Dr John Budarick

Senior Lecturer

School of Humanities

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

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

I am a lecturer in the Department of Media at the University of Adelaide. I completed a first class honours in sociology at Flinders University before going on to do my PhD at Monash University in the Department of Media and Communication.

I am a media sociologist who works in the areas of race, ethnicity and the media, transnationalism and diaspora, media and national identity, and media and social theory. I have been published in journals such as Media, Culture and Society; International Journal of Communication and Global Media and Communication.

Career
Publications
Supervision
Professional Activities
Contact

Appointments

Date Position Institution name

2014 - ongoing Lecturer University of Adelaide

Date	Position	Institution name
2014 - ongoing	Lecturer	University of Adelaide

Awards and Achievements

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

Education

Date Institution name Country Title

2008 - 2010 Monash University Australia PhD
Research Interests

Communication & Media Studies Globalisation and Culture Social Theory Sociology

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

Journals

Year	Citation
2023	Budarick, J. (2023). Media, Democracy and Pluralism: Exploring a Radical Response to the Crisis of Journalism. Journalism Studies, 24(5), 1-18. DOI Scopus3
2023	Budarick, J. (2023). Ethnic Media, Diversity and Settlement: A Qualitative Study. Media International Australia, 1329878X2311765. DOI Scopus1
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 Scopus1 WoS1
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 Scopus5
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 Scopus2 WoS2
2019	Budarick, J. N. (2019). Agonistic pluralism and journalism: de-centering dominant journalistic norms. Communication Theory, 30(2), 188-204. DOI Scopus4 WoS3
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 Scopus18 WoS12
2018	Budarick, J. (2018). Ethnic media and counter-hegemony: Agonistic pluralism, policy and professionalism. International Journal of Communication, 12, 2406-2420. Scopus4 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 Scopus5 WoS4
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. Scopus8 WoS6
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 Scopus14 WoS8
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 Scopus20 WoS11
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 WoS3
2013	Budarick, J., & Han, G. (2013). Positive stories: why and how African-Australian media matter. Australian Journal of Communication, 40(3), 97-103.
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 Scopus9 WoS6
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 Scopus13 WoS9

Books

Year	Citation
2019	Budarick, J. (2019). Ethnic Media and Democracy: From Liberalism to Agonism. Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.
2017	Budarick, J., & Han, G. (Eds.) (2017). Minorities and media: producers, industries, audiences (1st ed.). Palgrave MacMillan. DOI Scopus7
2017	Budarick, J., & Han, G. (Eds.) (2017). Minorities and media: producers, industries, audiences (1st ed.). Palgrave MacMillan. DOI Scopus7

Book Chapters

Year	Citation
2020	Budarick, J. N. (2020). Counter-Hegemony in Ethnic Media: An Agonistic Pluralism Perspective. In C. Dewhirst, & R. Scully (Eds.), Voices of Challenge in Australia's Migrant and Minority Press (pp. 241-257). Palgrave Macmillan. DOI
2017	Budarick, J., & Han, G. (2017). Introduction. In J. Budarick, & G. Han (Eds.), Minorities and Media: Producers, Industries, Audiences (1 ed., pp. 1-17). UK: Palgrave Macmillan. DOI
2017	Budarick, J. (2017). From marginalisation to a 'voice of our own': African media in Australia. In J. Budarick, & G. Han (Eds.), Minorities and media: producers, industries, audiences (1st ed., pp. 37-57). UK: Palgrave Macmillan. DOI Scopus1
2017	Budarick, J. (2017). From marginalisation to a 'voice of our own': African media in Australia. In J. Budarick, & G. Han (Eds.), Minorities and media: producers, industries, audiences (1st ed., pp. 37-57). UK: Palgrave Macmillan. DOI Scopus1
2016	Budarick, J. (2016). The elasticity of the public sphere: Expansion, contraction and 'other' media. In M. Griffiths, & K. Barbour (Eds.), Making Publics, Making Places (pp. 9-26). Adelaide, South Australia: University of Adelaide Press. DOI

Conference Papers

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.

Working Paper

Year Citation

2011 Budarick, J. N. (2011). Media, Home and Diaspora.
Internet Publications

Year Citation

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

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.

Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
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
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

Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

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

Memberships

Date Role Membership Country

2016 - ongoing Member Hugo Centre for Migration and Population Research Australia

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

Position: Senior Lecturer
Phone: 83134289
Email: john.budarick@adelaide.edu.au
Fax: 83134341
Campus: North Terrace
Building: Napier, floor 9
Org Unit: School of Humanities

Dr John Budarick

Appointments

Awards and Achievements

Education

Research Interests

Journals

Books

Book Chapters

Conference Papers

Working Paper

Internet Publications

Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Memberships

Connect With Me

External Profiles