The Routledge Companion to Media and Scandal

by Howard Tumber (Editor), Silvio Waisbord (Editor)

Howard Tumber is Professor in the Department of Journalism at City, University of London, UK. He is a founder and co-editor of Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism. He has published widely in the field of the sociology of media and journalism.



Silvio Waisbord is Professor in the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University, USA. He was the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Communication, and he has published widely about news, politics and social change.

526 pages, Hardcover

Published April 11, 2019

About the author

Professor Howard Tumber is Director of Research for the Graduate School of Journalism, and Co-director of the Centre for Law, Justice & Journalism, both part of City University, London, in England.

Previously he was Dean of the School of Arts and Social Sciences in 2011-2012; Dean of the School of Arts in 2008-2009; Dean of the School of Social Sciences from 1999-2004; and Head of Sociology from 1996-1999.

He has published widely in the field of the sociology of news and journalism and is the author, co-author/editor of eight books including: Critical Concepts in Journalism (4 vols 2008); Journalists under Fire (2006); Media at War: the Iraq Crisis (2004); Media Power, Policies and Professionals (2000); News: A Reader (1999); Reporting Crime - The Media Politics of Criminal Justice (1994); Journalists at War (1988); Television and Riots (1982).

Professor Tumber is a founder and co-editor of the academic journal Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism. His recent work concerns the role of journalists and the reporting of international conflict.