David Morley’s interdisciplinary work spans media audience/technology studies, cultural geography and globalisation. He has held visiting Professorships/Fellowships at universities in Australia, China, France, Mexico, Spain, Sweden and the United States. His work has been translated into 22 languages.
As a member of the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies in Birmingham, he worked with Stuart Hall to develop empirical research based on the paradigm-setting encoding/decoding model of media audiences. He has subsequently co-edited two critical collections of Hall`s work ('Critical Dialogues in Cultural Studies`, 1996 and `Conversations, Projects and Legacies` 2016), and most recently he has edited the two-volume set of Hall’s `Essential Essays` (Vol 1 `The Foundations of Cultural Studies`; Vol 2 `Identity and Diaspora`) to be published by Duke University Press in 2019.
At CCCS he pioneered the development of anthropological and ethnographic techniques in audience/technology studies (see `Towards an Ethnography of Media Audiences` 1974). His work helped to set the conceptual agenda for the study of media consumption internationally, focussing initially on questions of class (in the widely influential `Nationwide Audience` ,1978), and later on questions of gender and domesticity, in studies of the household uses of information and communication technology (`Family Television` 1986)
His subsequent work in cultural geography (`Spaces of Identity` 1996, ; `Home Territories` 2000 and `Media Modernity and Technology` 2006) encompasses macro questions about the role of satellite television , the Internet and the mobile phone in the constitution of the electronic landscapes within which we now live. His latest book `Communications and Mobility : the Mobile Phone, the Migrant and the Container Box` (2016) investigates the changing articulation of virtual and material geographies It seeks to offer a grounded critique of the paradigms of `nomadology` which have come to dominate contemporary work on phenomena such as `techno-globalisation` and `de-territorialisation` and re-examines ideas of home, community, place and territory, in the context of the spread of identity panics and the tightening of borders, across the globe.
He is the editor of the Comedia book series for Routledge and is on the Editorial/Advisory Boards of a number of journals, including Cultural Studies, The European Journal of Cultural Studies, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies and Television and New Media
The Nationwide Audience Morley, David G. . 1980. The Nationwide Audience. British Film Institute. ISBN 978-0851700977
Everyday Television: Nationwide Brunsdon, Charlotte; and Morley, David G. . 1978. Everyday Television: Nationwide. British Film Institute. ISBN 978-0851700809
Stuart Hall: Conversations, Projects and Legacies Henriques, Julian F. ; and Morley, David G. , eds. 2018. Stuart Hall: Conversations, Projects and Legacies. London: Goldsmiths Press. ISBN 9781906897475
Post-Colonial Media Studies in a Fractured World: A Dialogue with David Morley Sabry, Tarik; and Morley, David G. . 2025. Post-Colonial Media Studies in a Fractured World: A Dialogue with David Morley. In: Tarik Sabry; Winston Mano and Andrea Medrado, eds. Decolonising Approaches to Users and Audiences in the Global South: Context, Theory and Method. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 47-68. ISBN 9781032590387
Constituting the Techno-Normal: The Practices of Everyday Media Consumption Morley, David G. . 2024. Constituting the Techno-Normal: The Practices of Everyday Media Consumption. In: Annette Hill and Peter Lunt, eds. The Routledge Companion to Media Audiences. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 24-35. ISBN 9781032214665
A dialogue on domestication Morley, David G. ; and Hartmann, Maren. 2023. A dialogue on domestication. In: Maren Hartmann, ed. The Routledge Handbook of Media and Technology Domestication. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 70-86. ISBN 9781032184142
How Will the Future Cope With(out) Television? Morley, David G. . 2022. How Will the Future Cope With(out) Television? In: Joanna Zylinska, ed. The Future of Media. London: Goldsmiths Press, pp. 81-95. ISBN 9781913380144
Mobile Socialities: Communities, Mobilities and Boundaries Morley, David G. . 2021. Mobile Socialities: Communities, Mobilities and Boundaries. In: Annette Hill; Maren Hartmann and Magnus Andersson, eds. The Routledge Handbook of Mobile Socialities. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 22-37. ISBN 9780367543976
