Sharon Lockyer

I joined the School of Social Sciences as a Lecturer in Sociology and Communications in September 2006. From May 2002-September 2006 I was a Lecturer, and then Senior Lecturer, in Media Studies at De Montfort University. Prior to that I was a Lecturer in Communication and Media Studies at Loughborough University (June 2000-April 2002) whilst also finishing my PhD thesis. Between the completion of my undergraduate degree and embarking on my doctorial research I worked as an Advertising Executive for Bailey Newspaper Group.

Undergraduate Programmes

Module convenor

• Research in Practice (Yr 2)
• Comedy, Culture and the Media (Yr 3)

Module contributor

• Introduction to Social Inquiry (Yr 1)
• Introduction to Media Studies (Yr 1)
• Media, Culture and Representation (Yr 2)
• Sociology and Communications Dissertation (Yr 3)
• Work Placements (Yrs 1 & 2)

Postgraduate Programmes

Module contributor

• Issues and Controversies in Media and Communication
• Media and Communications Dissertation

Research Interests

• Sociology of mediated culture
• Critical comedy studies
• Media controversies
• Gender, class and disability

PhD Supervision

Anna Tippett

The Rise of Lads’ Mags and Cultural Politics of Masculinity: Hedonism, Sexual Nihilism and the Commodification of Sexuality in Contemporary Society

2010-2013

Publications

Journal Papers

(2011) Lockyer, S. and Myers, L., 'It’s about expecting the unexpected’: Live stand-up comedy from the audiences’ perspective, Participations: Journal of Audience and Reception Studies 8 (2) : 165- 188

(2011) Lockyer, S., From toothpick legs to dropping vaginas: Gender and sexuality in Joan Rivers' stand-up comedy performance, Comedy Studies 2 (2) : 113- 123

(2010) Lockyer, S., Dynamics of social class contempt in contemporary British television comedy, Social Semiotics 20 (2) : 121- 138

(2009) Lockyer, S. and Attwood, F., The sickest television show ever: Paedogeddon and the British press, Popular Communication: The International Journal of Media and Culture 7 (1) : 49- 60

(2008) Lockyer, S. and Pickering, M., You must be joking: the sociological critique of humour and comic media, Sociology Compass 2 (3) : 808- 820

(2006) Lockyer, S., A two-pronged attack? Exploring Private Eye's satiricalhumour and investigative reporting, Journalism Studies 7 (5) : 765- 781

(2006) Cross, S. and Lockyer, S., Dynamics of partisan journalism: Journalist-source relations in the context of a local newspaper's anti-paedophile housing agenda, Journalism Studies 7 (2) : 274- 291

(2006) Lockyer, S., Heard the one about...applying mixed methods in humour research?, International Journal of Social Research Methodology 9 (1) : 41- 59

(2004) Cross, S. and Lockyer, S., Paedophiles in the community: Inter-agency conflict, whistle blowers and the local press, Ethical Space: The International Journal of Communication Ethics 1 (4) : 22- 28

(2001) Lockyer, S. and Pickering, M., Dear shit-shovellers: Humour, censure and the discourse of complaint, Discourse & Society 12 (5) : 633- 651

Book Chapters

(2010) Lockyer, S., Chavs and chav-nots: social class in Little Britain. In: Lockyer, S. ed. Reading little Britain: Comedy Matters on Contemporary Television. I B Tauris and Co Ltd 95- 110

(2010) Lockyer, S., Introduction: Britain, Britain, Little Britain. In: Lockyer, S. ed. Reading little Britain: Comedy Matters on Contemporary Television. New York : I B Tauris and Co Ltd 1- 18

(2008) Lockyer, S., History of qualitative research. In: Given, LM. ed. The Sage Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods. Thousand Oaks, CA and London : Sage (Two Volume Set) : 706- 711

(2008) Lockyer, S., Observer bias. In: Given, LM. ed. The Sage Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods. Thousand Oaks, CA and London : Sage (Two Volume Set) : 576- 577

(2008) Lockyer, S., Textual analysis. In: Given, LM. ed. The Sage Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods. Thousand Oaks, CA and London : Sage (Two Volume Set) : 865- 866

(2005) Lockyer, S. and Pickering, M., Breaking the mould: Conversations with Omid Djalili and Shazia Mirza. In: Lockyer, S. and Pickering, M. eds. Beyond a Joke: The Limits of Humour. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan 98- 125

(2005) Pickering, M. and Lockyer, S., Introduction: The ethics and aesthetics of humour and comedy. In: Lockyer, S. and Pickering, M. eds. Beyond a Joke: The Limits of Humour. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan 1- 24

(2005) Pickering, M. and Lockyer, S., The ambiguities of comic impersonation. In: Lockyer, S. and Pickering, M. eds. Beyond a Joke: The Limits of Humour. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan 180- 197

Books

(2010) Lockyer, S., Reading Little Britain: comedy matters on contemporary television. I B Tauris and Co Ltd

(2005) Lockyer, S. and Pickering, M., Beyond a joke: The limits of humour. Palgrave Macmillan