About Us
The Faculty of Arts at Macquarie University is home to Australia's first centre dedicated to conducting and fostering research on the interactions between media and history in Australia and beyond.
Established in mid-2007, the Centre for Media History's members are drawn the Departments of Modern History, Politics, Media, Sociology, English and Economics.
Macquarie University hosts the Australian Media History Listserv and the Australian Media History Database.
Director: Professor Bridget Griffen-Foley. Deputy Director: Professor Murray Goot.
The Centre has two principal nodes:
History of the media:
Macquarie University has nationally and internationally recognised strengths in research on the history of the press, radio, television, film, public opinion, book publishing and music. This research focuses not just on media industries and institutions, but on media genres, audiences and cultural forms.
Macquarie University has nationally and internationally recognised strengths in research on representations of history in (especially film and broadcast) media. Several of these members working in this area are prominent Australian documentary and film makers engaged in practice-led research.
Download Annual Reports
The Centre for Media History's Annual Report for 2010-2011 is now available.
Annual reports are also available for: