2013 Media Coverage

Television and video

  • Professor Greg Noble was interviewed for the SBS online documentary: 'Cronulla Riots: The Day that Shocked the Nation' (opens in a new window), 25 October.
  • Professor David Rowe was interviewed by ABC News 24 about the relationship between sport and nationalism in Australia. Watch the video interview on the ICS Vimeo page(opens in a new window), 14 September.
  • Professor Katherine Gibson was interviewed by Dr Janet Newbury about her new co-authored book, 'Take Back the Economy: An Ethical Guide For Transforming Our Communities'. The interview was aired by Shaw TV Vancouver and Area, 14 September.  
  • Dr Alana Lentin participated in a global debate with academics and politicians to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's 'I have a dream' speech. The debate is available on YouTube: 'Has Martin Luther King's dream been realised?'(opens in a new window), 28 August. 
  • Professor David Rowe was interview by Sky News about the tangled relationship between politics and sport as evidenced by calls to boycott the 2014 Olympic Games in Russia. Watch the video interview on YouTube: 'Politics and sport, do they mix?'(opens in a new window), 26 August.
  • HDR student Keith Parry was interviewed by Ten News about rugby league hero Mal Meninga's recent misbehaviour in a Brisbane bar: 'Storm in a teacup' (opens in a new window), 20 June.
  • Professor David Rowe discussed the changing nature of fashion media in this YouTube video by media student Sophia Phan:'#Fashion' (opens in a new window), 20 May.
  • Professor James Arvanitakis spoke to SBS about how the latest university funding cuts will affect students: 'Uni funding cuts spark national outrage', 14 May.
  • Associate Professor Hart Cohen and Dr Juan Salazar were interviewed by ABC PM: 'Indigenous students in remote community experiment with digital storytelling', 10 May.

Radio and podcasts

  • Professor James Arvanitakis was interviewed by FBI Radio, discussing the ACT's same-sex marriage bill as well as other timely political issues, 23 October.
  • Professor James Arvanitakis was interviewed by ABC Radio Australia about piracy and Australians topping the ranking for illegal downloads of Breaking Bad, 1 October.
  • Professor David Rowe was interviewed by Triple J about sex and gender imbalances in sport: 'playing footy in your bikini', 11 September. 
  • Professor David Rowe was interviewed by the ABC's Radio National: 'Identity, scandal and sport', 6 September.
  • Professor Deborah Stevenson and ICS graduate Dr Ben Eltham were interviewed by Radio National about arts and culture policy funding in Australia and why it was not on the agenda in the Election campaign, 'The Election and the arts', 31 August. 
  • Professor James Arvanitakis spoke to 702 ABC about the policies of the major parties in the context of the youth vote, 6 August.
  • Professor James Arvanitakis participated in a roundtable discussion on ABC 702 at Parramatta Town Hall alongside the Member for Parramatta Julie Owens, Liberal candidate Bronwyn Bishop and Christopher Brown. The panel took questions from a broad range of voters from the Parramatta federal electorate on issues such as public transport and asylum seekers, 31 July.
  • Professor David Rowe spoke to 666 ABC Canberra about the Ashes series and the British media's tongue in cheek response to the arrival of the Australian team, 11 July.
  • Professor Ned Rossiter was interviewed by Voice of America about his book 'Refashioning Pop Music in Asia: Cosmopolitan Flows, Political Tempos and Aesthetic Industries' (co-edited with Allen Chun and Brian Shoesmith), which was recently reissued in paperback by Routledge ten years after its first publication, 11 July.
  • Professor David Rowe was interviewed by ABC 702 about the media's role in the termination of Julia Gillard's prime ministership, 27 June.
  • Professor David Rowe was interviewed on ABC Newcastle Drive radio program discussing the impact of the Boston bombings and similar events on major events around the world, 16 April.
  • Professor David Rowe was interviewed on ABC 702 Sydney Mornings and ABC Newcastle radio, and on ABC TV News, reflecting on the death of the former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, 9 April.
  • Professor David Rowe spoke to Eddie Goldman in New York for his podcast on 'the Lamentable State of Sports Journalism'(opens in a new window), 25 March.
  • Professor James Arvanitakis was a guest on ABC Radio National Life Matters program - assessing the Federal ALP leadership spill and whether the office of the Prime Minister is being damaged by a lack of respect, 22 March. You can listen to the program on the ABC Radio National website.
  • Professor David Rowe was interviewed on SBS Radio; 2SM, Sydney; and Newstalk ZB, Auckland, discussing Lance Armstrong's confession, 18 January.