Tim Marjoribanks Phone: 8344 7942 Email: tkmarj@unimelb.edu.au Office: John Medley Building Room 424
Background
I graduated with a PhD in Sociology from Harvard University in 1997 (and an MA from Harvard in Sociology in 1994), after completing Honours degrees in Law and Arts (majoring in Politics) at The University of Adelaide. I am currently TR Ashworth Senior Lecturer in the Sociology Program at The University of Melbourne.
Research
I am currently undertaking research in 3 major areas: First, I am conducting research (with Andrew Kenyon of the University of Melbourne’s Law School) on the relationship between news production and defamation law in Australia and the US. Using interviews, observations and documents, this research examines how defamation risks are considered in media production practices under differing legal and institutional contexts. The goal is to see whether defamation law chills media speech, thereby limiting public debate. Second, I am conducting research (with Ann Capling of The University of Melbourne’s Department of Political Science) on the interaction of commercial and cultural processes in the Australian Football League. Through our interview and document based research on the 16 clubs of the AFL, and the AFL, we are exploring the ways in which these organizations are blending corporate governance and community engagement in innovative ways. Third, I am conducting research (with Karen Farquharson of Swinburne University’s Sociology Department) on the construction of race, gender and nation in media coverage of sport, with a particular focus on Australia and South Africa. Through discourse analyses of print media, we are uncovering the ways in which dominant conceptions of social relations and processes emerge, are challenged, and are transformed. In addition to these current projects, I have conducted research in areas including: The sociology of media-sport, with a particular focus on UK football General practitioners and workplace autonomy (with Jenny Lewis and Marie Pirotta) Technological innovation in media organizations Medical malpractice (with Mary-Jo Good)
Subjects Taught
1st year: Media, Politics and Society 2nd/3rd year: Work, Management and Globalisation 2nd/3rd year: Qualitative Research Strategies Masters/Honours: Organisations and Social Policy In addition to these subjects, I have also taught Sociological Theory, and a subject on post-industrial societies.
Supervision
I am interested in supervising postgraduate and honours research in areas including: Organisations (for example, media, sport, health, work) Sport Media Medicine, health and illness Work, management and globalisation Technology and society (for example, workplace and health technologies) Qualitative research approaches Contemporary sociological theory I am currently working with (or have worked with) postgraduates and honours students in areas including: risk and the human genome project; women, work and welfare; disability and social policy; health professions; discourses of birth experiences; internet democracy; health policy reform; political advertising; media coverage of political and social events; new workplaces; talk shows and the political process; the politics of social policy; technology in education; and technology in everyday life.
Recent Publications
Books MARJORIBANKS, T. - News Corporation, Technology and the Workplace: Global Strategies, Local Change, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK (2000). Chapters in Books MARJORIBANKS, T. -Strategising Technological Innovation: The case of News Corporation, in Media Organisation and Production, ed. S. Cottle. Sage 'Media in Focus Series': London. Pp. 59-75 (2003). Refereed Journal Articles FARQUHARSON, K. and MARJORIBANKS, T. – Transforming the Springboks? Re-imagining the South African nation through sport. Social Dynamics. 29 pp. Forthcoming Vol 29 (1) Summer (2003). MARJORIBANKS, T and KENYON, A.- Negotiating news: Journalistic practice and defamation law in Australia and the US. Australian Journalism Review 25(2): 31-49 (2003) MARJORIBANKS, T and LEWIS, J. – Reform and Autonomy: Perceptions of the Australian general practice community. Social Science and Medicine. 56: 2229-2239 (2003). LEWIS, J., MARJORIBANKS, T., AND PIROTTA, M. – Changing Professions: General Practitioners’ perceptions of autonomy on the frontline. Journal of Sociology. 39 (1): pp. 44-61 (2003). LEWIS, J. and MARJORIBANKS, T. – The impact of financial constraints and incentives on professional autonomy. International Journal of Health Planning and Management. 18: pp.49-61 (2003). MARJORIBANKS, T. - The ‘Anti-Wapping’? Technological Innovation and Workplace Reorganisation at The Financial Times. Media, Culture and Society 22 (5): pp. 575-593 (2000). GOOD, B.J. (CHAIR) AND KUNITZ, S. (CO-CHAIR), WITH ARMSTEAD, C., BASTIDA, E., HAAN, M., JOHNSON, K., KRAMER, B.J., MOSS, N., WONG, M., AND MARJORIBANKS, T. - Task Group II: Macrosocial Influences on Minority Health. Journal of Gender, Culture, and Health, (Special Issue: Research Issues on Minority Health). 2(2): pp.113-26 (1997). 10 per cent contribution. MARJORIBANKS, T., GOOD, M.J.D., LAWTHERS, A.G., AND PETERSON, L.M. - Physicians' Discourses on Malpractice and the Meaning of Medical Malpractice. The Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 37(2): pp. 163-78 (1996) Refereed Conference Publications KENYON, A. AND MARJORIBANKS, T-Judging Journalists: US and Australian news production and defamation law. Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Communication Association Conference 2003: Designing Communication for Diversity (2003). CAPLING, A. AND MARJORIBANKS, T.-Major League Sport as Network: The Australian Football League. Proceedings of the International Political Science Association Research Committee on Structure and Organisation of Government pp. 95-108 (2002).