Hayes Mabweazara has experience in both academic and professional media contexts. He joined the School of Social and Political Sciences from Falmouth University where he taught Journalism Studies for several years. Prior to coming to the UK, he taught journalism and cognate subject areas in his native country, Zimbabwe at the National University of Science and Technology. Hayes is also a Research Associate in the Department of Journalism, Film & Television at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa and a Fellow of The Higher Education Academy (FHEA), UK.
The principal focus of his research interests and expertise lies in the field of ‘new’ media and journalism practice. He explores how immediate conditions of practice and broader social circumstances set conditions for distinctive forms of new technology use as well as how new technologies are impacting on traditional journalistic standards, values, and practices.
Bethia Person obtained her PhD in the department of Politics at the University of Glasgow (2018), funded by the ESRC. Her research looked at the human rights campaigns and the media in Uruguay during democratisation. In particular, it assessed media access for the campaign against impunity between 1989-2012, and used a mixed methodology of content analysis and qualitative interviews.
Before returning to higher education, Pearson worked as a journalist for 16 years. She started my career at The Herald then went on to freelance for both The Herald/Sunday Herald, the Scotsman, Elle Magazine and other publications. She continues her involvement in journalism on a voluntary basis as Content Editor for the Outdoor Swimming Society.
