School of Culture and Creative Arts

Prof Philip Schlesinger

  • Professor in Cultural Policy (Theatre, Film and Television Studies)

telephone: 01413305036
email: Philip.Schlesinger@glasgow.ac.uk


Research Interests

Philip is presently principal investigator of an AHRC-funded project on 'Supporting Creative Business: the Cultural Enterprise Office and its Clients' and co-investigator of an AHRC-funded project on 'The UK Film Council: a Case Study of Film Policy in Transition' and an ESRC-funded project on 'Multi-platform Media and the Digital Challenge: Strategy, Distribution and Policy'.

Biography

Philip Schlesinger was appointed as the University of Glasgow’s inaugural Chair in Cultural Policy and directed CCPR from January 2007 - 2013.  He is a Deputy Director of CREATe, the RCUK's centre for copyright and new business models in the creative economy, which is led by the University of Glasgow.  He is currently Visiting Professor of Media and Communications at the LSE.  He was previously Professor of Film & Media Studies at the University of Stirling and founding Director of Stirling Media Research Institute. He has been Professor of Sociology at the University of Greenwich, a Nuffield Social Science Research Fellow, a Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute of Florence, and has held the Queen Victoria Eugenia Chair of Doctoral Studies at the Complutense University of Madrid. He was a longstanding Visiting Professor of Media and Communication at the University of Oslo. He has also been a Visiting Professor at the University of Lugano, and at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Toulouse, CELSA in Paris, LUISS University in Rome, the University of Salamanca, and a Visiting Scholar at the Maison des Sciences de l’Homme in Paris.

He is the author of Putting 'Reality' Together (2nd ed. 1987) and Media, State and Nation (1991) and is co-author of Televising ‘Terrorism' (1983), Women Viewing Violence (1992), Reporting Crime (1994) Open Scotland? (2001) and Mediated Access (2003).  His most recent book is The European Union and the Public Sphere (2007).  

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Number of items: 53.

2013

Schlesinger, P. (2013) Expertise, the academy and the governance of cultural policy. Media, Culture and Society, 35 (1). pp. 27-35. ISSN 0163-4437 (doi:10.1177/0163443712464555)

2012

Schlesinger, P., and Waelde, C. (2012) Copyright and cultural work: an exploration. Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research, 25 (1). pp. 11-28. ISSN 1351-1610 (doi:10.1080/13511610.2012.655575)

Schlesinger, P. (2012) Expertise, politiques publiques et économie créative: le cas Britannique. Actes de la Recherche en Sciences Sociales, 193 . pp. 82-97. ISSN 0335-5322

2011

Schlesinger, P. (2011) Intelectuales y políticas culturales. In: Albornoz, L.A. (ed.) Poder, Medios, Cultura: Una Mirada Crítica desde la Economía Política de la Comunicación. Series: Colección Estudios de Comunicación . Paidós, Buenos Aires, Argentina, pp. 93-108. ISBN 9789501227352

Schlesinger, P. (2011) Los intelectuales y política cultural. In: Bustamante, E. (ed.) Indústrias Creativas: Amenazas sobre la cultural digital. Gésida Editorial, Madrid, pp. 81-96. ISBN 9788497846110

Schlesinger, P. (2011) The most creative organization in the world?” The BBC, ‘creativity’ and managerial. In: Bilton, C. (ed.) Creativity and Cultural Policy. Routledge, London, 41-56 . ISBN 97804156697606

Schlesinger, P., and Sorice, M. (2011) Le metamorfosi della società e della radiodiffusione di servizio pubblico. Nuova Civilta delle Macchine, 3 . pp. 187-204.

Schlesinger, P., and Sorice, M. (2011) The Transformation of Society and Public Service Broadcasting. Series: CMCS Working Paper (1). Centre for Media and Communication Studies.

