Staff Profiles

Associate Professor Steve Mickler has been Head of the School of Media, Culture and Creative Arts since July 2008. Prior to this, he was Head of the Department of Media and Information from July 2005 to June 2008. He is a member of the Faculty of Humanities Management Board and University Academic Board. He joined the academic staff at Curtin University in 1998, lecturing in communication studies and journalism, following a Research Fellowship with the Centre for Research in Culture and Communication at Murdoch University. From July to October 2009 he was a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Research on Work and Society at York University in Toronto, and in 2003 was a Visiting Fellow at Green College, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.

Political communication, journalism ethics, public opinion formation, political populism, talkback radio, media and political representation of Indigenous people, comparative Australian-Canadian media discourse analysis.

Academic Publications

Books

Mickler, S. and Lucy, Niall (2006) The War on Democracy: Conservative Opinion in the Australian Press Crawley, University of Western Australia Press. Short-listed for the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards Gleebooks Prize 2008.

Mickler, S. (1998) The Myth of Privilege: Aboriginal Status, Media Visions, Public Ideas, Fremantle Arts Centre Press, South Fremantle. Short-listed for The West Australian Premier’s Book Awards, 1999.

Monograph

Mickler, S. (1992) Gambling On the First Race: A Comment on Racism and Talkback Radio- 6PR, the TAB and the WA Government, Centre for Research in Culture and Communication, Murdoch University, and Louis St John Johnson Memorial Trust, Perth. Tabled in the Australian Senate, Canberra, and Western Australian House of Representatives, Perth, May 1992. Reprinted December 1996.

Edited Book Chapters

Mickler, S. (2004) 'Talkback Radio, Anti-Elitism and Moral Decline: A Fatal Paradox', in Hindess, B. and Sawer, M., Eds, Us and Them: Anti-Elitism in Australia, Perth, Network Books.

Mickler, S. (1997) 'The “Robespierre” of the Air: Talkback Radio, Globalisation and Indigenous Issues', The Resurgence of Racism: Howard, Hanson and the Race Debate Eds. Gray, G. and Winter, C., Monash Publications in History.pp. 63-78.

Co-authored Book Chapters

Mickler, S. and Lucy N. (2010) ‘The War on English: An Answer to the Question, What is Postmodernism?’, In N. Lucy Pomo Oz: Fear and Loathing Downunder, Fremantle Press, Fremantle.

Mickler, S. and Haebich, A. (2000) 'A Boy's Short Life' in A. Haebich Broken Circles: Fragmenting Indigenous Families 1800-2000, Fremantle Arts Centre Press, Fremantle, pp. 17-64. The book was Winner, 2001 NSW Premiers Book of the Year Award; 2001 NSW History Award Winner, WH Stanner Award.

Articles in Refereed Journals

Mickler, S. (2010) ‘Illiberal and Unmodern: Conservative Columnists on Indigenous Self-Determination in Australia and Canada', Borderlands, Volume 9, Number 1, 2010, http://www.borderlands.net.au/vol9no1_2010/mickler_illiberal.htm.

Mickler S. and Lucy, N. (2009) ‘The Postmodern Left’, Cultural Studies Review Vol. 15, No. 1, Mar 2009.

Mickler, S. and Lucy Niall (2008) ‘The War on English: An Answer to the Question, What is Postmodernism?’, Transformations, No. 16 2008. http://www.transformationsjournal.org/journal/issue_16/editorial.shtml

Mickler, S. (2007) 'Disintegrating Verities: First Nations in the Vancouver Press, A Comparative Study with the Perth Press, Part Two, 1965-70' Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues, Vol. 9 No.5.

Mickler, S (2007) 'The Postmodern Left: Part One' (Co-authored with Niall Lucy) Online Opinion, 28 March 2007 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?artic le=5668

Mickler, S (2007) 'The Postmodern Left: Part Two' (Co-authored with Niall Lucy) Online Opinion, 29 March 2007 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=5680

Mickler, S (2006) 'Conflicting Narratives: First Nations in the Vancouver Press; A Comparative Study with th e Perth Press, Part One, 1960' Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues, Vol. 9 No. 4, December 2006, pp. 39-57.

