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= Paul Walton (Sociologist) =

Paul Anthony Walton (24 November 1943 – 15 May 2012) was a sociologist, criminologist and commentator on culture and the media.

He was educated at Kidbrooke Comprehensive School; Westminster Kingsway College and the University of York.

He was a member of the National Deviancy Conference in the late 1960s and 1970s and, with Ian Taylor and Jock Young, wrote the groundbreaking book The New Criminology: For a Social Theory of Deviance. (1973).

Paul Walton was the founder of the Glasgow University Media Group, which pioneered the analysis of television news in a series of studies, starting with Bad News (1976). This was followed by More Bad News (1980).

Academic Career

Paul Walton was an undergraduate 1965-68 in Sociology (BA Hons) at York University and an MA student 1968/69 at Durham University He was a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Glasgow He was a Reader in Communications at Goldsmiths University London He was a Senior Lecturer in the Visual Communications Department of Sydney College of the Arts He was a Professor of Communications at Wollongong University Australia He was Professor of Communications at Cardiff University He was Professor of Communications at the University of West London (1990s)

Publications

Paul Walton was one of a group of four eminent academics – the others were Anthony Giddens, Erving Goffman and Alvin Gouldner - who produced the quarterly journal Critical Criminology.

He also co-wrote (with Andrew Gamble) From Alienation to Surplus Value (1972), which won the Isaac Deutscher Memorial Prize ; Capitalism in Crisis (1976) ; Language, Image, Media (1983); and Space Light – A Holography and Laser Spectacular

Paul Walton
Paul Anthony Walton (24 November 1943 – 15 May 2012) was a sociologist, criminologist and commentator on culture and the media.

He was educated at Kidbrooke Comprehensive School; Westminster Kingsway College and the University of York.

He was a member of the National Deviancy Conference in the late 1960s and 1970s and, with Ian Taylor and Jock Young, wrote the groundbreaking book The New Criminology: For a Social Theory of Deviance. (1973).

Paul Walton was the founder of the Glasgow University Media Group, which pioneered the analysis of television news in a series of studies, starting with Bad News (1976). This was followed by More Bad News (1980).

Academic Career

Paul Walton was an undergraduate 1965-68 in Sociology (BA Hons) at York University and an MA student 1968/69 at Durham University He was a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Glasgow He was a Reader in Communications at Goldsmiths University London He was a Senior Lecturer in the Visual Communications Department of Sydney College of the Arts He was a Professor of Communications at Wollongong University Australia He was Professor of Communications at Cardiff University He was Professor of Communications at the University of West London (1990s)

Publications

Paul Walton was one of a group of four eminent academics – the others were Anthony Giddens, Erving Goffman and Alvin Gouldner - who produced the quarterly journal Critical Criminology.

He also co-wrote (with Andrew Gamble) From Alienation to Surplus Value (1972), which won the Isaac Deutscher Memorial Prize ; Capitalism in Crisis (1976) ; Language, Image, Media (1983); and Space Light – A Holography and Laser Spectacular