literature

Academic appointments

External Examiner, Media, University of East London, 2021 - 2025
Senior Lecturer in Media, Culture, Communication, Liverpool John Moores University, 2010 - present

Postgraduate training

Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, United Kingdom, Liverpool John Moores University, 2005 - 2007

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