Introduction Part I Morley, David G. . 2021. Introduction Part I. In: Annette Hill; Maren Hartmann and Magnus Andersson, eds. The Routledge Handbook of Mobile Socialities. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 19-21. ISBN 9780367543976
No Place Like Birmingham? The Politics of Immobility, Invisibility, and Resentment Morley, David G. . 2020. No Place Like Birmingham? The Politics of Immobility, Invisibility, and Resentment. In: Nicky van Es; Stijn Reijnders; Leonieke Bolderman and Abby Waysdorf, eds. Locating Imagination in Popular Culture: Place, Tourism and Belonging. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 51-66. ISBN 9780367492625
The Politics of Theory and Method in Cultural Studies Morley, David G. . 2018. The Politics of Theory and Method in Cultural Studies. In: Julian F. Henriques; David G. Morley and Vana Goblot, eds. Stuart Hall: Conversations, Projects and Legacies. London: Goldsmiths Press, pp. 47-53. ISBN 9781906897475
Can Western Europe be at home in the Balkans? Drakulić, Slavenka; Morley, David G. ; Krajina, Zlatan; and Blanuša, Nebojša. 2016. Can Western Europe be at home in the Balkans? In: Zlatan Krajina and Nebojša Blanuša, eds. EU, Europe, Unfinished: Mediating Europe and the Balkans in a Time of Crisis. London: Rowman & Littlefield International, pp. 217-238. ISBN 9781783489787
Electronic Landscapes: Between the Virtual and the Actual Morley, David G. . 2011. Electronic Landscapes: Between the Virtual and the Actual. In: M Christensen; A Jansson and C Christensen, eds. Online Territories: Globalisation, Mediated Prartice and Social Space. New York: Peter Lang, pp. 273-290. ISBN 978-1-433-10797-9
Television as a Means of Transport: Digital Teletechnologies and Transmodal Systems Morley, David G. . 2010. Television as a Means of Transport: Digital Teletechnologies and Transmodal Systems. In: Jostein Gripsrud, ed. Relocating Television: Television in the Digital Context. London: Routledge, pp. 257-270. ISBN 978-0-415-56453-3
Canons, Orthodoxies, Ghosts and Dead Satues Morley, David G. . 2009. Canons, Orthodoxies, Ghosts and Dead Satues. In: Ladina Bezzola Lambert and Andrea Ochsner, eds. Moment to Monument: The Making and Unmaking of Cultural Significance. Biedenfeld: Transcript Verlag, pp. 209-222. ISBN 978-3-889-42962-6
The Alternative Press - Press and Publishing Morley, David G. . 2007. The Alternative Press - Press and Publishing. In: Kate Coyer; Tony Dowmunt and Alan Fountain, eds. The Alternative Media Handbook. London: Routledge, pp. 47-58. ISBN 978-0415359658
`Unaswered Questions in Audience Research` Morley, David G. . 2006. `Unaswered Questions in Audience Research`. In: Isabelle Charpentier, ed. Comment sont reçues les oeuvres : Actualités des recherches en sociologie de la réception et des publics. Paris: Editions Créaphis. ISBN 978-2913610736
Communication technologies and the re-configuration of Europe Morley, David G. . 2005. Communication technologies and the re-configuration of Europe. In: Valentina Vitali and Paul Willemen, eds. Theorising National Cinema. BFI Publishing. ISBN 978-1844571208
The domestication of the media and the dis-location of domesticity Morley, David G. . 2005. The domestication of the media and the dis-location of domesticity. In: Thomas Berker, ed. The Domestication of Media and Technology. Open University Press, pp. 21-39. ISBN 978-0335217687
Non-media-centric media studies: A Cross-generational conversation Krajina, Zlatan; Moores, Shaun; and Morley, David G. . 2014. Non-media-centric media studies: A Cross-generational conversation. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 17(6), pp. 1-19. ISSN 1367-5494
David Morley Interview - 3 June 2011 Morley, David G. . 2013. David Morley Interview - 3 June 2011. Cultural Studies, 27(5), pp. 833-845. ISSN 0950-2386
Istanbul Tales: Autobiography and the City Morley, David G. . 2007. Istanbul Tales: Autobiography and the City. Soundings: A Journal of Politics and Culture, 37, ISSN 1362-6620
Unanswered Questions in Audience research Morley, David G. . 2006. Unanswered Questions in Audience research. The Communication Review, 9(2), pp. 101-121. ISSN 10714421
What`s Home got to do with it? Morley, David G. . 2003. What`s Home got to do with it? European Journal of Cultural Studies, 6(4), pp. 435-458. ISSN 1367-5494
The Question of Theory in Cultural Studies Morley, David G. . 2014. 'The Question of Theory in Cultural Studies'. In: Stuart Hall; Conversations, Projects and Legacies. Goldsmiths, University of London, United Kingdom.
