John Budarick

Research Interests

Communication & Media Studies Globalisation and Culture Social Theory Sociology

Dr John Budarick

Senior Lecturer

School of Communication, Media and Journalism

College of Creative Arts, Design and Humanities

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

John Budarick is a senior lecturer in the School of Communication, Media & Journalism at Adelaide University. He holds a PhD in Media and Communication from Monash University. His work focuses on media, politics, democracy and difference. He has written extensively on ethnic media and racism in news and journalism. More recently, his work has examined the role of post-Marxist political theory in helping to understand the role of media in the midst of political and social transformations. 

Date Position Institution name
2014 - ongoing Lecturer University of Adelaide

Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
2017 Research Award Department for Communities and Social Inclusion Department for Communities and Social Inclusion Australia $30,000
2016 Award 2016 Faculty Research Active Grants Scheme (FRAGS) University of Adelaide - $2,200
2015 Award Friends of Africa Award - Australia -
2014 Award 2014 Learning & Teaching Development and Innovation Fund University of Adelaide - $1252.80
2014 Award 2014 Faculty Research Active Grants Scheme (FRAGS) University of Adelaide - $2,000
2013 Research Award ECPS Postgraduate Publications and Activity Costs Grant Monash University Australia 765
2010 Research Award Postgraduate Publication Award Monash University Australia 5,772

Date Institution name Country Title
2008 - 2010 Monash University Australia PhD

Year Citation
2025 Budarick, J. (2025). On ‘the politics’ of representation: a Laclauian contribution to journalism and democracy. Media International Australia, 15 pages.
DOI
2023 Budarick, J. (2023). Media, Democracy and Pluralism: Exploring a Radical Response to the Crisis of Journalism. Journalism Studies, 24(5), 1-18.
DOI Scopus5 WoS4
2023 Budarick, J. (2023). Ethnic Media, Diversity and Settlement: A Qualitative Study. Media International Australia, 195(1), 1329878X2311765.
DOI Scopus2
2023 Imran, M. A., & Budarick, J. (2023). Discursive construction of identities for older people in news: A critical discourse analysis of Malaysian newspapers. Australian Journalism Review, 45(2), 161-180.
DOI Scopus6 WoS6
2022 Budarick, J. (2022). Racism and Journalism: The dangers of returning to the ‘safe-space’ of objectivity. Journalism: theory, practice and criticism, 24(8), 1698-1714.
DOI Scopus11 WoS11
2020 Budarick, J. N. (2020). Ethnic media and migrant settlement. Global Media Journal : Australian Edition, 15(1), 18 pages.
2020 Ward, S., & Budarick, J. N. (2020). Adapting to the postmodern medical paradigm: How the Daily Telegraph used emotion and anecdote to legitimise vaccination. Media International Australia, 181(1), 103-119.
DOI Scopus4 WoS6
2019 Budarick, J. N. (2019). Agonistic pluralism and journalism: de-centering dominant journalistic norms. Communication Theory, 30(2), 188-204.
DOI Scopus4 WoS4
2018 Han, G. S., & Budarick, J. N. (2018). Overcoming the new kids on the block syndrome: the media 'endorsement' on discrimination against African-Australians. Continuum, 32(2), 213-223.
DOI Scopus20 WoS13
2018 Budarick, J. (2018). Ethnic media and counter-hegemony: Agonistic pluralism, policy and professionalism. International Journal of Communication, 12, 2406-2420.
Scopus5 WoS2
2017 Budarick, J. (2017). Ethnic minority media and the public sphere: the case of African-Australian media producers. Journal of Sociology, 53(2), 303-317.
DOI Scopus11 WoS7
2016 Budarick, J. N. (2016). Tracing the global themes of media and migration Radha S. Hegde. 2016, Mediating Migration, Cambridge: Polity Press. ISBN 9780745646329. RRP AU$37.95 (pb). Cultural Studies Review, 22(2), 171-173.
DOI
2015 Budarick, J. (2015). Belonging-security across borders: news media, migration and the spaces of production. International Journal of Communication, 9(1), 2583-2600.
Scopus9 WoS7
2015 Budarick, J., & Han, G. (2015). Towards a multi-ethnic public sphere? African-Australian media and minority-majority relations. Media, Culture & Society, 37(8), 1254-1265.
DOI Scopus18 WoS12
2014 Budarick, J. (2014). Media and the limits of transnational solidarity: unanswered questions in the relationship between diaspora, communication and community. Global Media and Communication, 10(2), 139-153.
DOI Scopus27 WoS15
2013 Budarick, J. (2013). Book Review: Reinventing Professionalism: Journalism and News in Global Perspective. Media International Australia, 149(1), 203-204.
DOI
2013 Budarick, J. (2013). Book Review: International Communication and Global News Networks: Historical Perspectives. Media International Australia, 146(1), 172.
DOI
2013 Budarick, J. (2013). Localised audiences and transnational media: media use by Iranian-Australians. Media International Australia, 148(148), 70-78.
DOI Scopus6 WoS5
2013 Budarick, J., & Han, G. (2013). Positive stories: why and how African-Australian media matter. Australian Journal of Communication, 40(3), 97-103.
2013 Budarick, J. (2013). Reinventing Professionalism: Journalism and News in Global Perspective. MEDIA INTERNATIONAL AUSTRALIA, (149), 203-204.
2012 de la Fuente, E., Budarick, J., & Walsh, M. (2012). Altered states: an essay on communication and movement. Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies, 26(1), 39-49.
DOI Scopus2 WoS1
2011 Budarick, J. (2011). Media narratives and social events: the story of the Redfern riot. Journal of Communication Inquiry, 35(1), 37-52.
DOI Scopus10 WoS7
2009 Budarick, J. (2009). A re-evaluation of literature in active and critical audience studies. Colloquy, 18, 254-270.
2008 Budarick, J., & King, D. (2008). Framing ideology in the niche media: the Koori Mail's construction of the Redfern riots. Journal of Sociology, 44(4), 355-371.
DOI Scopus15 WoS11

