Professor David Rowe

Professor David Rowe is the Centre Director, joining CCR in March 2006. He has published extensively in the areas of media and popular culture, especially sport, music and journalism, and brings substantial international research experience to the Directorship, serving as a peer reviewer/editorial advisor for more than 20 scholarly journals and for several national research councils. Prof Rowe has published many essays and commentaries on cultural and social matters in print, broadcast and online media, and has been a research consultant for several government departments, local councils, professional organisations and community groups. His books have been translated into Chinese, Arabic and Turkish, and include Sport, Culture and the Media: The Unruly Trinity (2004, second edition) and Globalization and Sport: Playing the World (2001, co-authored).

Qualifications

1986: PhD, Sociology, University of Essex, UK.

1978: MA, Sociology, University of York, UK.

1976: BA (Hons), Sociology, University of Nottingham, UK.

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Honours and Awards

Visiting Research Fellowships

Visiting Research Fellowship. School of Cultural Studies, University of the West of England, UK (2003)

Visiting Research Fellowship. Centre for Communication and Information Studies, University of Westminster, London; Chelsea School Research Centre, University of Brighton, UK (1997-8)

Visiting Research Fellowship. Department of Media and Communications, Goldsmiths' College; School of Social Sciences, University of Bath; Sir Robert Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, University of London, UK (1993-4)

Visiting Research Fellowship. Department of Sociology, University of Essex; Department of Communications, Goldsmiths' College, University of London, UK (1989-90)

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Selected Publications

Selected Publications

Books (Authored Research)
Rowe, D. (2004) Sport, Culture and the Media: The Unruly Trinity (second edition) (first edition, 1999). Maidenhead and New York: Open University Press. Arabic and Chinse translations forthcoming.

Miller, T., Lawrence, G., McKay, J. and Rowe, D. (2001) Globalization and Sport: Playing the World. London: Sage.

Rowe, D. (1995) Popular Cultures: Rock Music, Sport and the Politics of Pleasure. London: Sage. Published in Turkish as Populer Kulturler: Rock Ve Sporda Haz Politikasi. Istanbul: Ayrinti Yayinlari (1996).

Cunningham, S. and Miller, T. (with Rowe, D.) (1994) Contemporary Australian Television. Sydney: New South Wales University Press.

Books (Edited)
Rowe, D. (ed) (2004) Critical Readings: Sport, Culture and the Media. Maidenhead and New York: Open University Press.

Rowe, D. and Lawrence, G. (eds) (1998) Tourism, Leisure, Sport: Critical Perspectives. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press.

Rowe, D. and Lawrence, G. (eds) (1990) Sport and Leisure: Trends in Australian Popular Culture. Sydney: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

Lawrence, G. and Rowe, D. (eds) (1986) Power Play: Essays in the Sociology of Australian Sport. Sydney: Hale and Iremonger.

Book Chapters
Rowe, D. (2007) ‘Sports and Culture’, in G. Ritzer (ed) The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. Oxford: Basil Blackwell (in press).

Rowe, D. and Gilmour, C. (2006) ‘The Future Role of Professional Sport and the Media in the Asia Pacific Societies’, in Asia Pacific Yearbook (Anuario Asia-Pacífico). Barcelona and Madrid: Elcano Royal Institute, Casa Asia and the CIDOB Foundation (in press).

Rowe, D. (2006) ‘Leisure, Media and Mass Communications’, in C. Rojek, S. Shaw and A.J. Veal (eds) Handbook of Leisure Studies. London: Palgrave (in press).

Rowe D. (2006) ‘Sports et Médias’, in F. Ohl (ed) Sociologie du Sport: Perspectives Internationales et Mondialisation. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 65-84.

Rowe, D. and Stevenson, D. (2005) ‘Sydney 2000: Sociality and Spatiality in Global Media Events’, in A. Tomlinson and C. Young (eds) National Identity and Global Sports Events: Culture, Politics, and Spectacle in the Olympics and the Football World Cup. New York: State University of New York Press, 197-214.

Rowe, D. (2005) ‘Fourth Estate or Fan Club? Sports Journalism Engages the Popular’, in S. Allan (ed) Journalism: Critical Issues. Maidenhead and New York: Open University Press, 125-36.

Rowe, D. (2004) ‘Sports and Television’ in H. Newcomb (ed) Museum of Broadcast Communications Encyclopedia of Television (Volume 4, second edition). New York: Routledge, 2172-77.

Rowe, D. (2004) ‘Antonio Gramsci: Sport, Hegemony and the National-Popular’, in R. Giulianotti (ed) Sport and Modern Social Theorists. Basingstoke, UK: Macmillan, 97-110.

Rowe, D. (2004) ‘Introduction: Mapping the Media Sports Cultural Complex’, in D. Rowe (ed.) Critical Readings: Sport, Culture and the Media. Maidenhead and New York: Open University Press, 1-22.

