Simon Cross
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 6328944 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Simon Cross |
| PRENOMES | Simon |
| SOBRENOME | Cross |
| ASSINATURA | CROSS S |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Nottingham Trent University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8741-8503 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 15 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 70 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 15 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2002 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Online exams in higher education
Spiritual Capital – Observations in Process
This article outlines some observations and recommendations derived from a study of the experiences of people who understand themselves to work for the ‘common good’. Drawing on theological analysis of a series of surveys and interviews, this article sets out some key observations which are framed as having potential for practical application. The work draws on an underpinning of process-relational theology, which is, broadly, an extension of the…
Taking in the complete picture
Media Populism
Media populism is where popular media and mediated politics intersect. Mediated political appeals are made only to those deemed belonging to the political community; no purpose is served appealing to those not belonging since by definition they are the social “problem” against whom the community is rhetorically mobilized. Media populism fuses leftwing or rightwing political themes/sentiments with popular media formats that claim to hear “the peop…
The Handbook of Communication History
Mad and bad media
The tabloid press is the section of the British media that has mobilized most vehemently on crime and responsibility. The logic of the tabloids is to sensationalize crime whilst insisting that criminals are morally responsible for their actions. However, this logic is thwarted when offenders are insane. The solution for British tabloids has been to invoke the illogical notion that mentally disordered offenders are mad and bad. The article argues …
Bedlam in mind
This article explores the mythical Bedlam of popular imaginings. London’s Bethlem Hospital was for centuries a unique institution caring for the insane, and its alter ego ‘Bedlam’ influenced popular stereotypes of insanity. For example, while the type of vagrant beggar known as a ‘Tom of Bedlam’ was said to have disappeared from English society with the Restoration, the figure of Mad Tom retained a visual and vocal presence within popular musical…
Laughing at lunacy
Jokes and humour about mental distress are said by anti-stigma campaigners to be no laughing matter. The article takes issue with this viewpoint, arguing that this is clearly not the case since popular culture past and present has laughed at the antics of those perceived as “mad”. Drawing on past and present examples of the othering of insanity in jokes and humour, the article incorporates a historical perspective on continuity and change in humo…
Net generation or Digital Natives
Young People Today
The new sociology of childhood sees children as competent social agents with important contributions to make. And yet the phase of childhood is fraught with tensions and contradictions. Public policies are required, not only to protect children, but also to control them and regulate their behaviour. For children and young people in the UK, youth justice has become increasingly punitive. At the same time, social policies have focused more on child…
Community and Media
$@#*^%#@#ldquo;Community$@#*^%#@#rdquor; and $@#*^%#@#ldquo;media$@#*^%#@#rdquor; are independent sociological terms that when combined in the notion of $@#*^%#@#ldquo;community media$@#*^%#@#rdquor; refer to adaptations of media technology for self$@#*^%#@#hyphen;directed use by a given community. They typically involve small$@#*^%#@#hyphen;scale media platforms serving the communication and information exchange needs of people who share a bound…
Dynamics of Partisan Journalism
This article explores the influence of partisanship on the framing of a local news agenda. Using a case study approach, it explores how one local newspaper in the East Midlands of England, the Nottingham-based Evening Post, reacted with hostility to leaked Home Office plans housing high-profile paedophiles in its locality (albeit inside the grounds of the local jail). Within weeks, though, the paper's news frame had shifted from hostility toward …
It Never Struck Me as Female
Whilst occupational segregation by sex remains the most pervasive aspect of the labour market, some men cross gender boundaries to work in female-dominated jobs. This article explores how men who do ‘women's work’ articulate reasons for moving into such jobs. Drawing on testimonies from a purposive sample of ten British men working in non-traditional jobs, we present personal testimonies and insights that challenge existing accounts of why men en…
Visualizing Madness
