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DR TIM MARJORIBANKS



Contact Details

Organization: Social and Political Sciences
Position: TR ASHWORTH S/L IN SOCIOLOGY
Email:
Homepage: http://www.politics.unimelb.edu.au/aboutus/marjoribanks.html
Work: +61-3-83447942
Fax: +61-3-83447906
Room: 424
Level: 04
Building: John Medley Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Media Sport, Organisations, Comparative Australia, United Kingdom, United States of America

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Adelaide University 31-Dec-1990
Bachelor of Laws (Honours) Adelaide University 31-Dec-1991
Master of Arts Harvard University 01-Jul-1993
Doctor of Philosophy Harvard University 01-Jul-1997
Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice University of South Australia 31-Dec-1991

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member The Australian Sociological Association Vice President 01-Jan-2007 31-Dec-2008
Member The Australian Sociological Association Full 01-Jan-1998

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Defamation law in context: Australian & US news production practices & public debate Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2003
Where commerce & culture connect? corporate governance & social capital in the global era: the case of the AFL Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2003
"The Media and ASEAN Transitions: Defamation Law, Journalism and Public Debate in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore" Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2006

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Book Chapters

  • Between commerce and culture? Australian Football League Clubs


    Year: 2008
    Book: Strategic Issues for the not-for profit Sector
    Publisher: University of New South Wales Press(Sydney)
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Journal Articles

  • Chilled Journalism? Defamation and public speech in US and Australian law and journalism


    Year: 2008
    Journal: New Zealand Sociology
    Volume: 23
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 18-33
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  • New Governance Models in Australian Football League Clubs


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Just Policy
    Volume: 49
    Issue: December
    Page numbers: 39-45
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  • Pharmaceutical economies and politics vs. patient safety: Lumiracoxib in Australia


    Year: 2008
    Journal: The International Journal of Risk and Safety in Medicine: side effects of drugs - devices - surgery - prevention - liability
    Volume: 20
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 161-167
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  • The future of  "responsible journalism": Defamation law, public debate and news production


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journalism Practice
    Volume: 2
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 372-385
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Journalism and Defamation Law: Contesting Public Speech


    Year: 2008
    Event name: TASA
    Conference Publication: TASA: Re- Imagining Sociology
    Page numbers: 1-16
    Publisher: The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2007

Book Chapters

  • Media and Popular Culture
    Year: 2007
    Book: Public Sociology: An Introduction to Australian Society
    Publisher: Allen & Unwin(Crows Nest)
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Journal Articles

Major Reference Works

  • The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics:

    Fairfax


    Year: 2007
    Reference Work Title: The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
    Author(s):
  • The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics:

    Murdoch


    Year: 2007
    Reference Work Title: The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
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  • The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics:

    Sport and politics


    Year: 2007
    Reference Work Title: The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Responsible Journalism: Defamation Law and News Production in Australia, the US and the


    Year: 2007
    Event name: Public Sociologies: Lessons and Trans-Tasman Connections
    Conference Publication: TASA SAANZ Joint Conference Proceedings
    Page numbers: 1-6
    Publisher: University of Auckland(Auckland)
    Author(s):
  • Regulating Standards: Ombudsmen in Newspaper Journalism
    Year: 2007
    Event name: Public Sociologies: Lessons and Trans-Tasman Connections
    Conference Publication: TASA SAANZ Joint Conference Proceedings
    Page numbers: 1-6
    Publisher: University of Auckland(Auckland)
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Representing Australia: Race, the media and cricket
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Sociology
    Volume: 42
    Page numbers: 25-42
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Competition and Cooperation: Organisational  Communication within the Australian Football League
    Year: 2006
    Event name: Australian & New Zealand Communication Association Intarnational Conference, 2006
    Conference Publication: Empowerment, Creativity and Innovation: Challenging Media and Communication
    Page numbers: 1-10
    Publisher: University of Adelaide, Department of Politics(Adelaide)
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  • Objectivity, impartiality and the governance of journalism
    Year: 2006
    Event name: Annual Conference of The Australian Sociological Association
    Conference Publication: TASA 2006 conference proceedings
    Page numbers: 1-10
    Publisher: The Sociological Association of Australia (TASA)(Brisbane)
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Low-Income Women's Experiences of Social Citizenship and Social Exclusion
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Just Policy
    Volume: 38
    Page numbers: 13-19
    Publisher: Victorian Council of Social Service
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Reshaping Media Production Practices: Comparative News and Defamation Law
    Year: 2005
    Event name: TASA 2005 Conference
    Conference Publication: The Australian Sociological Association 2005 Conference Proceedings
    Page numbers: 1-11
    Publisher: The University of Sydney/The Australian Sociological Association(Sydney)
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Publications in 2004

