Associate Professor Michelle Phillipov
Associate Professor
School of Humanities
Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
My research explores how media interest in food shapes public debate, media and food industry practices, consumer politics, and experiences of food work; major projects in these areas have been funded by the Australian Research Council, the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation, and Agrifutures Australia. I am the author or editor of five books, including Digital Food TV (Routledge), Media and Food Industries: The New Politics of Food (Palgrave Macmillan), Fats: A Global History (Reaktion Books) and Alternative Food Politics: From the Margins to the Mainstream (Routledge, co-edited with Katherine Kirkwood).
With Susan Luckman, I am Chief Investigator on the ARC project, 'Artisanal making and the future of small-scale local production' (DP220100110). Project website: https://able.adelaide.edu.au/artisanal-making/.
I welcome inquiries from Masters and PhD candidates interested in any aspect of popular media, and I am particularly interested in projects investigating food media and cultures, cultures of work, and digital labour.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2024 - ongoing Associate Professor University of Adelaide 2020 - 2023 Senior Lecturer University of Adelaide 2018 - 2019 Lecturer University of Adelaide 2015 - 2018 Senior Lecturer University of Tasmania 2011 - 2014 Lecturer University of Tasmania 2010 - 2009 Associate Lecturer University of Tasmania -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2009 University of Adelaide, Adelaide Australia PhD 2002 University of Adelaide, Adelaide Australia B.A. (Hons) -
Certifications
Date Title Institution name Country 2022 Senior Fellowship Advance HE United Kingdom -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2024 Phillipov, M., Buddle, E., McLean, S., & Ankeny, R. (2024). What’s in my mince? Reader responses to news coverage about novel plant-based protein foods. Food, Culture, and Society, 1-19.
2023 Phillipov, M., Luckman, S., & Loyer, J. (2023). Agile producers and consumer-saviours: Discourses of resilience and responsibility in Australian media coverage of artisanal food and craft. Media International Australia, 14 pages.
2022 Phillipov, M. (2022). Loving neoliberalism? Digital labour and aspirational work on streaming food TV. Communication Research and Practice, 8(2), 152-165.
Scopus12022 Phillipov, M. (2022). Work placements in the media and creative industries: Discourses of transformation and critique in an era of precarity. Arts and Humanities in Higher Education, 21(1), 3-20.
Scopus10 WoS72020 Luckman, S., & Phillipov, M. (2020). 'I'd (still) rather be a cyborg': the artisanal dispositif and the return of the (domestic) goddess. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 23(4), 458-474.
Scopus6 WoS32020 Farmery, A. K., van Putten, I. E., Phillipov, M., & McIlgorm, A. (2020). Are Media Messages to Consume More Under-Utilized Seafood Species Reliable?. Fish and Fisheries, 21(4), 844-855.
Scopus16 WoS122020 Haas, B., Phillipov, M., & Gale, F. (2020). Media representations of seafood certification in Australia: Mobilising sustainability standards to attack or defend the value of an industry. Marine Policy, 120, 7 pages.
Scopus9 WoS82020 Phillipov, M., & Gale, F. (2020). Celebrity chefs, consumption politics and food labelling: Exploring the contradictions. Journal of Consumer Culture, 20(4), 400-418.
Scopus10 WoS42019 Phillipov, M., & Loyer, J. (2019). In the wake of the supermarket ‘milk wars’: media, farmers and the power of pastoral sentimentality. Discourse, Context and Media, 32, 100346-1-100346-8.
Scopus6 WoS22019 Ankeny, R., Phillipov, M., & Bray, H. (2019). Celebrity Chefs and New Meat Consumption Norms: Seeking Questions, Not Answers. M/C Journal: A Journal of Media and Culture, 22(2). 2018 Lewis, T., & Phillipov, M. (2018). Food/media: eating, cooking, and provisioning in a digital world. Communication Research and Practice, 4(3), 207-211.
Scopus24 WoS132018 Lewis, T., & Phillipov, M. (2018). Special Issue. Food/Media: Cooking, Eating, and Provisioning in a Digital World.. Communication Research and Practice, 4(3), 207-323. 2017 Phillipov, M. (2017). Becoming food, eating media. Geoforum, 84, 241-242.
Scopus3 WoS22017 Phillipov, M., & Goodman, M. (2017). The celebrification of farmers: celebrity and the new politics of farming. Celebrity Studies, 8(2), 346-350.
