2012 Media Coverage

Radio and podcasts

  • Dr Tim Winter was interviewed on ABC Radio Brisbane Drive discussing air conditioning and climate change, 19 December.
  • Professor David Rowe was interviewed by Consumption discussing the concept of internet memes, and what makes something go viral, 16 December. The podcast is available on the Consumption website (opens in a new window).
  • Professor David Rowe was interviewed on ABC Radio National, discussing cricket and the media, 14 December. The podcast is available on the Radio National website (opens in a new window).
  • Professor David Rowe was interviewed on ABC Radio National Drive discussing whether Australia politicians are faking a love of sport, 5 December. The podcast is available on the Radio National website (opens in a new window).
  • Professor David Rowe was interviewed on ABC Radio Adelaide on 26 November discussing the changing nature of sports broadcasting.
  • Professor David Rowe appeared on 2UE on 29 July, discussing the London Olympics and whether cities benefit from hosting the event.
  • Dr Amanda Third featured on the ABC Radio National program Future Tense in the GOMA (Gallery of Modern Art) Talks. The video of GOMA Talks Sex and science: What's the gender question? can be viewed on YouTube (opens in a new window), 21 June.
  • Dr James Arvanitakis appeared on the ABC 702 Sydney Mornings slot on 21 May with Simon Longstaff, Executive Director for the St James Ethics Centre. The panel discussed whether it is ethical to dose detainees with oxytocin or give soldiers drugs to circumvent PTSD.
  • Dr Amanda Third featured on the ABC Radio National program Future Tense discussing youth and technology on 6 May. The interview discussed Dr Third’s work on the Living Lab project, which was published under the banner of the Cooperative Research Centre for Young People, Technology and Wellbeing (YAW-CRC), of which Dr Third is Research Co-Leader. The report found young people may be more aware and better able to manage online risks than their parents commonly think. The interview is available on the Radio National Future Tense website (opens in a new window).
  • Dr James Arvanitakis appeared on the ABC 702 Sydney Mornings slot on 30 April discussing Australian politics and ethics with host Linda Mottram and Robert Forsyth, Anglican Bishop of South Sydney.
  • Professor David Rowe was interviewed on the ABC 702 Sydney Mornings slot, 28 March, discussing the powers of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA). In the interview, Professor Rowe discussed how the Finkelstein report recommends rolling ACMA into a news media council, along with the Australian Press Council.
  • Professor David Rowe was interviewed on SBS Radio (opens in a new window), 2 March, discussing the Finkelstein report into Australia's media standards and culture. The report suggests a cross-media super regulator, a News Media Council, to set journalistic standards and handle complaints for all news and current affairs coverage.

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Television and video

  • Professor Stephen Tomsen appeared on Channel 10's The Project on 25 May discussing Mixed Martial Arts, the fastest growing sport in Australia. In the interview Stephen says that violence seems like an easy way to obtain a sense of masculinity and that we need to come to terms with this sport and regulate it seriously. The video is available on The Project website (opens in a new window). 
  • Dr James Arvanitakis featured in Press TV's story on the civil and criminal cases filed against Peter Slipper who recently stood aside as Speaker of the House of Representatives, 24 April. Watch the video, Scandal haunting the Australian government (opens in a new window), on the Press TV website.

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Print and online articles

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Opinion pieces

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