Associate Professor Stephen Stockwell

B Arts (Hons), GDip Communications, PhD

Associate Professor, School of Arts

Contact details for Associate Professor Stephen Stockwell

Research expertise

  • Democratic theory
  • Journalism - broadcast / investigative
  • Media theory
  • New media
  • Political campaigns
  • Rhetoric

Current teaching areas

  • Broadcast Journalism
  • Campaign Strategies
  • Communication Project 1

Publications

Books

Chapters

  • "Spin doctors, citizens and democracy" in Young, Sally Government Communication in Australia Cambridge University Press: Melbourne 2007 (catalogue)
  • "Panic at the Port" in Critcher, Chas Moral Panics and the Media Open University Press: Maidenhead 2006
  • "Introductory Essay" in Clark, David Big Things: Australia's amazing roadside attractions Penguin: Camberwell 2004
  • "Public relations in government" in Johnston, J & Zawawi, C Public Relations: Theory and Practice Allen & Unwin: Sydney 2000; revised for 2nd edition 2004.

Refereed articles

  • "Alternative Media in Brisbane: 1965-1985" Queenland Review 14(1), 2007: 75-87
  • "Theory Jamming: Uses of Eclectic Method in an Ontological Spiral" M/C: A Journal of Media and Culture 9(6), December 2006.
  • "The Manufacture of World Order: The Security Services and the Movie Industry." M/C: A Journal of Media and Culture 7(6), February 2005.
  • "Dealing with world domination: Lessons from The Powerpuff Girls and friends" Media International Australia No. 113, November 2004, p23-29.
  • "The Military-Entertainment Complex: A New Facet of Information Warfare", with Adam Muir, Fibreculture Journal 1(1), 2003.
  • "Big Things: Larrikinism, Low Art and the Land", with Bethany Carlisle, M/C: A Journal of Media and Culture 6(3), November 2003.
  • "The Hanson Factor: Content analysis of newspaper photographs of party leaders during the 1998 Australian federal election campaign", Australian Studies in Journalism No. 12, 2003, p198-212.
  • "Home Grown: The strange and savage times of the Australasian Weed", Media International Australia No. 108, August 2003, p22-35.
  • "The impact of optional preferential voting on the 2001 Queensland state election" Queensland Review, 10(1) May 2003.
  • "Hacking Democracy: The work of the global citizen" Southern Review 34(3), 2001 p 87-103.
  • "Fair go for Fair Reporting" with Paul Scott, eJournalism, 1(2), 2001.
  • "From Bard to Spin Doctor: Continuities in Strategy and Style" TEXT, (5)2, 2000.
  • "Wonderful Progress: Alternative currents in colonial Brisbane" Queensland Review, 7(1), 2000, p13-22.
  • "Pauline's Prominence: Analysis of newspaper photographs of party leaders during the 1998 Australian federal election campaign" AustralianJournalism Review, 22(1), 2000, p137-149.
  • "Beyond the Fourth Estate: Journalism, Deliberation and Democracy" Australian Journalism Review, 21(1), 1999, p37-49.
  • "Panic at the Port" Media International Australia, No. 85, 1997, p56-61.
  • "Freefall in Fragile States" Political Expressions, 1(2), 1996, p93-104.
  • "The Brisbane Model: considering a unique experiment" Urban Policy and Research, 13(2), 1995, p89-96.

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