Stephen Harrington is a Lecturer and Subject Area Coordinator in Media and Communication. His research focuses mainly on the changing relationships between television, journalism, politics and popular culture, and, in particular, understanding the qualitative impact of these changes in terms of public knowledge. His PhD thesis, Public Knowledge Beyond Journalism, funded by both a Creative Industries Faculty Postgraduate Scholarship and the Tom Dixon Scholarship, won a 2009 QUT Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award. He is proud to have published groundbreaking academic work on some of his favourite TV shows – including The Office, The Panel, Sunrise, Top Gear and The Chaser’s War On Everything – for a range publications, both in Australia and internationally.
Stephen teaches into a range of undergraduate Media and Communication units, and is the Project Leader of the Brisbane Media Map.
His musings can be found in his fornightly contribution to The Punch, or you can follow him on Twitter.
This information has been contributed by Dr Stephen Harrington.