Rowe, D. (2003) ‘The Global Love-Match: Sport and Television’ reprinted in T. Miller (ed) Television: Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies (Volume 3). London and New York: Routledge, 92-109.

Rowe, D and McKay, J. (2003) ‘A Man's Game: Sport and Masculinities’ in S. Tomsen and M. Donaldson (eds) Male Trouble: Looking at Australian Masculinities. Melbourne: Pluto, 200-16.

Rowe, D. (2003) ‘A Fan’s Life: Lost and Found’, in J. Denison and P. Markula (eds) ‘Moving Writing’: Crafting Movement in Sport Research. New York: Peter Lang, 115-31.

Rowe, D. (2001) ‘Mass Media and Sports’, in N.J. Smelser and P.B. Baltes (eds) International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioural Sciences. Oxford: Elsevier Science, 9346-50.

Rowe, D., McKay, J., and Miller, T. (2001) ‘Panic Sports and the Racialized Male Body’, in T. Miller Sportsex. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 79-102.

Rowe, D. (2001) ‘Globalisation, Regionalisation and Australianisation in Music: Lessons from the Parallel Importing Debate’, in T. Bennett and D. Carter (eds) Culture in Australia: Policies, Publics and Programs. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 46-65.

McKay, J., Lawrence, G., Miller T. and Rowe, D. (2001) ‘Gender Equity, Hegemonic Masculinity and the Governmentalisation of Australian Amateur Sport’, in T. Bennett and D. Carter (eds), op cit, 232-50.

Rowe, D. (2000) ‘No Gain, No Game? Media and Sport’ in J. Curran and M. Gurevitch (eds) Mass Media and Society (third edition). London: Arnold, 346-61.

Refereed Journal Articles in Scholarly Journals
Rowe, D (2006) ‘Coming to Terms with Leisure and Globalization’, Leisure Studies (in press).

Rowe, D., Markwell, K. and Stevenson, D. (2006) ‘Exploring Participants’ Experiences of Sydney 2002 Gay Games: Intersections of Sport, Gender and Sexuality’, International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics, (in press).

Rowe, D. (2005) ‘Working Knowledge Encounters: Academics, Journalists and the Conditions of Cultural Labour’, Social Semiotics 15(3): 269-88.

Stevenson, D, Rowe, D. and Markwell, K. (2005) ‘Explorations in ‘Event Ecology’: The Case of the International Gay Games, Social Identities 11(5): 84-106.

Rowe, D. (2005) ‘Some Critical Reflections on Research and Consultancy in Cultural Tourism Planning’, Tourism, Culture & Communication, 5 (3): 127-37.

Markwell, K., Stevenson, D. and Rowe, D. (2004) ‘Footsteps and Memories: Interpreting an Australian Urban Landscape through Thematic Walking Tours’, International Journal of Heritage Studies, 10 (5): 457-73.

Rowe, D. (2004) ‘Contemporary Media Education: Ideas for Overcoming the Perils of Popularity and the Theory-Practice Split’, Journal of Media Practice, 5(1): 43-58.

Rowe, D. (2004) ‘Watching Brief: Cultural Citizenship and Viewing Rights’, Sport in Society, 7(3): 385-402. 

Rowe, D. (2004) ‘Fulfilling the Cultural Mission: Popular Genre and Public Remit’, European Journal of Cultural Studies, 7(3): 381-99.

Miller, T., Rowe, D., Lawrence, G. and McKay, J. (2003) ‘The Over Production of US Sport and the New International Division of Cultural Labour’, International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 38(4): 427-40.

Rowe, D. (2003) ‘Sport and the Repudiation of the Global’, International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 38(3): 281-94. 

Markwell, K. and Rowe, D. (2003) ‘The International Gay Games: Subverting Homophobia or Selling Out?’, International Sports Studies, 25(1): 5-20.

Rowe, D. (2002) ‘Producing the Crisis: The State of Leisure Studies’, Annals of Leisure Research, 5(1): 1-13.

Rowe, D. (2002) ‘Taking the Sports Brief: A Review Essay’, Theory & Event, 6(1): panels 1-32.

McGuirk, P. and Rowe, D. (2001) ‘“Defining Moments” and Refining Myths in the Making of Place Identity’, Australian Geographical Studies, 39 (1): 52-66.

Rowe, D. (2000) ‘Global Media Events and the Positioning of Presence’, Media International Australia incorporating Culture and Policy, 97: 11-21.

Rowe, D. (2000) ‘Amour Impropre, or 'Fever Pitch' sans Reflexivity’, Sociology of Sport Journal, 17(1): 95-97.

Rowe, D. (2000) ‘On Going Tabloid: A Preliminary Analysis’, Metro, 121/122: 78-85.

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