Dr Jeremy Collins is a senior lecturer in Media Studies at London Met. He has taught modules in media and communications theory and history, communication ethics, promotional media and research methods, and currently teaches modules in Critical and Contextual Studies for students of film and in the Foundation programme for The Sir John Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design. His research interests include the sociology of news production and news management; propaganda and post-truth politics; media representations of science; risk communication; journalism and media ethics; and popular culture. He has published book chapters and journal articles on various topics including food scares, the public sphere limits of service journalism, general election news management techniques, public perceptions of mobile phone risks, moral panics around drugs, news media constructions of ‘media effects’, and the comedy of Chris Morris.