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Researcher
Sean Phelan
- Research Expertise:Dr. Sean Phelan is Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow (July 2020 to July 2022) at the Department of Communication Studies, University of Antwerp and an Associate Professor at the School of Communication, Journalism and Marketing, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand. He is a critical communication, media and journalism studies scholar. His work is informed by critical political theory, discourse theory and analysis, political economy, media sociology and cultural studies. His current research projects include a study of how the term neoliberalism is used in critical discourse, a study of the politics of social justice in digital culture, and a new project on the relationship between journalism practice and a culture of online media critique. Sean has published extensively in the field, and is best known for his work on neoliberalism and discourse theory. He has published three books: the monograph Neoliberalism, Media and the Political (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014), and the edited volumes Discourse Theory and Critical Media Politics (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011; with Lincoln Dahlberg), and Scooped: The Politics and Power of Journalism in Aotearoa New Zealand (AUT Media, 2012; with Verica Rupar and Martin Hirst). He has published articles in a variety of journals, including Journalism Studies, Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism, International Journal of Communication, Critical Discourse Studies, Journal of Language and Politics, Cultural Studies, Media, Culture & Society, and Communication, Culture and Critique. His work has been published in a number of anthologies and collections, including The Sage Handbook of Neoliberalism, The Routledge Handbook of Critical Discourse Studies, and Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication. He is a member of the editorial board of the journals Communication Theory, Critical Discourse Studies, Media Theory, Counterfutures: Left Thought and Practice Aotearoa, and the International Journal of Media Discourse.
- Keywords:MEDIA CULTURE AND DISCOURSE, NEOLIBERALISM, Political and social sciences
- Disciplines:Communication research methodology, History and philosophy of media and communication, Political economy of communication, Journalism studies, Cultural media, Media sociology, Other media and communications not elsewhere classified
- Research techniques:Research is informed by a critical-interpretivist paradigm, with a particular strength in different discourse analysis approaches
- Users of research expertise:English-language audiences