Paul Hodkinson is a sociologist whose work is focused upon youth cultures, online communications and on the relationships between media and cultural identities. He is author of Media, Culture and Society and Goth. Identity, Style and Subculture. He is also co-editor of Youth Cultures: Scenes, Subcultures and Tribes and Ageing and Youth Cultures. His recent research has focused upon young people's use of online communications, processes of ageing among 'youth' subcultural participants and the victimisation of members of alternative subcultures. He is Reader in Sociology at the Department of Sociology, University of Surrey.