Schlesinger, P., and Strycharz, J. [interviewer] (2011) Influencing the world of practice: CCPR in Scotland. In: Nowe Perspektywy: Nauki Spolecznedla Gospodarki. Wyzsza Szkola Europejska, Krakow, pp. 401-414. ISBN 9788360005187

Schlesinger, P. , and Waelde, C. (2011) Performers on the edge [video]. Audiovisual Thinking, 2011 (3). ISSN 1904-8939

Waelde, C., and Schlesinger, P. (2011) Music and dance: beyond copyright text? SCRIPT-ed, 8 (3). pp. 257-291. ISSN 1744-2567

2010

Schlesinger, P. (2010) The most creative organization in the world? The BBC, 'creativity' and managerial style. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 16 (3). pp. 271-285. ISSN 1028-6632 (doi:10.1080/10286630903302766)

Schlesinger, P. (2010) Quintin Hoare and Geoffrey Nowell Smith (eds), Selections from the prison notebooks of Antonio Gramsci. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 16 (1). pp. 72-73. ISSN 1028-6632 (doi:10.1080/10286630902952421)

Morris, N., and Schlesinger, P. (2010) Frontieres culturelles: identite et communication en Amerique Latine. In: Rasse, P. (ed.) La Mondialisation de la Communication. Series: Les essentiels d'hermès . CNRS Editions, Paris, France, pp. 73-91. ISBN 9782271070333

Schlesinger, P. (2010) I Valori Della Ricerca e le Politiche Culturali. Series: CMCS Working Papers Series . LUISS University, Roma, Italy. ISBN 9788865360101

Schlesinger, P. (2010) Tv: per un servizio pubblico europeo. Nuova Civilta delle Macchine, 28 (4). pp. 181-192.

2009

Schlesinger, P. (2009) The politics of cultural policy. Litteraria Pragensia: Studies in Literature and Culture, 19 (38). ISSN 0862-8424

Schlesinger, P. (2009) Creativity and the experts: New Labour, think tanks, and the policy process. International Journal of Press/Politics, 14 (1). pp. 3-20. ISSN 1940-1612 (doi:10.1177/1940161208328898)

Magor, M., and Schlesinger, P. (2009) 'For this relief much thanks.' Taxation, film policy and the UK government. Screen, 50 (3). pp. 299-317. ISSN 0036-9543 (doi:10.1093/screen/hjp017)

Schlesinger, P. (2009) Cultural and communications policy and the stateless nation. Catalan Journal of Communication and Cultural Studies, 1 (1). pp. 9-14. ISSN 1757-1898

Schlesinger, P. (2009) En busca de la creatividad. Hacia una nueva cartografía. Telos: Cuadernos de Comunicación e Innovación, 81 . pp. 103-105. ISSN 0213-084X

Schlesinger, P. (2009) "Identidades tradicionales y nuevas comunidades": una lectura. In: Castellanos, G., Grueso, D.I. and Rodríguez, M. (eds.) Identidad, Cultura y Política: Perspectivas Conceptuales, Miradas Empíricas. Universidad del Valle, Cali, Columbia, pp. 103-108. ISBN 9789586707565

Schlesinger, P. (2009) The SNP, cultural policy and the idea of the "creative economy". In: Hassan, G. (ed.) The Modern SNP: From Protest to Power. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp. 135-146. ISBN 9780748639908

Schlesinger, P. (2009) A cosmopolitan temptation. In: Salovaara-Moring, I. (ed.) Manufacturing Europe: Spaces of Democracy, Diversity and Communication. Nordicom, University of Gothenburg , pp. 67-78. ISBN 9789189471733

Schlesinger, P. (2009) The politics of media and cultural policy. Working Paper. LSE.

2008

Schlesinger, P. (2008) 'The Babel of Europe?': An essay on networks and communicative spaces. In: Mathew, A.F. (ed.) Some Essays on Post-Modernism, Globalization & The Media. MICA, Ahmedabad, India, pp. 13-34.

