Professor of Media, Culture and Communications at London Metropolitan University. Collaborator in the posgraduate in arts, digital media and popular culture UOC/LABoral 2011-12.

His research focuses on twentieth century British and American cultural history, and his books include Youth in Britain Since 1945 (Blackwell, 1998), Playboys in Paradise: Youth, Masculinity and Leisure-Style in Modern America (Berg/New York University Press, 2001), Youth Media (Routledge, 2004), and a co-edited anthology, Action TV: Tough-Guys, Smooth Operators and Foxy Chicks (Routledge, 2001).