
Dr Michelle Phillipov
Senior Lecturer
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 2020 - ongoing 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 2007 - 2008 Lecturer (contract) University of South Australia -
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 2023 Phillipov, M. (2023). Book Review: Food Instagram: Identity, Influence & Negotiation. Television & New Media, 152747642311782.
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.
Scopus62020 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.
Scopus4 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.
Scopus12 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.
Scopus6 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.
Scopus3 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.
Scopus152018 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.
Scopus2 WoS22017 Phillipov, M., & Goodman, M. (2017). The celebrification of farmers: celebrity and the new politics of farming. Celebrity Studies, 8(2), 346-350.
Scopus8 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.
Scopus19 WoS132016 Phillipov, M. (2016). Escaping to the country: media, nostalgia, and the new food industries. Popular Communication, 14(2), 111-122.
Scopus142016 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.
Scopus4 WoS62014 Phillipov, M. (2014). Hamburgers of Devastation: The pleasures and politics of heavy metal cooking. International Journal of Community Music, 7(2), 259-272.
Scopus12013 Phillipov, M. (2013). Mastering obesity: MasterChef Australia and the resistance to public health nutrition. Media, Culture and Society, 35(4), 506-515.
Scopus15 WoS112013 Phillipov, M. (2013). Resisting Health: Extreme Food and the Culinary Abject. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 30(5), 377-390.
Scopus6 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.
Scopus32 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 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.
2019 Phillipov, M., & Kirkwood, K. (Eds.) (2019). Alternative food politics: from the margins to the mainstream. London: Routledge.
Scopus22019 Phillipov, M., & Kirkwood, K. (Eds.) (2019). Alternative food politics: from the margins to the mainstream. London: Routledge.
Scopus22017 Phillipov, M. (2017). Media and food industries: The new politics of food. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.
Scopus182016 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 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 Full Time Mrs Marisol Da Silva 2019 Principal Supervisor End-User Experience of Audio Description Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Kari Seeley -
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 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 -
Other Supervision Activities
Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name 2014 - 2016 Co-Supervisor Left Dissent: The Australian Commercial News Media’s Characterisation of 21st Century Protests Critical of Capitalism University of Tasmania - Master - Joshua Eiszele 2014 - 2017 Principal Supervisor Standing Out From the Crowd: A Study of frankie Magazine, Niche Branding, and Alternative Femininities University of Tasmania - Master - Rosanna Hunt 2013 - 2016 Principal Supervisor Would You Like Genes With That? Romanticism and the Debate over Genetically Modified Food University of Tasmania - Master - Liam Gash 2013 - 2015 Co-Supervisor The Age of Consent: News, Crime and Public Debate University of Tasmania - Doctorate - Claire Konkes 2013 - 2015 Co-Supervisor Wings and Freedom, Spirit and Self: How the Filmography of Hayao Miyazaki Subverts National Branding and Soft Power University of Tasmania - Master - Shadow 2010 - 2012 Co-Supervisor Lolita: Atemporal Class-Play with Tea and Cakes University of Tasmania - Master - Sophia Staite
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Committee Memberships
Date Role Committee Institution Country 2021 - ongoing 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 - ongoing Member Communication Research and Practice Taylor & Francis United Kingdom
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