Chief Editors
Dr. Janice Denegri-Knott worked in the not for profit sector after completing her undergraduate studies in communication and development at the Universidad Católica Boliviana. Shortly after that she earned a masters in marketing communications from the Bournemouth Media School and went on to gain her PhD from the Business School at the University of Exeter, England. She teaches consumer culture and behaviour at the Bournemouth Media School and is part of the Emerging Consumer Culture Group (ECCG). Her research deals with the structuring of consumption patterns and practices in digital virtual spaces. She has recently co-edited, Digital Virtual Consumption, a collection of essays that deal with these issues. She has published extensively in the field of digital virtual consumption and more recently about marketing and consumer behaviour in emerging economies. She has published in journals like: The Journal of Macromarketing; Consumption, Markets & Culture, Journal of Consumer Culture, Journal of Computer Mediated Communication, Journal of Consumer Behaviour and the Journal of Consumer Policy. She also belongs to the editorial boards of Consumption, Markets & Culture and Marketing Theory. Her paper with Dr. Mike Molesworth mapping out the field of Digital Virtual Consumption was granted a Best Paper Award by the editorial board of Consumption, Markets & Culture. She has also worked with major UK brands on projects dealing with the valuation and capitalization of digital content.
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Dr. Carrie Hodges  is a Senior Lecturer in The Media School, BU, specialising in promotional culture in a Latin American context. She has a BA Hons in Spanish from the University of Southampton and a PhD in Communication from Bournemouth University. As a member of the Emerging Consumer Cultures Group (ECCG), Caroline's main areas of interest are Latin American communication and cultural theory; the application of ethnography and creative participatory methods within media and communication research and public relations as a cultural intermediary. Caroline is on the Advisory Board of both Public Relations Inquiry and the Journal of Latin American Communication Research and is co-editor of 'Public Relations, Society and Culture' (2011, Routledge) with Dr Lee Edwards, University of Leeds.
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