John Hartley (academic)
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John Hartley is an ARC Federation Fellow and a Distinguished Professor at the Queensland University of Technology
, where he is Research Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Creative Industries and Innovation. He was Foundation Dean of the Creative Industries Faculty at QUT, and before that Head of the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies at Cardiff University
in the UK. He has been visiting professor at Peking University
, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
and New York University
. In 2001 he was elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities
.
Originally from London, John Hartley completed a BA (Hons) at the University of Wales (Cardiff) in 1972 and published his first book, Reading Television, in 1978. The best-selling book, co-authored with John Fiske, was the first to analyse television from a cultural perspective, and is considered a defining publication in the field. This work also established Hartley as a pioneer and international leader in contemporary television and cultural studies.
He has published twenty books in media, journalism, cultural studies and the creative industries including:
The Uses of Digital Literacy, (QUP, 2009)
Story Circle: Digital Storytelling Around the World, ( Blackwell, 2009)
Television Truths (Blackwell, 2008);
Creative Industries. Malden, MA and Oxford ( Blackwell, 2005);
Reading Television: 25th Anniversary Edition (Routledge 2003);
A Short History of Cultural Studies (Sage Publications, 2003);
Communication, Media and Cultural Studies: The Key Concepts (Routledge, 2002);
The Indigenous Public Sphere: the reporting and reception of Aboriginal issues in the Australian media (with Alan McKee, Oxford University Press, 2000);
American Cultural Studies: A Reader (Oxford University Press, 2000);
Uses of Television (Routledge, 1999);
Popular Reality: Journalism, Modernity, Popular Culture (Arnold, 1996);
Telling Both Stories: Indigenous Australians and the Media. (Arts Enterprise, ECU 1996);
The Politics of Pictures: The Creation of the Public in the Age of Popular Media (Routledge, 1992);
Tele-ology. Studies in Television (Routledge, 1992);
Making Sense of the Media (with others, Comedia 1985);
Key Concepts in Communication and Cultural Studies (Routledge, 1983);
Understanding News (Methuen, 1982);
Reading Television (Methuen, 1978).
Hartley's works have been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Malaysian, Danish, Greek, Romanian, Croatian, Slovenian and Spanish, and have sold more than 100,000 copies in English.
Hartley holds a PhD in television studies from Murdoch University and, in 2000, earned his D. Litt (Doctor of Letters) from the University of Wales. He was Professor and the inaugural head of the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, and founding Director of the Tom Hopkinson Centre for Media Research at Cardiff University from 1996 to 2000. He has held academic positions at Murdoch University, the Polytechnic of Wales, and Edith Cowan University. He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (FAHA) in 2001. In 1998, Hartley founded the 'International Journal of Cultural Studies', published by Sage Publications Ltd in London.
Hartley is at the forefront of international research in the uses of media. He holds current project grants from ARC to the value of over $1.5m, working with partners in the museum, arts, youth and media sectors.
Hartley has made major research contributions to the study of popular culture
and democratisation, media content analysis (contemporary and historical), media
and citizenship
, journalism
and modernity
, and methodological innovation (audience theory
and textual analysis).
Sources: QUT webpages and "Who's Who" Australian edition (2007)
Queensland University of Technology
Queensland University of Technology is an Australian university with an applied emphasis in courses and research. Based in Brisbane, it has 40,000 students, including 6,000 international students, over 4,000 staff members, and an annual budget of more than A$750 million.QUT is marketed as "A...
, where he is Research Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Creative Industries and Innovation. He was Foundation Dean of the Creative Industries Faculty at QUT, and before that Head of the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies at Cardiff University
Cardiff University
Cardiff University is a leading research university located in the Cathays Park area of Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. It received its Royal charter in 1883 and is a member of the Russell Group of Universities. The university is consistently recognised as providing high quality research-based...
in the UK. He has been visiting professor at Peking University
Peking University
Peking University , colloquially known in Chinese as Beida , is a major research university located in Beijing, China, and a member of the C9 League. It is the first established modern national university of China. It was founded as Imperial University of Peking in 1898 as a replacement of the...
, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
and New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
. In 2001 he was elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities
Australian Academy of the Humanities
The Australian Academy of the Humanities was established by Royal Charter in 1969 to advance scholarship and public interest in the humanities in Australia...
.
Originally from London, John Hartley completed a BA (Hons) at the University of Wales (Cardiff) in 1972 and published his first book, Reading Television, in 1978. The best-selling book, co-authored with John Fiske, was the first to analyse television from a cultural perspective, and is considered a defining publication in the field. This work also established Hartley as a pioneer and international leader in contemporary television and cultural studies.
He has published twenty books in media, journalism, cultural studies and the creative industries including:
The Uses of Digital Literacy, (QUP, 2009)
Story Circle: Digital Storytelling Around the World, ( Blackwell, 2009)
Television Truths (Blackwell, 2008);
Creative Industries. Malden, MA and Oxford ( Blackwell, 2005);
Reading Television: 25th Anniversary Edition (Routledge 2003);
A Short History of Cultural Studies (Sage Publications, 2003);
Communication, Media and Cultural Studies: The Key Concepts (Routledge, 2002);
The Indigenous Public Sphere: the reporting and reception of Aboriginal issues in the Australian media (with Alan McKee, Oxford University Press, 2000);
American Cultural Studies: A Reader (Oxford University Press, 2000);
Uses of Television (Routledge, 1999);
Popular Reality: Journalism, Modernity, Popular Culture (Arnold, 1996);
Telling Both Stories: Indigenous Australians and the Media. (Arts Enterprise, ECU 1996);
The Politics of Pictures: The Creation of the Public in the Age of Popular Media (Routledge, 1992);
Tele-ology. Studies in Television (Routledge, 1992);
Making Sense of the Media (with others, Comedia 1985);
Key Concepts in Communication and Cultural Studies (Routledge, 1983);
Understanding News (Methuen, 1982);
Reading Television (Methuen, 1978).
Hartley's works have been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Malaysian, Danish, Greek, Romanian, Croatian, Slovenian and Spanish, and have sold more than 100,000 copies in English.
Hartley holds a PhD in television studies from Murdoch University and, in 2000, earned his D. Litt (Doctor of Letters) from the University of Wales. He was Professor and the inaugural head of the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, and founding Director of the Tom Hopkinson Centre for Media Research at Cardiff University from 1996 to 2000. He has held academic positions at Murdoch University, the Polytechnic of Wales, and Edith Cowan University. He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (FAHA) in 2001. In 1998, Hartley founded the 'International Journal of Cultural Studies', published by Sage Publications Ltd in London.
Hartley is at the forefront of international research in the uses of media. He holds current project grants from ARC to the value of over $1.5m, working with partners in the museum, arts, youth and media sectors.
Hartley has made major research contributions to the study of popular culture
Popular culture
Popular culture is the totality of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, memes, images and other phenomena that are deemed preferred per an informal consensus within the mainstream of a given culture, especially Western culture of the early to mid 20th century and the emerging global mainstream of the...
and democratisation, media content analysis (contemporary and historical), media
Media studies
Media studies is an academic discipline and field of study that deals with the content, history and effects of various media; in particular, the 'mass media'. Media studies may draw on traditions from both the social sciences and the humanities, but mostly from its core disciplines of mass...
and citizenship
Citizenship
Citizenship is the state of being a citizen of a particular social, political, national, or human resource community. Citizenship status, under social contract theory, carries with it both rights and responsibilities...
, journalism
Journalism
Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...
and modernity
Modernity
Modernity typically refers to a post-traditional, post-medieval historical period, one marked by the move from feudalism toward capitalism, industrialization, secularization, rationalization, the nation-state and its constituent institutions and forms of surveillance...
, and methodological innovation (audience theory
Audience theory
Audience theory is an element of thinking that developed within academic literary theory and cultural studies.With a specific focus on rhetoric, some, such as Walter Ong, have suggested that the audience is a construct made up by the rhetoric and the rhetorical situation the text is addressing...
and textual analysis).
Sources: QUT webpages and "Who's Who" Australian edition (2007)