This book was published in 2019, in the ‘before times’ in so many ways. Doing Theory on Education explores key debates using 70+ examples from contemporary media and popular culture to explore philosophical and theoretical debates that surround teaching and learning.  In this seminar, the book will be revisited, to suggest textual work which endures, and to offer an updating to situate the approach in relation to epistemologies of misinformation, the AI ‘takeover’ and protectionist discourse around critical literacies as neoliberal resilience.

Julian McDougall is Professor in Media and Education; Principal Fellow of Advance HE and Programme Leader for the Professional Doctorate (Ed D) in Creative and Media Education at Bournemouth University. He is Research Cluster Lead for the MIL Eco-Lab (Media and Information Literacy for Healthy Eco-Systems) in the Centre for Science, Health and Data Communication Research.

From 2013-23 he was Director of the Centre for Excellence in Media Practice and convened the annual Global Media Education Summit.

He is co-editor of the Journal of Media Literacy Education and Routledge Research in Media Literacy and Education and Chair of the Media and Information Literacy Alliance.

In the fields of education, media literacy, media, communications and cultural studies, he is author / editor of a wide range of books, articles, chapters and research reports and has provided numerous research projects for research councils, media industry, charities and non-profit organisations.