Dr Robert Boucaut
Lecturer
School of Humanities
Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics
Dr Robert Boucaut (he/him) is a Lecturer in media and cultural studies scholar at the University of Adelaide. He specialises in assessing and problematizing claims of cultural prestige in screen media. His research analyses screen texts and stardoms for the mediated structures they occupy, the cultural concerns they embody, and the discursive actions of their audiences.
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Education
Date Institution name Country Title University of Adelaide Australia PhD in Media -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2025 Beare, A. H., & Boucaut, R. (2025). Positive masculinity or toxic positivity? Apple TV+'s Ted Lasso as a capitalist utopia. Critical Studies in Television, 20(2), 169-184.
Scopus62025 Fielding, V., Son, C., Boucaut, R., & Beare, A. H. (2025). News Corp Australia’s Conservative Advocacy Against the Indigenous Voice to Parliament. International Journal of Communication, 19, 437-457.
Scopus12025 Fielding, V., Boucaut, R., Son, C., & Beare, A. H. (2025). News media’s legitimization of disinformation: propaganda and the length of the Uluru Statement. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 42(1), 1-6.
2022 Boucaut, R., & Pugsley, P. C. (2022). Publics of interest and the death of the critic on Australian TV. Media International Australia, 194(1), 3-16.
2021 Boucaut, R. (2021). ‘Oscar’. Persona Studies, 7(1), 6-19.
Course Coordinator:
| 2025; 2022 | Key Concepts in Media (Level I) |
| 2024 | Honours Film Thesis (Honours) |
| 2024 | Honours Film Theory (Honours) |
| 2024 | Media Industry Transitions (Level III) |
| 2024; 2020 | Key Concepts in Media Online (Level I) |
Tutor:
| 2025; 2024 | Crafting Careers (Level I) |
| 2024; 2017-2022 | Key Concepts in Media (Level I) |
| 2024 | Media Relations (Level II) |
| 2023 | Workplace Experience (Levels II, III & Masters) |
| 2023 | Media Professions and Identities (Level I) |
| 2022 | Media Industry Transitions (Level III) |
| 2021-2022 | Key Concepts in Media Online (Level I) |
| 2017-2019 | Researching Media (Level II) |
| 2015-2019 | Screen & Sound Industries (Level I) |
| 2016 | Approaches to Media (Level II) |
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