Tony Bennett, Professor of Sociology at the Open University. Recent books include:
Pasts Beyond Memory: Evolution, Museums, Colonialism (2004);
Contemporary Culture and Everyday Life (with E. Silva, 2004), with Carter, D. (eds)
Culture in Australia : Policies, Publics, Programs (2001)
Nick Couldry, Senior Lecturer in Media and Communications, Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics. Books include The Place of Media Power: Pilgrims and Witnesses of the Media Age (2000) and Media Rituals: A Critical Approach (2003).
David Herbert, Senior Lecturer, Department of Religious Studies at the Open University. Author of numerous chapters on religion, globalisation and democratization including 'Muslims and Time: Islam, Globalisation and Social Change at the Turn of the Millennium' in Percy M (ed.) Calling Time: Religion and Social Change at the Turn of the Millennium (2000).
Marie Gillespie, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the Open University. Author of Television, Ethnicity and Cultural Change (1995) and After September 11: TV News and Transnational Audiences (Part Two: Audience Research) (with T. Cheesman)
Sonia Livingstone, Professor of Social Psychology, Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics. Books include: Making Sense of Television (2nd edition, 1998); Talk on Television (with Peter Lunt, 1994): and Young People and New Media (2002).