Scopus10 WoS92016 Phillipov, M. (2016). 'Helping Australia grow': supermarkets, television cooking shows, and the strategic manufacture of consumer trust. Agriculture and Human Values, 33(3), 587-596.
Scopus15 WoS122016 Phillipov, M. (2016). The new politics of food: television and the media/food industries. Media International Australia, 158(1), 90-98.
Scopus22 WoS132016 Phillipov, M. (2016). Escaping to the country: media, nostalgia, and the new food industries. Popular Communication, 14(2), 111-122.
Scopus16 WoS92016 Phillipov, M. (2016). Using media to promote artisan food and beverages: insights from the television industry. British Food Journal, 118(3), 588-602.
Scopus11 WoS52015 Phillipov, M. (2015). Food TV: An effective strategy for food and beverage marketing?. Food Australia, 67(4), 31-34.
Scopus12015 Phillipov, M. (2015). Constructing Reality: My Kitchen Rules and Reality TV Cooking Shows. Screen Education, 79, 88-93. 2014 Phillipov, M., & Hunt, R. (2014). 'Nanna Style': The Countercultural Politics of Retro Femininities. M/C Journal, 17(6), online. 2014 Nash, M., & Phillipov, M. (2014). Introduction to the special issue: Eating like a 'man': Food and the performance and regulation of masculinities. Women's Studies International Forum, 44(1), 205-208.
Scopus5 WoS62014 Phillipov, M. (2014). Hamburgers of Devastation: The pleasures and politics of heavy metal cooking. International Journal of Community Music, 7(2), 259-272.
Scopus3 WoS12013 Phillipov, M. (2013). Mastering obesity: MasterChef Australia and the resistance to public health nutrition. Media, Culture and Society, 35(4), 506-515.
Scopus16 WoS112013 Phillipov, M. (2013). Resisting Health: Extreme Food and the Culinary Abject. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 30(5), 377-390.
Scopus7 WoS52013 Phillipov, M. (2013). In Defense of Textual Analysis: Resisting Methodological Hegemony in Media and Cultural Studies. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 30(3), 209-223.
Scopus36 WoS252012 Phillipov, M. (2012). Communicating health risks via the media: What can we learn from masterchef Australia?. Australasian Medical Journal, 5(11), 593-597.
Scopus10 WoS5 Europe PMC42010 Phillipov, M. (2010). 'Generic misery music'? Emo and the problem of contemporary youth culture. Media International Australia, 136(136), 60-70.
Scopus5 WoS32009 Phillipov, M. (2009). “Just Emotional People”? Emo Culture and the Anxieties of Disclosure. M/C Journal, 12(5).
2006 Phillipov, M. (2006). Haunted by the Spirit of '77: Punk Studies and the Persistence of Politics. Continuum, 20(3), 383-393.
2006 Phillipov, M. (2006). 'None so Vile'? Towards an Ethics of Death Metal. Southern Review, 38(2), 74-85. 2006 Phillipov, M. (2006). Self harm in Goth youth subculture: Study merely reinforces popular stereotypes [10]. British Medical Journal, 332(7551), 1215-1216.
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Books
Year Citation 2022 Phillipov, M. (2022). Digital food TV: The cultural place of food in a digital era. London, United Kingdom: Routledge.
DOI2019 Phillipov, M., & Kirkwood, K. (Eds.) (2019). Alternative food politics: from the margins to the mainstream. London: Routledge.
DOI Scopus32019 Phillipov, M., & Kirkwood, K. (Eds.) (2019). Alternative food politics: from the margins to the mainstream. London: Routledge.
DOI Scopus32017 Phillipov, M. (2017). Media and food industries: The new politics of food. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.
DOI Scopus232016 Phillipov, M. (2016). Fats A Global History. Reaktion Books. 2012 Phillipov, M. (2012). Death Metal and Music Criticism Analysis at the Limits. Lexington Books. -
Book Chapters
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Report for External Bodies
Year Citation 2020 Phillipov, M., Farmery, A., & Gale, F. (2020). Media Messages About Sustainable Seafood: How Do Media Influencers Affect Consumer Attitudes (2017-131). Deakin, ACT: Fisheries Research and Development Corporation. 2019 Phillipov, M., Farmery, A., Gale, F., Buddle, E., & Dehghan, E. (2019). Media Messages About Sustainable Seafood: How Do Media Influencers Affect Consumer Attitudes? Preliminary Results of Media Survey. (2017-131). 2018 Ankeny, R., Bray, H., Phillipov, M., & Buddle, E. (2018). Building and Maintaining Community Trust in Australia's Primary Industries: Background Literature Review (PRJ-011478). The Food Values Research Group, The University of Adelaide. -
Internet Publications
Year Citation 2015 Kirkwood, K., & Phillipov, M. (2015). What MasterChef Teaches Us About Food and the Food Industry. The Conversation. 2014 Phillipov, M. (2014). Why Health Messages Fail: Lessons from the Australian Fast-Food Industry. Communication Currents.