Schlesinger, P. (2008) Broadcasting policy and the Scottish question. In: Gardham, T. and Levy, D.A.L. (eds.) The Price of Plurality: Choice, Diversity and Broadcasting Institutions in the Digital Age. Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Oxford , pp. 155-161. ISBN 9780955888908

Schlesinger, P. (2008) Communications policy. In: Blain, N. and Hutchison, D. (eds.) The Media in Scotland. Edinburgh University Press , Edinburgh, pp. 35-51. ISBN 9780748628001

Schlesinger, P. (2008) Cosmopolitan temptations, communicative spaces and the European Union. In: Hesmondhalgh, D. and Toynbee, J. (eds.) The Media and Social Theory. Series: Culture, economy and the social . Routledge, New York, USA, pp. 75-92. ISBN 9780415447997

Schlesinger, P. (2008) Exiles and ethnographers: an essay. In: Uricchio, W. (ed.) We Europeans? Media, Representations, Identities. Intellect Books, Bristol, pp. 73-92. ISBN 9781841502076

Schlesinger, P. (2008) Huellas de conocimiento en J. Martin Barbero. Revista Anthropos, 219 . pp. 104-112. ISSN 1137-3636

Schlesinger, P. (2008) Uma tentaçào cosmopolita. Matrizes, 2 . pp. 139-152. ISSN 1982-2073

Schlesinger, P. (2008) Una tentación cosmopolita. Cuadernos de Informacion y Comunicacion, 13 . pp. 25-37. ISSN 1135-7991

2007

Schlesinger, P. (2007) A cosmopolitan temptation. European Journal of Communication, 22 (4). pp. 413-426. ISSN 0267-3231 (doi:10.1177/0267323107083059)

Schlesinger, P. (2007) Creativity: from discourse to doctrine. Screen, 48 (3). pp. 399-387. ISSN 0036-9543 (doi:10.1093/screen/hjm037)

Schlesinger, P. (2007) The Babel of Europe? Networks and communicative spaces. In: Castiglione, D. and Longman, C. (eds.) The Language Question in Europe and Diverse Societies: Political, Legal and Social Perspectives. Series: Oñati International Series in Law and Society . Hart Publishing, Oxford, UK, pp. 253-272. ISBN 9781841136677

Schlesinger, P. (2007) Nacion y espacio communicativo. In: Luchessi, L. and Rodríguez, M.G. (eds.) Fronteras Globales: Culturas Politica y Medios de Communicacion. La Crujia Ediciones, Buenos Aires, pp. 65-91. ISBN 9789876010214

Schlesinger, P., and Foret, F. (2007) Le réligieux dans la légitimation de l'union européenne. In: Foret, F. (ed.) L'espace Public Européen a L'épreuve du Réligieux. Editions de L'université de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, pp. 229-249. ISBN 978280043938

Schlesinger, P., and Fossum, J.E. (2007) The European Union and the public sphere: a communicative space in the making? Series: Routledge studies on democratizing Europe . Routledge (Taylor and Francis). ISBN 9780415384568

2006

Schlesinger, P. (2006) Exiles and ethnographers: an essay. Social Science Information, 45 (1). pp. 53-77. ISSN 1461-7412 (doi:10.1177/0539018406061103)

Schlesinger, P. (2006) Is there a crisis in British journalism? Media, Culture and Society, 28 (2). pp. 299-307. ISSN 0163-4437 (doi:10.1177/0163443706061691)

Schlesinger, P. (2006) Political roof and sacred canopy: religion and the EU constitution. European Journal of Social Theory, 9 (1). pp. 59-81. ISSN 1368-4310 (doi:10.1177/1368431006060463)

2005

Schlesinger, P. (2005) Devolution and communications policy in Scotland. In: Miller, W.L. (ed.) Anglo-Scottish Relations from 1900 to Devolution and Beyond. Series: Proceedings of the British Academy (128). Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 217-230. ISBN 9780197263310

2004

Schlesinger, P. (2004) W.G. Sebald and the condition of exile. Theory, Culture and Society, 21 (2). pp. 43-67. ISSN 1460-3616 (doi:10.1177/0263276404042134)

Downing, J., McQuail, D., Schlesinger, P., and Wartella, E. (2004) The SAGE handbook of media studies. Sage. ISBN ISBN: 0761921699

Schlesinger, P. (2004) Essai sur l'ethnographie littéraire. Questions de Communication, 6 . pp. 283-298. ISSN 1633-5961