The Encoding/Decoding Model Revisited Morley, David G. . 2014. 'The Encoding/Decoding Model Revisited'. In: Centre for Cultural Studies ‘Key Texts` Seminar Series. Goldsmiths, University of London, United Kingdom.
The Politics of Theory and Abstraction Morley, David G. . 2014. 'The Politics of Theory and Abstraction'. In: Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies 50 Years On. University of Birmingham, United Kingdom 24-25 June 2014.
Reconceptualisng The Media Audience Morley, David G. . 2014. 'Reconceptualisng The Media Audience'. In: Goldsmiths Media Ethnography Conference. Goldsmiths, University of London, United Kingdom.
Media Studies and Cultural Studies Morley, David G. . 2014. 'Media Studies and Cultural Studies'. In: Lecture. University of Rijeka, Croatia.
Beyond the Universal Technoverse Morley, David G. . 2014. 'Beyond the Universal Technoverse'. In: Festival of Subversive Ideas. Zagreb, Croatia.
Stuart Hall's Media Studies Morley, David G. . 2014. 'Stuart Hall's Media Studies'. In: Lecture. University of Brighton, United Kingdom.
Recent Trends in UK Cultural Studies Morley, David G. . 2012. 'Recent Trends in UK Cultural Studies'. In: ACSIS Conference, Current Issues in European Cultural Studies. Nørkopping, Sweden.
Geographies, Territories and Cultural Flow Morley, David G. . 2012. 'Geographies, Territories and Cultural Flow'. In: Media Geographies Conference. Universita L'Orientale, Italy.
Interviewing – Problems and Prospects Morley, David G. . 2012. 'Interviewing – Problems and Prospects'. In: ESRC Doctoral Training Scheme. QMC, United Kingdom.
Communications and Mobilities Morley, David G. . 2011. 'Communications and Mobilities'. In: German Media Studies Association Annual Conference. University of Erfurt, Germany.
Technologies, Territories and Mobilities Morley, David G. . 2011. 'Technologies, Territories and Mobilities'. In: Lecture at Centre for Research In Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities. University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
British Cultural Studies Today Morley, David G. . 2011. 'British Cultural Studies Today'. In: Association of Cultural Studies Conference. Nørkopping, Sweden.
Culture, Media and Technology Morley, David G. . 2011. 'Culture, Media and Technology'. In: Culture, Media and Technology. Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Relinking : Communications and Transport Theory Morley, David G. . 2010. 'Relinking : Communications and Transport Theory'. In: Lecture, Department of Culture and Communications. New York University, United States.
From Family Television to Home Territories Morley, David G. . 2010. 'From Family Television to Home Territories'. In: Guest Lecture. Department of Communication, University of Madison, United States.
Media Modernity and Technology Revisited Morley, David G. . 2010. 'Media Modernity and Technology Revisited'. In: Guest Lecture. Department of Film and Television, University of Michigan, United States.
Communications and Materialism Morley, David G. . 2010. 'Communications and Materialism'. In: Annual Van Zelst Lecture. School of Radio, Film and TV, Northwestern University, United States.
Mobilities, Borders and Technologies Morley, David G. . 2009. 'Mobilities, Borders and Technologies'. In: Guest Lecture at the Faculty of Law and Politics. University of Rennes, France.
Between the News and the News-less Morley, David G. . 2009. 'Between the News and the News-less'. In: Institut du Presse Francaise. Paris, France.
Migrant Cultures and New Mobilities Morley, David G. . 2009. 'Migrant Cultures and New Mobilities'. In: Multicultural London. University of Westminster, United Kingdom.
Globalisation, Regionalisation and Technology Morley, David G. . 2009. 'Globalisation, Regionalisation and Technology'. In: Lecture. Goethe Institute/University of Sofia, Bulgaria.
Technology Studies : a Contextualist Approach Morley, David G. . 2009. 'Technology Studies : a Contextualist Approach'. In: German Media Studies Annual Conference. Bremen, Germany.
The British Origins of Cultural Studies Morley, David G. . 2009. 'The British Origins of Cultural Studies'. In: Cultural Studies: Genese, Objets et Traditions. Pompidou Centre, France.
