Michael cites a lateral sense of conceptual thinking allied to a rigorous working methodology as a key element of his teaching and research work. He uses book-making and text-works to explore themes of media, words and language as a form of ‘visual journalism’ employing in this process. elements of typographic expression and design as a reflection of the subject area to which he has devoted much of his teaching for many years.
Michael publishes books and text-works under his own imprint, ‘Mass Distraction Press’, which evolved from his book-making work using media language. The events surrounding the invasion of Iraq (2003) provided the content and vehicle for a series of books he created as a ‘commentary’ on the language employed by the media during that conflict.
