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Professor Ellis Cashmore | Professor Gary Gumpert | Professor Susan Drucker | Dr. Barry King | Professor P. David Marshall | Dr. Paul McDonald | Dr. Diane Negra | Professor Garry Whannel
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Dr. Barry King
Barry is Associate Professor and Head of the School of Communications Studies, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand.
He was trained as a sociologist at City University, London and received his doctorate from the London School of Economics.
His research interests lie in the areas of communications and cultural theory.
His publications encompass popular photography, the sociology of acting and performance, American media culture, stardom and celebrity, violence and the media and visual semiotics.
He was a member of the editorial board of Screen for several years and a reviewer for Critical Studies in Mass Communications . He is currently on the Editorial board of the Pacific Journalism Review and is co-editor of Lord of the Rings: Studying the Event Film, Manchester University Press (2004).
Barry has undertaken consultancy work for British Actor's Equity Association on the labour market for actors and is currently extending this research to encompass the New Zealand context.
During 2003, he was Associate Director on the Television and Violence Project, commissioned by the Ministry of Culture and Heritage.
He has just completed a book-length study of stardom in the American cinema.