Book Chapters

  • Transforming governance: football clubs in the Australian Football League
    Year: 2004
    Book: Football Fever: Grass Roots
    Publisher: Maribyrnong(Melbourne)
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Journal Articles

  • Connecting commerce and culture in third sector organisations: the case of Australian Football League club
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Third Sector Review
    Volume: 10
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 61-76
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  • Perspectives of a nurse, a social worker and a psychiatrist regarding patient assessment in acute inpatient psychiatry settings: a case study approach
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
    Volume: 11
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 683-689
    Publisher: Blackwell Science
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Regulating news: standards and competence in contemporary media practice
    Year: 2004
    Event name: The Australian Sociological Association 2004 Conference
    Conference Publication: The Australian Sociological Association 2004 Conference proceedings
    Page numbers: 1-12
    Publisher: The University of Sydney/The Australian Sociological Association(Sydney)
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  • Representing Australia: race, gender and nation in Australian cricket
    Year: 2004
    Event name: Placing race and localising whiteness
    Conference Publication: Placing race and localising whiteness
    Page numbers: 1-20
    Publisher: Flinders University(Adelaide)
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Publications in 2003

Book Chapters

  • Strategising technological innovation: the case of News Corporation
    Year: 2003
    Book: Media organization and production
    Publisher: Sage Publications(London)
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Journal Articles

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Judging journalism: US and Australian defamation law and news production
    Year: 2003
    Event name: ANZCA '03: Designing communication for diversity
    Conference Publication: Designing communication for diversity
    Page numbers: 1-12
    Publisher: Brisbane Graduate School of Business(Brisbane)
    Author(s):
  • Producing the news: US and Australian media defamation law
    Year: 2003
    Event name: New(s) times: journalism production and practice
    Conference Publication: New(s) times: journalism production and practice
    Page numbers: 1-10
    Publisher: The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
    Author(s):
  • Representing Australia: race, gender and nation in Australian cricket
    Year: 2003
    Event name: Placing race and localising whiteness
    Conference Publication: Placing race and localising whiteness
    Page numbers: 1-10
    Publisher: Flinders University(Adelaide)
    Author(s):
  • Seeking Sullivan, looking for Lange: US and Australian defamation law and news production
    Year: 2003
    Event name: Australian & New Zealand Communication Association International Conference 2003: Designing communication for diversity
    Conference Publication: 2003 Australian & New Zealand Communication Association Conference Proceedings (ANZCA03)
    Page numbers: 1-12
    Publisher: Queensland University of Technology(Brisbane)
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Publications in 2002

Major Reference Works

  • :Political advertising: the first century
    Year: 2002
    Publisher: University of Melbourne(Parkville)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • When culture meets commerce: major league sport as a network
    Year: 2002
    Event name: Knowledge, networks and joined-up government
    Conference Publication: Knowledge, networks and joined-up government
    Page numbers: 95-108
    Publisher: The University of Melbourne - Centre for Public Policy(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2001

Book Chapters

  • Physicians' discourses on malpractice and the meaning of medical malpractice
    Year: 2001
    Book: Medical practice and malpractice
    Publisher: Ashgate(Aldershot)
    Authors(s):
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