Lee Barron is a Principal Lecturer in the Department of Media and Communication Design at the University of Northumbria and teaches in the areas of media, culture, advertising and branding, and celebrity culture. Dr Barron has published two books, Social Theory in Popular Culture (2013, Palgrave) and Celebrity Cultures (2015, SAGE) and has written a number of articles in journals such as: the European Journal of Cultural Studies, Popular Music History, New Review of Film and Television Studies, Cultural Politics, Postcolonial Studies, The Journal of Popular Culture, and Fashion Theory.
