Christopher Shoop-Worrall

Stockport, United Kingdom United Kingdom

PhD Student at The University of Sheffield

Education

My PhD research will look at the ways in which differences in printed discourse and journalistic language altered public understanding of political reality in Edwardian Britain. Its aim is to provide a new and extensive understanding into relationships between the press, the public and political parties in the era of pre-Gallup proto-mass democracy, as well as a vital addition to existing work on pre-Great War political culture. Besides academic study, my primary professional pursuits have focused around education and widening participation. In order to self-fund my MA, I spent a year working in a secondary school in North London, during which time I was promoted from a TA to a Cover Sup...