Griffith University

B Arts (Hons), GDip Communications, PhD

Professor, School of Humanities

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Research expertise

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

Current teaching areas

• New Communication Technology
  
• Video Journalism
  
• Campaign Strategies
• Journalism and PR Internships
  

Publications

Books

• Edinburgh Companion to the History of Democracy (edited with Ben Isakhan) Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh 2012 (forthcoming)
  
• Secret History of Democracy (edited with Ben Isakhan) Palgrave Macmillan London 2011 (Publisher's site, Facebook)
  
• Rhetoric and Democracy: Deliberative Opportunities in Current Electoral Processes VDM Saarsbruken 2010 (Amazon, Download)
  
• Political Campaign Strategy Australian Scholarly Melbourne 2005
• All Media Guide to Fair and Cross Cultural Reporting (PDF 2402k) (with Paul Scott) AKCCMP Nathan 2000

Book chapters

• "Introduction" with Ben Isakhan in Isakhan & Stockwell  The Secret History of Democracy Palgrave MacMillan London 2011
  
• “Before Athens: Early Popular Government in Phoenicia and Greek City States” in Isakhan & Stockwell  The Secret History of Democracy Palgrave MacMillan London 2011
  
• “Democratic Culture in the Early Venetian Republic” in Isakhan & Stockwell  The Secret History of Democracy Palgrave MacMillan London 2011
  
• "Conclusion" with Ben Isakhan in Isakhan & Stockwell  The Secret History of Democracy Palgrave MacMillan London 2011
  
• "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

• “Messages from the apocalypse: Security issues in American TV series” Continuum 25(2)April 2011, p189-99
  
• “Before Athens: Early Popular Government in Phoenician and Greek City States” Geopolitics, History, and International Relations 2(2) 2010: 123-35
  
• "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.