Year Citation
2023 Budarick, J. (2023). Controlling Representation: Professional journalism and social plurality. In CSAA. University of South Australia.
2023 Budarick, J. (2023). Media and Democracy: The political and the social. In AANZCA. Victoria University of Wellington, NZ.
2022 Budarick, J. (2022). What's in a Crisis? Journalism, democracy and change. In The Australian Sociological Association. University of Melbourne.
2019 Budarick, J. (2019). Beyond Diversity: Thinking about pluralization and race in journalism. In JERAA. University of Sydney.
2016 Budarick, J. (2016). Journeys and Boundaries: Time and space in understandings of transnational media. In Schol of Communication. University of South Australia.
2016 Budarick, J. (2016). Challenging Representation: Ethnic media as resources for social capital. In NEMBC. Sydney.
2015 Budarick, J. (2015). Migrant Media in Australia. In UWA. University of Western Australia.
2013 Budarick, J., & Han, G. -S. (2013). The importance of migrant media: African-Australian media. In Reflections, intersections and aspirations: 50 years of Australian sociology (pp. 1-12). Melbourne, Victoria: The Australian Sociological Association.
2010 Budarick, J. N. (2010). ‘Media, movement and the search for security amongst Iranian Australians’. In http://www.isa-sociology.org/congress2010/. Gothenburg, Sweden.

Year Citation
2011 Budarick, J. N. (2011). Media, Home and Diaspora.

Year Citation
2014 Budarick, J. N. (2014). Debate on Free Speech alone means little for Minorities.

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2025 Co-Supervisor The influence of TikTok political content on Vietnamese Youth: Propaganda, perception, and civic engagement Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Ha Trang Nhung Truong
2025 Co-Supervisor The influence of TikTok political content on Vietnamese Youth: Propaganda, perception, and civic engagement - Doctorate Full Time Ms Ha Trang Nhung Truong
2023 Principal Supervisor Uncovering Ideological Messaging: A Framing Analysis of News Media Coverage of Poverty and Welfare in Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Shannon Rawlings
2023 Principal Supervisor Uncovering Ideological Messaging: A Framing Analysis of News Media Coverage of Poverty and Welfare in Australia - Doctorate Full Time Miss Shannon Rawlings
2019 Co-Supervisor The Revolution Will Be Televised: Audio-visual content in the era of streaming and “peak TV”. An investigation of industry change, content trends, and globalisation post the digital revolution Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Miss Philippa Elizabeth Violet Dore
2019 Co-Supervisor The Revolution Will Be Televised: Audio-visual content in the era of streaming and peak TV. An investigation of industry change, content trends, and globalisation post the digital revolution - Doctorate Part Time Miss Philippa Elizabeth Violet Dore

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2021 - 2024 Principal Supervisor HALLYU AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE COMPLEXITIES OF ASIAN AUSTRALIAN IDENTITY Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Miss Sophia Helena Mei Ling Fluin
2021 - 2023 Co-Supervisor Capturing simultaneity: International students’ connectedness and identity perceptions during the Covid-19 pandemic. Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Ms Thanh Nguyen
2020 - 2023 Co-Supervisor Retrospectively Reading The Sopranos: Rethinking Complex Television for New Cultural Contexts Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Alexander Hudson Beare
2019 - 2023 Co-Supervisor End-user Experiences of Audio Description for Live Theatre: Complexities Beyond Practice Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Kari Seeley
2019 - 2021 Co-Supervisor Beyond the Tree of the Living-dead: A Rhizoanalysis of Japanese Cinematic Zombies Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Guillaume Christophe Patrice Vetu
2017 - 2021 Co-Supervisor Media Portrayal of Ageing: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Media Discourses in Australia and Malaysia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Muhammad Asim Imran
2017 - 2021 Co-Supervisor Reporting on Terror: Assessing the Viability of Peace Journalism in the Kenyan News Media Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Rukia Yusuf Abdulrahman Nzibo

Date Role Membership Country
2016 - ongoing Member Hugo Centre for Migration and Population Research Australia

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