Mickler, S. (2004) ‘Talkback Radio, Anti-Elitism and Moral Decline: A Fatal Paradox', Southern Review, 37:3, pp. 29-45. Mickler, S. (1998).

Mickler, S. (1998) 'News, Governmentality, Aboriginality: Beyond Pathologies of Othering in Media Studies’ Critical Arts. Vol. 12, No. 1- 2, pp. 45-77.

Mickler, S. and McHoul, A. (1998) 'Sourcing the Wave: Crime Reporting, Aboriginal Youth and the Perth Press, Feb. 1991 to Jan. 1992', Media International Australia, 86, pp. 122-152.

Mickler S. (1997) 'The “Robespierre” of the Air: Talkback Radio, Globalisation and Indigenous Issues', Continuum, 11(3), pp. 23-36.

Mickler S. (1997) 'Talkback Radio and Indigenous Citizens: Towards a Practical Ethics of Representation', UTS Review, 3(2), pp. 46-66.

Mickler, S. (1992) 'Visions of Disorder: Aboriginal People and Youth Crime Reporting', Cultural Studies, Vol. 6, No. 3.pp. 322-336.

Mickler, S. (1991) 'The Battle for Goonininup', Arena, No. 96, Spring.pp.68- 90. Mickler, S. (1990) 'Curators and the Colony: Managing the Past at Rottnest Island Museum', Continuum, Vol. 3, No. 1.

ACADEMIC LITERARY AWARDS

Short-listed for the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards Gleebooks Prize (2008) for The War on Democracy: Conservative Opinion in the Australian Press (co-authored with Niall Lucy), UWA Press, 2006.

Chapter One co-author of the multi-award winning book by Anna Haebich Broken Circles: Fragmenting Indigenous Families 1800-2000, Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 2000. Winner, 2001 NSW Premiers Book of the Year Award; 2001 NSW History Award Winner, WH Stanner Award.

Short-listed for the WA Premier’s Book Awards, 1999, for The Myth of Privilege: Aboriginal Status, Media Visions, Public Ideas, Fremantle Arts Centre Press 1998.

Books (Authored, Research)

• Lucy, N, and Mickler, S. 2006. The War on Democracy: Conservative Opinion in the Australian Press. Crawley: University of Western Australia Press.

Book Chapters (Authored, Research Quality)

• Mickler, S. 2004. Talkback Radio, Anti-Elitism and Moral Decline: A Fatal Paradox?. In Us and Them: Anti-Elitism in Australia, eds Marian Sawer and Barry Hindess, 97-116. Perth, Western Australia: API Network.

Refereed Articles (Scholarly Journals)

• Mickler, S. 2010. Illiberal and unmodern Conservative columnists on Indigenous self-dertermination in Australia and Canada. Borderlands - e-journal 9(1): 1-26.
• Lucy, N, and Mickler, S. 2009. The Postmodern Left. Cultural Studies Review 15(1): 188-196.
• Lucy, N, and Mickler, S. 2008. The War on English: An Answer to the Question, What is Postmodernism?. Transformations 16.
• Mickler, S. 2007. Disintegrating verities: First Nations in the Vancouver Press, A Comparative Study with the Perth Press, Part Two, 1965-1970. Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues 10: 21-42.
• Mickler, S. 2006. Conflicting Narratives: First Nations in the Vancouver Press: A Comparative Study with the Perth Press, Part One, 1960. Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues 9(4): 39-57.
• Mickler, S. 2005. Talkback radio, anti-elitism and moral decline: a fatal paradox?. Southern Review 37(3): 29-45.
• McHoul, A, and Mickler, S. 1998. Sourcing the Wave: Crime Reporting, Aboriginal Youth and the Perth Press, Feb. 1991 to Jan. 1992. Media International Australia 86: 122-152.
• Mickler, S. 1997. The “Robespierre” of the Air: Talkback Radio, Globalisation and Indigenous Issues. Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies 11(3): 23-26.
• Mickler, S. 1990. Curators and the Colony: Managing the Past at Rottnest Island Museum. Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies 3(1).