Stuart Cunningham (born 1953) is Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Communication and Media Studies at

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Biography

He is a Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Communication and Media Studies,

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, and Former Director of the

Australian Research Council The Australian Research Council (ARC) is the primary non-medical research funding agency of the Australian Government, distributing more than in grants each year. The Council was established by the ''Australian Research Council Act 2001'', ...

ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation The ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCI) was an Australian research centre that undertook research in media studies, cultural studies, communication studies, law, education, economics, business technology, and info ...

. He was President of the Council of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) in Australia from September 2006 to October 2008. With degrees from the

University of Queensland , mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work , established = , endowment = A$224.3 million , budget = A$2.1 billion , type = Public research university , chancellor = Peter Varghese , vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry , city = B ...

, and

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in Canada, Cunningham was awarded his Doctorate from

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in Brisbane in 1988. He is well known for his contributions to

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communications Communication (from la, communicare, meaning "to share" or "to be in relation with") is usually defined as the transmission of information. The term may also refer to the message communicated through such transmissions or the field of inquir ...

and

cultural studies Cultural studies is an interdisciplinary field that examines the political dynamics of contemporary culture (including popular culture) and its historical foundations. Cultural studies researchers generally investigate how cultural practices re ...

and to their relevance to industry practice and government policy. A key figure in cultural policy studies and creative industries, he has written a number of influential books, including ''The Media and Communications in Australia'' (co-edited with Graeme Turner) which has gone into four editions and is the standard text in the field in Australia. He is an appointed member of the Australian Research Council's College of Experts 2005-7, Adjunct Professor of the

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2006-8 and Node Convenor, Cultural Technologies, for the ARC Cultural Research Network (CRN). He has co-authored several major reports for bodies such as UNCTAD, the federal departments of education and communications, the

Australian Broadcasting Authority The Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA) was an Australian government agency whose main roles were to regulate broadcasting, radiocommunications and telecommunications. The Authority took over the functions of the Australian Broadcasting Trib ...

, Queensland state government and Brisbane City Council. He was a board member of the

Australian Film Commission The Australian Film Commission (AFC) was an Australian government agency was founded in 1975 with a mandate to promote the creation and distribution of films in Australia as well as to preserve the country's film history. It also had a producti ...

1992-98, and was recently concluded a period as foundation chair of QPIX, Queensland's Screen Development Centre for eight years, 1997-2005. He was Treasurer and Council and Executive member of the

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. It operates as an independent not-for-profit organisation partly funded by the Australia ...

from 2003-6, having been elected to that Academy as one its inaugural fellows in cultural and communication studies in 1997. He was an elected board member of the Council of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) in 2005-6. Cunningham was awarded a

Centenary Medal The Centenary Medal is an award which was created by the Australian Government in 2001. It was established to commemorate the centenary of the Federation of Australia and to recognise "people who made a contribution to Australian society or go ...

in 2003 in recognition of his contribution to the humanities in Australia. He was selected as one of a thousand notable Australians for the

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in April 2008.

Select bibliography

* ''What Price a Creative Economy''? Platform Paper series, Currency House, July 2006 * ''The Media and Communications in Australia'' (edited with Graeme Turner), Allen & Unwin, 2006 * ''The Australian TV Book'' (edited with Graeme Turner), Allen & Unwin, 2000 * ''Floating lives: The media and Asian diasporas'' (edited with John Sinclair), University of Queensland Press, 2000 * ''The Media in Australia: Industries, Texts, Audiences'', 2nd ed (edited with Graeme Turner), Allen & Unwin, 1997 * ''New Patterns in Global Television: Peripheral Vision'' (edited with John Sinclair and Liz Jacka), Oxford University Press, 1996 * ''Australian Television and International Mediascapes'' (with Liz Jacka), Cambridge University Press, 1996 * ''Contemporary Australian Television'' (with

Toby Miller Toby Miller (9 August 1958) is a British/Australian-American interdisciplinary social scientist with areas of concentration including cultural studies and media studies. He is also the author of several books, numerous articles, and is a guest c ...

), University of New South Wales Press, 1994

References

External links

Website of the Council for Humanities and Social SciencesStuart Cunningham's staff website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cunningham, Stuart Fellows of the Australian Academy of the Humanities Queensland University of Technology faculty University of Queensland alumni Living people 1953 births