Date | Project/ No. | Investigators | Funding Body | Amount | |
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2022–2024 | Artisanal Making and the Future of Small-Scale Local Production (DP220100110) | Dr M Phillipov, Prof S Luckman | Australian Research Council | $390,979 | |
2022 | Commendation for the Enhancement and Innovation of Student Learning | Dr M Phillipov | University of Adelaide | $1,000 | |
2019 | Women's Research Excellence Award | Dr M Phillipov | University of Adelaide | $5,000 | |
2018–2020 | Media Messages about Sustainable Seafood: How Do Media Influencers Affect Consumer Attitudes (2017-131) | Dr M Phillipov, Dr A Farmery, A/Prof F Gale | Fisheries Research & Development Corporation |
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2018 | Scoping Study for Building and Maintaining Community Trust in Australia's Primary Industries | Prof R Ankeny, Dr H Bray, Dr M Phillipov, Ms E Buddle | Agrifutures Australia | $94,678 | |
2014–2016 | The New Politics of Food and the Australian Media (DE140101412) | Dr M Phillipov | Discovery Early Career Researcher Award, Australian Research Council | $383,532 |
Courses Summary
Date | Course Title | Course Level/Code | Role |
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2022– | Approaches to Media | MDIA 2306 | Coordinator |
2020– | Screen and Sound Industries | MDIA 1015 | Coordinator |
2020–22 | Media Relations | MDIA 7005 | Coordinator |
2020–22 | Media Relations | MDIA 2227 | Coordinator |
2019 | Exploring TV and Radio | MDIA 1004 | Coordinator |
2018–19 | Media Industry Transitions | MDIA 3207 | Coordinator |
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2024 Co-Supervisor Listening through the Static: De-communalising Indian Partition History through Radio Broadcasts Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Utsha Roy 2023 Co-Supervisor A study on the impact of representation of gender in popular culture, specifically how females fans engage with female-centred and created media through recent online trends Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Lisa Julia Cooper 2023 Co-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 2021 Co-Supervisor Raw Feeding for Dogs in the UK and Australia: A Social and Ethical Cross-Cultural Comparison Doctor of Philosophy under a Jointly-awarded Degree Agreement with Doctorate Full Time Ms Natalia Ciecierska-Holmes 2021 Principal Supervisor A Critical Analysis of Class Struggle in Video Games: Investigating the Extent to Which Popular Media Depictions of Class Challenge Empire Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Sebastian Alexander Morrison 2020 Principal Supervisor Household Experiences of Reducing Waste: Moving Towards Circular Economy Futures Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mrs Marisol Da Silva -
Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2020 - 2023 Principal Supervisor Retrospectively Reading The Sopranos: Rethinking Complex Television for New Cultural Contexts Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Alexander Hudson Beare 2019 - 2023 Principal Supervisor End-user Experiences of Audio Description for Live Theatre: Complexities Beyond Practice Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Kari Seeley 2018 - 2019 Co-Supervisor South Australian Film-makers' Perspectives on Policies: State and Federal Film Policies and the Representation of Cultural Diversity in Australian Films Master of Philosophy Master Part Time Linh Chung
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Committee Memberships
Date Role Committee Institution Country 2024 - ongoing Member Academic Board University of Adelaide Australia 2021 - ongoing Member School of Humanities Executive Committee University of Adelaide Australia 2021 - 2023 Chair Media Advisory Board University of Adelaide Australia 2018 - 2020 Member School of Humanities Research Committee University of Adelaide Australia 2010 - 2018 Member ANZCA Executive Committee - - -
Editorial Boards
Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country 2023 - ongoing Member Food and Society: New Directions book series University of Bristol Press United Kingdom 2017 - 2023 Member Communication Research and Practice Taylor & Francis United Kingdom
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