Durham University 학사·석사.1978년에 London School of Economics에서 박사학위 취득.Oxford Brookes University, University of Birmingham 등을 거쳐2003년부터 2013년까지 City University of London 사회학과 교수로 재직.
저서
The New Photography: Responsibility on Visual Communication(1980), Information Technology: A Luddite Analysis(1986), Culture and Politics in the Information Age: A New Politics?(2001), The Intensification of Surveillance: Crime, Terrorism and Warfare in the Information Age(2003), The Information Society Reader(2004), Journalists under Fire: Information War and Journalistic Practices(2006), Anti-War Activism: New Media and Protest in the Information Age(2008) 등 다수.