Schlesinger, P. (2004) On the irrelevance of the Cold War: some reflections on the work of W.G. Sebald. In: Janssens, R. and Kroes, R. (eds.) Post-Cold War Europe, Post-Cold War America. Series: European contributions to American studies (55). VU University Press, Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 108-118. ISBN 9789053839164

Schlesinger, P. (2004) The new communications agenda in Scotland. Scottish Affairs, 47 . pp. 16-40. ISSN 0966-0356

2003

McNair, B., Hibberd, M., and Schlesinger, P. (2003) Mediated access: broadcasting and democratic participation in the age of mediated politics. University of Luton Press. ISBN 1860205925

Schlesinger, P. (2003) On literary ethnography: an essay. In: Rønning, H., Solum, O., Liestøl, G. and Skov, B. (eds.) Mellom Mediene: Helge Rønning 60 År. Unipub, Oslo, Norway, pp. 105-118. ISBN 9788274771383

2002

Schlesinger, P. (2002) Media and belonging: the changing shape of political communication in the European Union. In: Hedetoft, U. and Hjort, M. (eds.) The Postnational Self: Belonging and Identity. Series: Public worlds (10). University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, USA, pp. 35-52. ISBN 9780816639366

2001

Schlesinger, P., Miller, D., and Dinan, W. (2001) Open Scotland? Journalists, spin doctors and lobbyists. Polygon . ISBN 1902930282

1997

Schlesinger, P. (1997) From cultural defence to political culture: media, politics and collective identity in the European Union. In: Thussu, D.K. (ed.) International Communications. Series: SAGE Benchmarks in Communication, 1 . SAGE Publications, pp. 369-391. ISBN 9780857029874

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Major grants and awards since 2006:

2013-14: Principal Investigator, ‘Supporting creative business: the Cultural Enterprise Office and its clients’, AHRC Creative Economy Knowledge Exchange Grant.

2012-16: Deputy Director and Co-Investigator, Centre for Creativity, Regulation, Enterprise & Technology (CREATe), RCUK Centre for Copyright and New Business Models for the Creative Economy.

2012-15: Co-Investigator, ‘Multi-platform media and the digital challenge: strategy, distribution and policy’, ESRC Research Grant.

2012-14: Co-Investigator, ‘The UK Film Council: a case study of film policy in Transition’, AHRC Research Grant.

2011-12: Principal Investigator, ‘21st Century Literacy’, Creative Scotland research grant. 

2009-11: Co-Investigator, ‘Music and dance: beyond copyright text?’, AHRC Network Award, ‘Beyond Text’ Programme.

2006-2008: Principal Investigator, ‘Creativity: policy and practice. A study of Government, the BBC and the UK Film Council’, AHRC Research Grant.

Current students:

  • Mohammad Hesampour:  Broadcasting in the UK and Iran.
  • Won Kyung Jeon:  Television and the State in Korea.
  • Tonia Liu:  Public Art Projects and Rural Development in Scotland.
  • Kethakie Ranasingh Arachchige: Sri Lankan heritage youth, migration and television.
  • Di Xu:  Journalism in China.
  • Steven Boyer: Digital Games and Discourse.
  • Mike Flood-Page: BBC Multiplatform Strategies

External Responsibilities

  • Philip is joint editor of the academic journal Media, Culture and Society and also on the editorial advisory boards of many other journals.
  • A Fellow both of the Royal Society of Arts and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and an Academician of the Academy of the Social Sciences, he is currently Chair of the Advisory Committee for Scotland of Ofcom (the UK’s communications regulator). He was previously on the boards of the moving image agency, Scottish Screen, and of TRC Media, the creative content training body.
  • He twice chaired the RAE Panel for Culture, Communication and Media Studies and was on one occasion a panel member. He was a member of the Research and Knowledge Transfer Committee of the Scottish Funding Council (which funds Scottish higher and further education).
  • Philip has led a range of consultancy and research projects for the UK Government’s Know How Fund, the Broadcasting Standards Commission, the European Institute for the Media, the Home Office, the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Arts Council.  He was adviser to The Scottish Parliament's Scotland Bill Committee on broadcasting.