This article explores continuities between traditional iconographies of madness and images of mental illness mobilized by contemporary television program makers. In particular, it investigates how contrasting forms of British TV documentary visualize “dangerous” mental patients abroad in the community. In constructing the argument, particular attention is given to the role of documentary television in making visible the lives of schizophrenics vi…
Girls’ Jobs for the Boys? Men, Masculinity and Non‐Traditional Occupations
Occupational segregation by sex remains the most pervasive aspect of the labour market. In the past, most research on this topic has concentrated on explanations of women’s segregation into low paid and low status occupations, or investigations of women who have crossed gender boundaries into men’s jobs, and the potential impact on them and the occupations. In contrast, this article reports on a small‐scale, qualitative study of ten men who have …
Girls’ Jobs for the Boys? Men, Masculinity and Non‐Traditional Occupations
Occupational segregation by sex remains the most pervasive aspect of the labour market. In the past, most research on this topic has concentrated on explanations of women’s segregation into low paid and low status occupations, or investigations of women who have crossed gender boundaries into men’s jobs, and the potential impact on them and the occupations. In contrast, this article reports on a small‐scale, qualitative study of ten men who have …
Visualizing Madness
This article explores continuities between traditional iconographies of madness and images of mental illness mobilized by contemporary television program makers. In particular, it investigates how contrasting forms of British TV documentary visualize “dangerous” mental patients abroad in the community. In constructing the argument, particular attention is given to the role of documentary television in making visible the lives of schizophrenics vi…
It Never Struck Me as Female
Whilst occupational segregation by sex remains the most pervasive aspect of the labour market, some men cross gender boundaries to work in female-dominated jobs. This article explores how men who do ‘women's work’ articulate reasons for moving into such jobs. Drawing on testimonies from a purposive sample of ten British men working in non-traditional jobs, we present personal testimonies and insights that challenge existing accounts of why men en…
Taking in the complete picture
Laughing at lunacy
Jokes and humour about mental distress are said by anti-stigma campaigners to be no laughing matter. The article takes issue with this viewpoint, arguing that this is clearly not the case since popular culture past and present has laughed at the antics of those perceived as “mad”. Drawing on past and present examples of the othering of insanity in jokes and humour, the article incorporates a historical perspective on continuity and change in humo…
Dynamics of Partisan Journalism
This article explores the influence of partisanship on the framing of a local news agenda. Using a case study approach, it explores how one local newspaper in the East Midlands of England, the Nottingham-based Evening Post, reacted with hostility to leaked Home Office plans housing high-profile paedophiles in its locality (albeit inside the grounds of the local jail). Within weeks, though, the paper's news frame had shifted from hostility toward …
Media Populism
Media populism is where popular media and mediated politics intersect. Mediated political appeals are made only to those deemed belonging to the political community; no purpose is served appealing to those not belonging since by definition they are the social “problem” against whom the community is rhetorically mobilized. Media populism fuses leftwing or rightwing political themes/sentiments with popular media formats that claim to hear “the peop…
Mad and bad media
The tabloid press is the section of the British media that has mobilized most vehemently on crime and responsibility. The logic of the tabloids is to sensationalize crime whilst insisting that criminals are morally responsible for their actions. However, this logic is thwarted when offenders are insane. The solution for British tabloids has been to invoke the illogical notion that mentally disordered offenders are mad and bad. The article argues …
Bedlam in mind
This article explores the mythical Bedlam of popular imaginings. London’s Bethlem Hospital was for centuries a unique institution caring for the insane, and its alter ego ‘Bedlam’ influenced popular stereotypes of insanity. For example, while the type of vagrant beggar known as a ‘Tom of Bedlam’ was said to have disappeared from English society with the Restoration, the figure of Mad Tom retained a visual and vocal presence within popular musical…
Girls’ Jobs for the Boys? Men, Masculinity and Non‐Traditional Occupations
Occupational segregation by sex remains the most pervasive aspect of the labour market. In the past, most research on this topic has concentrated on explanations of women’s segregation into low paid and low status occupations, or investigations of women who have crossed gender boundaries into men’s jobs, and the potential impact on them and the occupations. In contrast, this article reports on a small‐scale, qualitative study of ten men who have …
