Centre for European and International Studies Research (CEISR)

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Joseph is a Lecturer in Sociology, a discourse analyst, and a cultural sociologist with a specialist interest in the sociology of food.  He teaches on a range of units on the Sociology undergraduate programme, coordinating the research methods units Analysing Social Data, and Doing Sociological Research, as well as his level three option – Food, Culture and Society.  At postgraduate level, he coordinates Research Skills for Social Scientists.

Joseph is interested in the dynamics of mediated discourse in contemporary, historical, public debates, and rhetorical positioning activity.  This has led him to consider, among other things, the discursive construction of 'identities' in various social conflicts, and to examine various types of material, including parliamentary debates, campaign posters, and the content of newspapers and magazines.  Methodologically, he uses an eclectic mix of discursive and visual methods. 

Previously employed as a Lecturer in the Division of Politics and Sociology at Nottingham Trent University, a Research Associate at the University of Sheffield, an ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Social Sciences at Loughborough University, and as a part-time teacher in the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Nottingham, the Department of Social Sciences at Loughborough University, and as a part-time Lecturer at De Montfort University, Leicester. 

Joseph is an Associate Editor of the new academic journal The Poster, published by Intellect and regularly acts as a referee for a range of social science publications. To view The Poster please click here.

Publications

• Burridge, J.D. and Hillyard S. (2012) 'Shotguns and Firearms in the UK: A Call for a Distinctively Sociological Contribution to the Debate', Sociology, 46(3): 395-410.
• Burridge, J.D. (2012) 'Introduction: Frugality and Food in Contemporary and Historical Perspective', Food and Foodways: Explorations in the History and Culture of Human Nourishment, 20(1): 1-7. 
• John E. Richardson and Joseph D. Burridge (eds.) (2011) Analysing Media Discourses, London: Routledge.
• Burridge, J.D. (2011) ‘The Dilemma of Frugality and Consumption in Women’s Magazine Adverts 1940-1955’, in Richardson, J.E. and Burridge, J.D. (eds.) Analysing Media Discourses, London: Routledge, 111-123.
• Burridge, J.D. (2009) ‘“I don’t care if it does me good, I like it”: Constructions of Children, Health and Enjoyment in British Women’s Magazine Food Advertising’, in James, A., Tingstad, V., and Kjørholt, K.T. (eds.) Children, Food and Identity in Everyday Life, Basingstoke: Palgrave: 192-212.
• Burridge, J., and Barker, M.E. (2009) ‘Food as a Medium for Emotional Management of the Family: Avoiding Complaint and Producing Love’  in Jackson, P. (ed.) Changing Families, Changing Food, Basingstoke: Palgrave: 146-164.
• Richardson, J.E., and Burridge, J.D. (2008) ‘Analysing Media Discourses’: Guest edited special issue of Social Semiotics, 18(3).
• Burridge, J. (2008) ‘The Dilemma of Frugality and Consumption in Women’s Magazine Adverts 1940-1955’, Social Semiotics, 18(3): 389-401.
• Burridge, J. (2008) ‘“Hunting is Not Just for Bloodthirsty Toffs”: The Countryside Alliance and the Visual Rhetoric of a Poster Campaign’, Text and Talk, 28(1): 31-53.
• Burridge, J. (2007) ‘The “Spectre of Anti-Americanism” in the British Public Debate over the 2003 Invasion of Iraq’, The Journal of Language and Politics, 6(2): 201-221.
• Burridge, J. (2004) ‘“I am Not Homophobic, But”: Disclaiming in Discourse Resisting Repeal of Section 28’, Sexualities, 7(3): 327-44.
• Currently completing a guest-edited special issue of the journal Food and Foodways on the topic of 'Frugality and Food in Contemporary and Historical Perspective', as well as writing several papers about various food ‘texts’.  Along with Barry Smart and Kay Peggs he is currently in the process of editing a set of reference volumes on Observational Methods for Sage’s Benchmarks series.

Higher Degree Teaching/Supervision

• Joseph would be interested to supervise postgraduate students in any of the following areas; social and historical analyses of food and drink; cultural sociology; social, cultural, and sociological theory; discourse analysis; identity and media representation; and visual rhetoric