Michael Bailey teaches in the Sociology Department at the University of Essex. He is author or editor (some jointly) of Understanding Richard Hoggart: A Pedagogy of Hope (2012); Richard Hoggart: Culture and Critique (2012); The Assault on Universities: A Manifesto for Resistance (2011); Mediating Faiths: Religion and Socio-Cultural Change (2011) and Narrating Media History (2009). His research interests include Media Reform, Media and Democracy, Populism, and Cultural History.