Tai Neilson
Lecturer
Department of Media, Music, Communication and Cultural Studi
Macquarie University
Australia
Biography
Dr Tai Neilson is a lecturer in Media in the Department of Media, Music, Communication and Culture. His areas of expertise include the political economy of digital media and critical cultural theory. He has a PhD in Cultural Studies from George Mason University in Virginia, an MA in Sociology from the New School for Social Research in New York, and a BA (honours) in Sociology and Media Studies from Victoria University of Wellington. Dr Neilson has published work on journalism and digital media in Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism, Fast Capitalism, and Global Media Journal. His current research focuses on the reorganization of journalists labour through the use of digital media. He also publishes and presents research in Heavy Metal Studies including a chapter in Scott Wilson’s Music at the Extremes: Sounds outside the Mainstream. Dr Neilson teaches units in media theory, digital media, and news production.
Research Interest
Media, Music, Communication and Cultural Studies
Publications
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Where myth and metal collide: Finnish folk metal Neilson, T. 2015 Music at the extremes: Essays on sounds outside the mainstream. Wilson, S. (ed.). North Carolina: McFarland, p. 129-142 14 p.
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Marxists internet archive takedown Neilson, T. 2015 In : Fast Capitalism. 12.1
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'I don’t engage': online communication and social media use among New Zealand journalists Neilson, T. 14 Sep 2016 In : Journalism. 17 p.
