Research Interests.

What is fake news? How is it different from real news? What is journalistic truth? Why do different news organizations report the same story in different ways? These are among the research questions which intrigue former BBC News reporter and producer Graham Majin. At a time of growing social and political polarization in the US and Europe, these questions have never been more relevant.

With a background in broadcast news and current affairs, plus experience as an independent film maker and entrepreneur, Graham brings a fresh inter-disciplinary perspective to these fundamental journalistic questions. Graham’s research explores the nexus between journalism and media theory, philosophy, intellectual history, and strands of cognitive and political psychology.

Current Research Projects.

Dr Majin’s PhD thesis was awarded by the University of Kent in 2019. Employing a forensic, arboreal, deconstructive research methodology, Graham’s doctoral thesis engages critically with the work of key scholars and canonical texts; heavyweight, foundational theorists such as Stuart Hall, Antonio Gramsci, Pierre Bourdieu, Jacques Lacan, Louis Althusser and Michel Foucault. Graham explores how the work of these scholars relates to the contemporary matrix of understanding of the concept of truth in journalism.