Author: David Rowe

Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University, and was Director of the Institute’s earlier incarnation, the Centre for Cultural Research, between 2006 and 2009. Previously David was Professor of Media and Cultural Studies and Director of the Cultural Institutions and Practices Research Centre at The University of Newcastle, Australia. David’s principal research interests revolve around contemporary media and popular culture, including tabloidisation, practices of journalism, media political economy, cultural policy, popular music, academic public communication, urban leisure, and, especially, media sport and culture.