Graham is an MA course leader and a research professor within a School of Media and Communication that offers both research-led and vocationally focused degrees that draw upon both the Humanities and the Social Sciences. He teaches an introductory undergraduate module on cultural aspects of the internet each autumn and leads an MA programme, teaching two of its three core modules. He also supervises PhD students (seven completions) and publishes research. Graham is an active researcher who is passionate about the nexus between teaching and research and sees this relationship as the most important aspect of higher education.
For almost 20 years, at three universities, a guiding concern of his teaching has been how to foster different kinds of literacy in creative ways. Much of this has involved using social media platforms as learning and teaching spaces, including 11 years of video essays on YouTube and 14 years of collaborative class blogs. Graham has created and led four degree courses: one MA and one BA at Westminster, and two Master’s degrees at Stirling, where he was Senior Lecturer from 2007 to 2013.
Previously, he spent seven years lecturing at Macquarie University in Sydney, where he completed a PhD in Media and Communication, and a Master’s in Media, Technology and Law; Graham also has an MA (Hons) in English Literature from Edinburgh University. He is a Senior Fellow. Before his postgraduate work, Graham taught English in Japan, Ecuador and Spain, and Academic English and IELTS preparation courses in Sydney: he continues to draw upon this experience in his work with many international students in the UK. Graham has published seven books. He has written The Internet of Things (with Mercedes Bunz, 2018), Social Media (2016), Media Convergence (with Sherman Young, 2012), Interpreting News (2009) and Future Active (2002). He has edited The Routledge Companion to Media and Activism (2018) and News Online (with Guy Redden, 2011).