Qualifications & Memberships
Research Interests
Research interests focus broadly on the representation of marginal groups in mass media, with a particular emphasis on the news. Her research gives specific attention to the agenda setting function of both mass and alternative media in the process of social change.
Recent Publications
- Kenix LJ. (2011) Alternative and Mainstream Media: The Converging Spectrum. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic. 216pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781849665421.
- Atkinson J; Kenix LJ (Ed.) (2019) Alternative Media Meets Mainstream Politics: Activist Nation Rising. London and New York: Lexington Books. 230.
- Kenix L. (2019) Exploring national culture through international media: The publication of a viral pro-LGBT image compared against a nation’s wealth, level of religion, and democracy. Journal of Intercultural Communication 49.
- Kenix L. and Abikanlu O. (2019) A comparative analysis of social media messaging by African-centred LGBT refugee NGOs. Journal of African Media Studies.
- Kenix L. and Jarvandi R. (2019) The Role of Ideology in the International Mainstream News Media Framing of Refugees: A Comparison between Conservative and Liberal Newspapers in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia. Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies 8(3).