Michael PickeringMichael Pickering is Professor of Media and Cultural Analysis in the Department of Social Sciences at Loughborough University. Michael has published in the areas of cultural history and the sociology of culture, as well as media analysis and theory. is most recent publications are The Mnemonic Imagination: Remembering as Creative Practice (2012), co-written with Emily Keightley, and Research Methods for Memory Studies (2013), co-edited with Emily Keightley. His other books include Researching Communications (1999/2007), co-written with David Deacon, Peter Golding and Graham Murdock; Creativity, Communication and Cultural Value (2004), co-written with Keith Negus; Beyond a Joke: The Limits of Humour (2005), co-edited with Sharon Lockyer; Blackface Minstrelsy in Britain (2008) and Research Methods for Cultural Studies (2008). Read More Read Less