Visualizing Madness
This article explores continuities between traditional iconographies of madness and images of mental illness mobilized by contemporary television program makers. In particular, it investigates how contrasting forms of British TV documentary visualize “dangerous” mental patients abroad in the community. In constructing the argument, particular attention is given to the role of documentary television in making visible the lives of schizophrenics vi…
Dynamics of Partisan Journalism
This article explores the influence of partisanship on the framing of a local news agenda. Using a case study approach, it explores how one local newspaper in the East Midlands of England, the Nottingham-based Evening Post, reacted with hostility to leaked Home Office plans housing high-profile paedophiles in its locality (albeit inside the grounds of the local jail). Within weeks, though, the paper's news frame had shifted from hostility toward …
It Never Struck Me as Female
Whilst occupational segregation by sex remains the most pervasive aspect of the labour market, some men cross gender boundaries to work in female-dominated jobs. This article explores how men who do ‘women's work’ articulate reasons for moving into such jobs. Drawing on testimonies from a purposive sample of ten British men working in non-traditional jobs, we present personal testimonies and insights that challenge existing accounts of why men en…
Community and Media
$@#*^%#@#ldquo;Community$@#*^%#@#rdquor; and $@#*^%#@#ldquo;media$@#*^%#@#rdquor; are independent sociological terms that when combined in the notion of $@#*^%#@#ldquo;community media$@#*^%#@#rdquor; refer to adaptations of media technology for self$@#*^%#@#hyphen;directed use by a given community. They typically involve small$@#*^%#@#hyphen;scale media platforms serving the communication and information exchange needs of people who share a bound…
Young People Today
The new sociology of childhood sees children as competent social agents with important contributions to make. And yet the phase of childhood is fraught with tensions and contradictions. Public policies are required, not only to protect children, but also to control them and regulate their behaviour. For children and young people in the UK, youth justice has become increasingly punitive. At the same time, social policies have focused more on child…
Net generation or Digital Natives
Bedlam in mind
This article explores the mythical Bedlam of popular imaginings. London’s Bethlem Hospital was for centuries a unique institution caring for the insane, and its alter ego ‘Bedlam’ influenced popular stereotypes of insanity. For example, while the type of vagrant beggar known as a ‘Tom of Bedlam’ was said to have disappeared from English society with the Restoration, the figure of Mad Tom retained a visual and vocal presence within popular musical…
Laughing at lunacy
Jokes and humour about mental distress are said by anti-stigma campaigners to be no laughing matter. The article takes issue with this viewpoint, arguing that this is clearly not the case since popular culture past and present has laughed at the antics of those perceived as “mad”. Drawing on past and present examples of the othering of insanity in jokes and humour, the article incorporates a historical perspective on continuity and change in humo…
Mad and bad media
The tabloid press is the section of the British media that has mobilized most vehemently on crime and responsibility. The logic of the tabloids is to sensationalize crime whilst insisting that criminals are morally responsible for their actions. However, this logic is thwarted when offenders are insane. The solution for British tabloids has been to invoke the illogical notion that mentally disordered offenders are mad and bad. The article argues …
The Handbook of Communication History
Media Populism
Media populism is where popular media and mediated politics intersect. Mediated political appeals are made only to those deemed belonging to the political community; no purpose is served appealing to those not belonging since by definition they are the social “problem” against whom the community is rhetorically mobilized. Media populism fuses leftwing or rightwing political themes/sentiments with popular media formats that claim to hear “the peop…
Taking in the complete picture
Spiritual Capital – Observations in Process
This article outlines some observations and recommendations derived from a study of the experiences of people who understand themselves to work for the ‘common good’. Drawing on theological analysis of a series of surveys and interviews, this article sets out some key observations which are framed as having potential for practical application. The work draws on an underpinning of process-relational theology, which is, broadly, an extension of the…
Online exams in higher education
Sociology (14 obras) · Psychology (10 obras) · Media studies (7 obras) · Political science (6 obras) · Computer Science (4 obras) · History (4 obras) · Law (4 obras) · Philosophy (4 obras) · Art (3 obras) · Engineering (3 obras)