Lecturer
Communications, Media and Culture Department of Journalism Studies, Pathfoot Building, Room A27 University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, Scotland UK
Fellow HEA
Higher Education Academy
Steven's research interests sit at the intersection between journalism studies, political communication and social theory. His most recent research examined news framing of poverty and inequality.
Book Chapter
Online climate denialism: Eco-systems and echo chambers
Dinan W, Bernardi C, Esteves V & Harkins S (2022) Online climate denialism: Eco-systems and echo chambers. In: Hansen A & Cox R (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Environment and Communication. 2nd Edition ed. London: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-Environment-and-Communication/Hansen-Cox/p/book/9780367634483
Book Chapter
Journalistic deontology in news coverage of poverty in the digital age
Harkins S & Lugo-Ocando J (2021) Journalistic deontology in news coverage of poverty in the digital age. In: Miladi N (ed.) Global Media Ethics and the Digital Revolution. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003203551
Article
News selection and framing: the media as a stakeholder in human-carnivore coexistence
Arbieu U, Chapron G, Astaras C, Bunnefeld N, Harkins S, Iliopoulos Y, Mehring M, Reinhardt I & Mueller T (2021) News selection and framing: the media as a stakeholder in human-carnivore coexistence. Environmental Research Letters, 16 (6), Art. No.: 064075. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac05ef
Newspaper Article
Why is climate change still not top of the news agenda?
Harkins S (2019) Why is climate change still not top of the news agenda?. The Conversation. 19.09.2019.
Book Chapter
Harkins S & Lugo-Ocando J (2017) How Malthusian ideology crept into the newsroom: British tabloids and the coverage of the ‘underclass’. In: Kelsey D, Mueller F, Whittle A & KhosraviNik M (eds.) The Discourse of Financial Crisis and Austerity: Critical analyses of business and economics across disciplines. London: Routledge, pp. 78-93. https://www.routledge.com/The-Discourse-of-Financial-Crisis-and-Austerity-Critical-analyses-of-business/Kelsey-Mueller-Whittle-KhosraviNik/p/book/9780367220495
Monograph
Poor News: Media discourses of poverty in times of austerity
Harkins S & Lugo-Ocando J (2017) Poor News: Media discourses of poverty in times of austerity. Discourse, Power and Society. London: Rowman & Littlefield.
Book Chapter
Managing the social impacts of austerity Britain: The cultural politics of neo-liberal ‘nudging’
Briant E & Harkins S (2017) Managing the social impacts of austerity Britain: The cultural politics of neo-liberal ‘nudging’. In: Berry D (ed.) Cultural Politics in the Age of Austerity. The Cultural Politics of Media and Culture. Routledge, pp. 93-119.
Book Chapter
Harkins S & Lugo-Ocando J (2016) All people are equal, but some people are more equal than others: how and why inequality became invisible in the British press. In: Servaes J & Oyedemi T (eds.) The Praxis of Social Inequality in Media: A Global Perspective. Lexington Books.
Book Chapter
The poverty of ideas in the newsroom
Lugo-Ocando J & Harkins S (2015) The poverty of ideas in the newsroom. In: Blaming the Victim: How Global Journalism Fails Those in Poverty. London: Pluto Press, pp. 36-59. https://www.plutobooks.com/9781783712274/blaming-the-victim/
Article
Harkins S & Lugo-Ocando J (2015) How Malthusian ideology crept into the newsroom: British tabloids and the coverage of the ‘underclass’. Critical Discourse Studies, 13 (1), pp. 78-93. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405904.2015.1074594
Newspaper Article
Justice should be the driving force for reporting on the refugee crisis
Harkins S (2015) Justice should be the driving force for reporting on the refugee crisis. The Conversation. 18.09.2015. https://theconversation.com/justice-should-be-the-driving-force-for-reporting-on-the-refugee-crisis-47387
Other
Harkins S (2015) One nation and two messages: how Scotland has become a problem for British journalists and the Labour Party. Jackson D (Editor) & Thorsen E (Editor) Political Studies Association. UK Election Analysis 20150: Media, Voters and the Campaign. Early reflections from leading UK academics. Political Studies Association. https://www.psa.ac.uk/sites/default/files/page-files/UK%20Election%20Analysis%202015%20-%20Jackson%20and%20Thorsen%20v1.pdf
Commentary
Rapid Response to Is the obesity epidemic exaggerated? Yes
Harkins S & Miller D (2015) Rapid Response to Is the obesity epidemic exaggerated? Yes. Commentary on: Basham P, Luik J. Is the obesity epidemic exaggerated? Yes BMJ 2008; 336 :244 doi:10.1136/bmj.39458.480764.AD. BMJ. https://www.bmj.com/content/336/7638/244/rr
Article
Teaching about terrorism in the United Kingdom: how it is done and what problems it causes
Miller D, Mills T & Harkins S (2011) Teaching about terrorism in the United Kingdom: how it is done and what problems it causes. Critical Studies on Terrorism, 4 (3), pp. 405-420. https://doi.org/10.1080/17539153.2011.623416
Article
Harkins S & Jones M (2010) The Stockholm Network. BMJ, 341 (7781), pp. c6413-c6413. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.c6413
Module Coordinator: JOUU9X1 Introduction to Journalism Studies
Module Coordinator: JOUPP03 Investigative Research
Lecturer: JOUU9X2 Ethical Issues in Journalism
Lecturer: JOUU9J5 Contemporary Journalism Practice
Lecturer: JOUPP02 International Journalism
Lecturer: JOUPPDP Investigative Research Project