Cultural Studies and its (re)Incarnations Morley, David G. . 2009. 'Cultural Studies and its (re)Incarnations'. In: Department of Cultural Studies. UC Riverside, United States.
Communications and Transport Morley, David G. . 2008. 'Communications and Transport'. In: Digicult Conference. University of Paris II, France.
Decoding Diaspora Morley, David G. . 2008. 'Decoding Diaspora'. In: Migration/Diaspora AHRC Conference. University of Sterling, United Kingdom.
Cultural Studies and Reception Theory Morley, David G. . 2008. 'Cultural Studies and Reception Theory'. In: Bourdieu’s Legacies Conference. University of Toulouse, France.
Cultural Studies – Methodological Dilemmas Morley, David G. . 2008. 'Cultural Studies – Methodological Dilemmas'. In: Department of Critical Studies. University of Southern California, United States.
New Times and New Spaces? Morley, David G. . 2008. 'New Times and New Spaces?'. In: New Times and New Spaces. School of Communications, University of Melbourne, United Kingdom.
Communications and Transport Morley, David G. . 2008. 'Communications and Transport'. In: Towards a Materialist Communications Studies. Cultural Research Centre, University of Western Sydney, Australia.
The Resistance of Material Geographies Morley, David G. . 2007. 'The Resistance of Material Geographies'. In: School of Cultural Studies Conference. Bilgi University, Turkey.
Media Studies Today Morley, David G. . 2007. 'Media Studies Today'. In: Media Studies Today. Kadir Has University, United Kingdom.
TechnoZones Morley, David G. . 2007. 'TechnoZones'. In: International Humanities Centre. UC Santa Barbara, United States.
Alternative Modernities/Histories Morley, David G. . 2007. 'Alternative Modernities/Histories'. In: Cultures of Globalization. Internationales Forschungeszentrum Kulturwissenschaften, Vienna, Austria.
Canons, Orthodoxies and Dead Statues Morley, David G. . 2007. 'Canons, Orthodoxies and Dead Statues'. In: Moment to Monument Conference. University of Basle, Switzerland.
‘Technology and the Idea of Home’ Morley, David G. . 2007. '‘Technology and the Idea of Home’'. In: Bartlett School of Planning. University College London, United Kingdom.
‘New Media Theory – Some Problems’ Morley, David G. . 2007. '‘New Media Theory – Some Problems’'. In: University of Sunderland. Sunderland, United Kingdom.
Media Technologies and their Uses Morley, David G. . 2006. 'Media Technologies and their Uses'. In: Dept of Communications, Fordham University. New York, United States.
Material Globalisation: Shipping Matters’ Morley, David G. . 2006. 'Material Globalisation: Shipping Matters’'. In: `Homeland Securities` conference (New York University). New York, United States.
Techno-Rhetorics Morley, David G. . 2006. 'Techno-Rhetorics'. In: University of Gloucester. Gloucester, United Kingdom.
Regional Theories and Electronic Landscapes Morley, David G. . 2006. 'Regional Theories and Electronic Landscapes'. In: Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference. Istanbul, Turkey.
The Geography of the New Morley, David G. . 2006. 'The Geography of the New'. In: Dept of Media Studies,University of Bremen. Bremen, Germany.
Technologies of Magic Morley, David G. . 2006. 'Technologies of Magic'. In: Dept of Radio-Film-Television, NorthWestern University. Chicago, United States.
After Globalisation` and ` Heimat and Home Morley, David G. . 2006. 'After Globalisation` and ` Heimat and Home'. In: Dept of Communication, Central European University. Budapest, Hungary.
Globalisation Today Morley, David G. . 2005. 'Globalisation Today'. In: Network Societies and Post-Industrial Identities Conference. Eberhard Karls Universitat, Tuebingen, Germany.
Cultural studies and its regional forms Morley, David G. . 2005. 'Cultural studies and its regional forms'. In: Mexican Association of Mass Communications Researchers Workshop. Mexico City, Mexico.
Mediation, domestication and dis-location Morley, David G. . 2005. 'Mediation, domestication and dis-location'. In: American Society for Cinema and Media Studies conference. London, United Kingdom.
Globalisation, Borders and Technologies Morley, David G. . 'Globalisation, Borders and Technologies'. In: Globalisation, Borders and Technologies. Hsinchu University, Insitute for Social Research and Cultural Studies, Taiwan, Province of China.
